New dawn, new challenges for the Clifford Chance disputes team
The Clifford Chance litigation team has finally got something it can talk about that isn’t Excalibur.
Broadcom calls for more lawyers in record-busting bid for Qualcomm
Two firms have been added to the list of advisers following Broadcom’s revised offer for Qualcomm for a record-breaking $147bn (£106bn).
HSF pay shakeup: Tinkering won’t make the top players stay
HSF sees its focus on clients and sectors as the attributes that differentiate it from its competitors. The question that remains is whether there is enough to offer partners internally to make them stay, following its remuneration review at the end of last year.
Gender pay gap: Bird & Bird is first firm to reveal partner figures
Bird & Bird has become the first UK firm to share gender pay gap figures for its partnership.
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Bär & Karrer advises GeNeuro on first Swiss IPO Euronext in Paris
GeNeuro SA, Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland, a biopharmaceutical company developing new treatments for autoimmune diseases including multiple sclerosis, has successfully completed its initial public offering on 18 April 2016 on Euronext in Paris. This transaction is the first ever IPO of a Swiss company on the regulated market of Euronext in Paris and the first IPO of […]
New dawn, new challenges for the Clifford Chance disputes team
The Clifford Chance litigation team has finally got something it can talk about that isn’t Excalibur.
Broadcom calls for more lawyers in record-busting bid for Qualcomm
Two firms have been added to the list of advisers following Broadcom’s revised offer for Qualcomm for a record-breaking $147bn (£106bn).
HSF pay shakeup: Tinkering won’t make the top players stay
HSF sees its focus on clients and sectors as the attributes that differentiate it from its competitors. The question that remains is whether there is enough to offer partners internally to make them stay, following its remuneration review at the end of last year.
Gender pay gap: Bird & Bird is first firm to reveal partner figures
Bird & Bird has become the first UK firm to share gender pay gap figures for its partnership.
Leigh Day launches largest ever unequal pay claim against Tesco
Leigh Day has launched a £4bn claim against Tesco on behalf of thousands of female staff members, in what could be the largest equal pay challenge in UK history.
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Gender pay gap: the legal profession’s full results
With gender pay gap reporting now complete, where does your firm sit in the grand scheme of things? The full results are in the interactive table below.
Homes England ramps up panel advisers in latest review
Homes England (formerly known as the Homes and Communities Agency) has completed its panel review, adding five firms to its £30m roster. A total of thirteen firms have been appointed the Government housing investment authority’s panel, with firms allocated into two lots. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, Eversheds Sutherland and Pinsent Masons, which have been on the panel […]
Barclays launches legal tech incubator with magic circle backing
Barclays is launching a legal technology incubator programme in collaboration with law firms including Allen & Overy (A&O), Clifford Chance, Clyde & Co and Simmons & Simmons, as well as PwC, The Law Society and Legal Geek. Participants of the programme will get access to a hundred-seat co-working space, mentoring, and workshops. Barclays general counsel […]
Shearman set to follow US rivals with South Korea launch
Shearman & Sterling is edging towards a launch in South Korea with plans to open in Seoul by the end of the year, The Lawyer understands. The US firm is understood to be awaiting regulatory approval to launch in the region, which could take up to several months. The office would be the third to […]
Addleshaws hunts for formal associations in new Middle East strategy
Addleshaw Goddard has kickstarted a new three-year strategy for its Middle Eastern arm, aiming to have 70 staff across the region as well as breaking into Saudi Arabia. Led by its head of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Andrew Greaves, the firm will now look to build out of its three existing offices having launched in […]
Eversheds Sutherland Asia TMT head joins K&L Gates
Eversheds Sutherland‘s Asia head of technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) has left the firm’s Hong Kong office for K&L Gates. Nigel Stamp is joining the US firm as a partner after nearly seven years at Eversheds. He previously headed Morrison & Foerster’s China TMT practice, which he joined in 2006 from Clifford Chance. At K&L […]