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Willkie Farr & Gallagher is set to bolster its London ranks by hiring a high-profile restructuring partner from Latham & Watkins. Simon Baskerville has spent nearly eight years as a partner at Latham & Watkins and served as the global vice chair of restructuring and special situations. He previously trained at Ashurst and was given […]
CEE firm Schoenherr will double the size of its Warsaw office after hiring a team of 23 lawyers from a domestic Polish firm. This marks the second sizeable team hire by an Austrian headquartered law firm in 2023. The hire includes seven partners, all hailing from Polish national firm SSW Pragmatic Solutions. They are capital […]
The senior partner of Slaughter and May is set to move to Brunswick when his term ends next year. Steve Cooke will join the advisory group in May 2023 as a partner. At Brunswick, Cooke will advise clients in the UK and globally on a range of matters including M&A, crisis, disputes and litigation. The […]
From finance NQ to global head of energy and resources at Clifford Chance, Wells spills the beans on the firm’s journey, dramatic deals, and the future of the energy landscape.
A toxic combination of rising costs has put working capital levels under pressure. The gauge will rise as firms adjust to a new tax regime that prevents them from holding onto taxable profits generated by equity partners for almost two years. Traditionally that pot of cash yielded high interest rates and it could be put […]
CPS reaches first DPA agreement with Entain The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and betting and gaming giant Entain will attend a public hearing on Tuesday (5 December) to receive court approval for Entain to enter into a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with the CPS. DPAs are court-endorsed agreements that provide a company with certainty that […]
A toxic combination of rising costs has put working capital levels under pressure. The gauge will rise as firms adjust to a new tax regime that prevents them from holding onto taxable profits generated by equity partners for almost two years. Traditionally that pot of cash yielded high interest rates and it could be put […]
Listed firms once claimed to be pioneering a new style of firm. But the four outfits currently in this misshapen gang (and former members DWF and Ince Group), have had their fair share of shakes and wobbles. They must satisfy two distinct audiences. On one hand there are equity partners, and on the other the […]
If you haven’t got a head of sustainability, you’re increasingly in the minority. For the last three years, law firms have been jumping on this trend: since 2021, no fewer than 27 firms have appointed a sustainability or ESG leader. Looking at where all these green gurus have come from is an interesting exercise in […]
Sussex: Back in June Beyond the Bubble talked to Cripps’ new managing partner James Beatton about his plans for the firm and making a go of it in Tunbridge Wells. “The growth in our London office has been fantastic but there are only so many lawyers you can recruit into Tunbridge Wells, lovely though it […]
The exits we saw last year may have slowed a little since the most recent salary war cooled down, but the wider trend is one that dates back years: workers are less loyal than they used to be. Law firms are finding it increasingly difficult to retain their associates at a time when employers offer […]
Do you WhatsApp your clients? It’s a more divisive question than you might expect. According to a recent poll of conducted by The Lawyer on LinkedIn, while 66 per cent of fee-earners don’t use the messaging service for this purpose, 34 per cent do. And it’s not split along seniority lines: partners, associates, trainees and […]
West Midlands: Everyone’s all about the wellbeing now, but some aspects of it are harder to crack than others – not least, the increasing prevalence of technology in our lives. Lawyers in particular are often desk-bound or required to constantly check their smartphone, and work long into the night in front of a laptop. But […]
In 2017, Harriet Slater (then a trainee at Ropes & Gray) visited Andy Malkinson in Preston Prison, along with her colleague and white collar associate Mair Williams. At the time, Malkinson had already served 14 years of a rape sentence, to which he had continued to maintain his innocence. Slater and Williams were part of […]
The new episode of The Lawyer Podcast is out now! Across the UK and Europe, new types of litigation are booming – and the money is pumping in. On this episode of The Lawyer Podcast, editor Catrin Griffiths, litigation editor Christian Smith and international editor Alex Taylor sit down to debate what the future holds for the once […]
Salary wars are so 2022. Or are they? On Tuesday this week, The Lawyer’s deputy editor (UK) Richard Simmons revealed the largest firm pay gaps between London and the regions. Did you know that Hogan Lovells’ Birmingham newly qualifieds (NQs) are paid £45,000 less than their London colleagues? And Eversheds Sutherland’s regional NQs are all […]
The Lawyer’s Horizon Live is due to kick off next month with a series of webinars, dinners and roundtables featuring some of the biggest names in law discussing the most prominent issues affecting the profession. To celebrate, on the new episode of The Lawyer Podcast, four of The Lawyer’s editors present some of their favourite […]
The latest episode of The Lawyer Podcast is out now! Proposed redundancies at CMS and Taylor Rose have raised associate anxieties across the market, with many wondering whether they could be the start of wider trouble. The Lawyer‘s editor Catrin Griffiths and litigation editor Christian Smith are joined by director of insight Matt Byrne and […]
Two partners from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld have left the firm, having joined 10 months ago to build out its private credit credentials. Fergus Wheeler and Paul Yin are moving to Latham & Watkins. Wheeler’s move to Akin from White & Case was announced in January, followed by the news a month later […]
A scene from the westerns and cartoons of my childhood keeps playing in my mind. A trail of gunpowder leads to kegs of dynamite. The fuse is lit. Will the hero put the fuse out before the whole thing blows sky high? It’s a race against time. What are advised emissions anyway? Advised emissions begins […]
Working alongside seven lawyers, Mondelez’s chief counsel for Northern Europe has a team covering everything from marketing to contracts, to ESG and M&A, at the snack giant.
