Strike the right tone: Kindness is back
After an era of discord people are tired of animosity, rancour and quarrels. It’s time we remember the adage, “The highest form of wisdom is kindness”.
A reckoning for the paparazzi and tabloid media
The New York Times documentary, Framing Britney Spears, ostensibly tells the story of the singer’s treatment by the paparazzi and tabloid media leading up to 2007 and her apparent breakdown but it is about much more than Britney Spears.
How to get into the legal sector in 2021
In the summer of 2017, when we were free to fly around the world, I boarded a British Airways flight to Budapest. I picked up the in-flight magazine (please no, not another perfume offer) where to my surprise, a sleek and bold advert caught my eye. My curiosity was instantly captured: taking up the whole page was the caption ‘Sabotage the Saboteur’. As soon as I could, I looked this firm up. It was Schillings.
Social media companies are acting like publishers, so they should expect to be regulated like one
By now, we’re all starting to accept that the volatility of 2020 did not, unfortunately, end with a flip of the calendar.
The surprisingly simple secret to protecting your reputation
How would you rate your reputation today? Most people find this a tough question to answer. Reputation is hard to quantify – we know it’s important, but trying to nail it down can feel like chasing a rainbow.
What’s up with WhatsApp?
Reading the headlines over the last few days, you might be questioning your relationship status with messaging platform WhatsApp.
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Working to live, not living to work: it’s an easy sell
The demographics of the legal market are in flux with Covid 19 creating the conditions for a generational shift in working patterns.
A&O’s accidental LA office
With the arrival of the Akin Gump team, A&O’s US bench has doubled at a stroke.
Hausfeld loves a bit of competition
Calls for reform of the CMA will be music to the ears of claimant litigators.
Latham is taking both more and less space in London
If Latham’s growth rate continues unabated, its future home could end up offering proportionately less space per staff member.
£30m isn’t enough to get you into the Premier League
DMH Stallard has reached critical mass size – but it now has more work to do to secure its future.
UK firms are flashing the cash
UK law firms are starting to pay back employees’ salaries as the economy recovers.
Bevan Brittan hands out all-staff pay rise and ‘thank-you bonus’
Bevan Brittan has handed out a 3 per cent pay rise to all its employees alongside an additional 3 per cent ‘thank-you bonus’ to be applied to the last six months and paid now. The firm had previously postponed its September 2020 annual pay review due to uncertain economic conditions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. […]
Ropes adds funds partner in second hire this week
Ropes & Gray has added a new partner to its funds team, in the same week it also launched a European life sciences group with a recruit from Arnold & Porter. Emily Brown is the latest funds joiner from Schulte Roth & Zabel. She has been at Schulte’s London office for over two years and […]
Linklaters rethinks secretarial work with new allocation method
Linklaters has rolled out a platform to change the way its secretarial function operates in light of new working practices introduced during the pandemic. The magic circle firm has bought a third-party platform, called Service Now, to ensure better work allocation across its secretarial pool. With the prospect of a hybrid model split between remote […]
Covington’s London revenue jumps by 12 per cent
Covington & Burling’s London revenue increased by 12 per cent last year, as global turnover also saw double-digit growth. This is after the firm’s City growth was static in 2019, decreasing by 0.1 per cent. In 2020, the firm’s revenue in its London offering leapt to $113.6m from $101.2m. In 2015, the firm’s London turnover […]
Reed Smith and A&O lead on New Scientist sale
Reed Smith, Allen & Overy and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have acted on Daily Mail and General Trust’s (DMGT) £70m acquisition of New Scientist. DMGT instructed co-chair of Reed Smith’s global corporate group Delphine Currie on the purchase, alongside senior associate Daryl Cue and client relationship partner Lawrence Radley. The Daily Mail publisher picked up the […]
Simmons approves long-term remote working plan
Simmons & Simmons has introduced a long-term working policy inspired by the changes brought about by the pandemic. The firm will introduce a hybrid working system that allows employees to work up to two to three days per week from home when restrictions are lifted, as agreed with line managers. Over the coming months, country […]
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