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Better not call Saul
New Mexico isn’t the place to be looking for referral relationships.
Pelosi’s Taiwan visit is also annoying for Baker McKenzie
Law firms will need to consider their values if tensions between US and China continue to escalate
Celebrity culture’s newest megastar: Mrs Justice Steyn
One judge is behind a spate of high-profile rulings
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The magic circle has been usurped by the US ‘giants’ when it comes to corporate practice
City NQs are making more money than some regional partners
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In corporate, the litigators are never far behind
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Capsticks opens in seventh UK location
Capsticks has opened an “office hub” in Colchester to support its new insurance team. The workspace opened in May 2022 and is located at Lodge Park Business Centre in Langham, a 15-minute drive from the heart of Colchester. The site has been initially created to support partner Natalie Simpkins and legal directors Edward Weaver and […]
UK PEP at CMS finally hits £1m milestone
CMS’s UK average profit per equity partner (PEP) has broken through the £1m barrier, having fallen shy of the mark the year before, The Lawyer can reveal. The result shows a 14 per cent increase, from £912,000 to £1.04m. This growth is double that of the previous year, which saw UK PEP rise 7 per cent, from […]
Linklaters’ PEP continues rebound as it nears £1.9m
The financials are the first full-year results to be published under the leadership of senior partner Aedamar Comiskey and managing partner Paul Lewis.
Evelyn Partners hires new GC
Evelyn Partners has hired Charlotte Davies of Provident Financial Group as its next GC. Having spent three years as group GC and company secretary at Provident, she replaces Evelyn’s current GC Nicola Mitford-Slade who is retiring from the role. Davies will begin her new position on 1 September 2022. Davies trained at magic circle firm […]
Former heads of competition watchdog line up on £9.9bn crypto class action
Two former heads of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) are involved in bringing a £9.9bn anti-trust class action against four major crypto currency exchanges. An estimated 240,000 UK investors of cryptocurrency Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (BSV) are claimed to have suffered £9.9bn in losses after trading platforms Binance, Kraken, ShapeShift and Bittylicious delisted the BSV […]
DACB to cut office space in flexible working rethink
DAC Beachcroft has begun reducing its real estate across the UK, as it prioritises flexibility over office floorspace, The Lawyer can reveal. The insurance firm recently refurbished and reduced its Birmingham base from three floors to two, while moving its growing Glasgow operation to a smaller site. The firm is mid-process of relocating its Newcastle […]
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