Four core firms have won places on the inaugural legal panel of Laser Digital, a digital asset business backed by Nomura. The company has named Allen & Overy, Simmons & Simmons, Ashurst, and Jones Day to its roster. Ehsan Haque, head of legal and compliance UK at Laser Digital, ran the panel process with input […]
Kevin Athow’s first job was making snooker tables in a factory in Lincolnshire. He later worked as a roadie, touring with bands for seven years. His first foray into law was during jury service, which inspired him to qualify as a barrister at 32. As routes in-house go, his is up there with the unconventional. […]
Lesley Wan will join All Africa Capital from First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) Bank as general counsel and company secretary. The GC held the role at FBN since April 2018, and previously worked as corporate counsel at Lloyds Banking Group for 11 years. Her first move in-house was to Bayerische Landesbank in 2005. She trained […]
COP28 kicked off yesterday, so with minds on global climate change, this week’s Spotlight feature will examine a practice area a little more local to the UK: Leigh Day’s environment team, which is no stranger to disputes with public bodies as it fights for environmental standards in the UK. The market: Greenwashing is top on […]
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK Litigation market. This week, the FCA’s new sustainability rules will bring more work for disputes lawyers, why BCLP should love its litigators more, and a lovely case of mistaken identity. But first, you may have seen yesterday’s Horizon on litigation growth […]
Procurement spat brews Network Rail Infrastructure and Homes England have been hit with a claim filed in the Technology and Construction Court by Aviva Capital Partners. The suit, filed by DLA Piper, has been listed as a Part 7 Claim – procurement. Aviva invests in regeneration projects, public sector partnerships to support innovation, as well […]
On the Beach takes on Ryanair…again Heading to the Chancery Division for a one-day case management conference regarding costs and disclosure is the dispute between On the Beach and Ryanair. This case is separate from the suit brought by On the Beach, Sunshine.co.uk and Classic Package Holidays against Ryanair, of which judgment was handed down […]
Timothy Wilkins, global partner for client sustainability at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, talks to The Lawyer about key ESG trends that will land on general counsel’s desks in the near future as well as the unique opportunities ESG present for lawyers to add value to their organisation.
Thomson Reuters’ chief product officer for legal tech Kriti Sharma talks to The Lawyer about holding technology and tech companies more accountable for user needs, what can be done to reduce tech waste and getting tech companies to work better together.
Emma Carr, partner at Gowling WLG, talks to The Lawyer about how the in-house function has changed over the past 10-15 years and shared her views on what the legal team of the future might look like.
Independents The Lawyer’s last part of the UK 200 – The Independents – which focuses on the firms in the lower half of the UK 200 is out now! The Independents account for just 6 per cent of the total UK 200 revenue and we talk about some of the pressures that The Independents are facing […]
Here’s a rundown by litigation reporters Annabel Tinson and Maria Ward-Brennan on the new weekly content on The Lawyer’s Litigation Tracker, which started in October 2022. As Litigation Tracker subscribers already know, on Monday, In court this week comes out, which details some of the most interesting cases hitting the courts that week. On Wednesday, Claim Spotter is released, which looks […]
China top 30 The China Top 30 features the ranking of the top 30 firms based on revenue, and in-depth analysis of financial performance, headcount and growth. The report highlights that despite an extraordinary 2021, the China top 30 are bracing for 2022 to be their first year of downturn after three decades of growth. […]
We’ve just launched Partnerless, a new email specifically for associates. Sign up here for weekly career intelligence and market chatter. I snapped a picture last week, my little girl Sophie, decided she was now bored of me working, comes to sit on my knee and starts typing on my keyboard. She’s got her baby doll […]
The exits we saw last year may have slowed a little since the most recent salary war cooled down, but the wider trend is one that dates back years: workers are less loyal than they used to be. Law firms are finding it increasingly difficult to retain their associates at a time when employers offer […]
Having held back from a salary increase earlier in the year, Slaughter and May has now bumped up its newly-qualified pay to £125,000. The rise puts Slaughters in line with salaries offered to NQs at the magic circle firms. Slaughters had been paying its newest solicitors £115,000 prior to the change. The hike was first […]
The great thing about quotes is that they hang around, just waiting for the right occasion! So I’m going to lift this one which I will use to illustrate the theme of this month’s article. It comes from a certain John Martins Jr; “Life is not a race, but a journey to be savoured each […]
