Travers Smith reveals 5 per cent gap in senior associate pay
Male senior associates at Travers Smith picked up 5 per cent more on average than their female counterparts, while there was virtually no difference in pay for associates.
A&O raids Bakers’ South Africa office in 12-lawyer group hire
Allen & Overy has hired a team of 12 lawyers from Baker McKenzie’s Johannesburg office, including five partners in South Africa.
The team is led by litigation partner Gerhard Rudolph, who has been a partner in Bakers’ disputes team since 2012.
BLP wins BCA battle in first predictive coding High Court trial
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has defeated a claim against client BCA Trading after using predictive coding technology in the High Court for the first time.
Exclusive: Kirkland raids four firms for restructuring push
Kirkland & Ellis has taken four lawyers from Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Norton Rose Fulbright and Orrick to bolster its London restructuring capability.
Kirkland & Ellis has taken four lawyers from Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Norton Rose Fulbright and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe to bolster its London restructuring capability.
Leapfrog hunts for new GC after Linklaters partner returns to firm
Linklaters former London corporate head Stuart Bedford has returned to full-time fee-earning after a brief stint as Leapfrog Investments’ general counsel.
Travers Smith reveals 5 per cent gap in senior associate pay
Male senior associates at Travers Smith picked up 5 per cent more on average than their female counterparts, while there was virtually no difference in pay for associates.
A&O raids Bakers’ South Africa office in 12-lawyer group hire
Allen & Overy has hired a team of 12 lawyers from Baker McKenzie’s Johannesburg office, including five partners in South Africa.
The team is led by litigation partner Gerhard Rudolph, who has been a partner in Bakers’ disputes team since 2012.
BLP wins BCA battle in first predictive coding High Court trial
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has defeated a claim against client BCA Trading after using predictive coding technology in the High Court for the first time.
Exclusive: Kirkland raids four firms for restructuring push
Kirkland & Ellis has taken four lawyers from Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Norton Rose Fulbright and Orrick to bolster its London restructuring capability.
Kirkland & Ellis has taken four lawyers from Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Norton Rose Fulbright and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe to bolster its London restructuring capability.
Where have all the big-name private equity hires gone?
Go back a couple of years and you could not chuck a stone without hitting a high-profile private equity lawyer heading from one firm to another. The streets were thick with them, lured away from their firms by the promise of greener pastures. As one big-name partner says, “private equity was the poster boy for […]
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New York firms dominate the RPL rankings as US firms hit new London revenue high
Average revenue per lawyer (RPL) at the 50-largest US firms in the UK has broken through the $1m mark for the first time, The Lawyer can reveal, with average RPL rising by 8 per cent from $953,000 to a new record of $1.03m. The entry into The Lawyer’s US Top 50 2019 report this year of […]
The speed read: Europeans are happy, and some leaders really are strong and stable
As we approach the long weekend, here are the big themes from the last five days: 1. Restructuring lawyers are busy – and not just in the magic circle The struggling high street been a theme of the week, with Jamie Oliver’s restaurant business now in administration, and Freshfields and DLA Piper securing the mandate […]
The Lawyer Awards: HSF, Quinn and Stewarts among the litigation finalists
Ahead of The Lawyer Awards 2019, in association with Travelers, we’re looking back on some of the most complex or legally significant cases of the last 12 months, as eight teams vie for the top prize in this year’s litigation category. In a case that has been rumbling on since 2012, a joint team of […]
From hub to lab: Freshfields goes digital in Berlin
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has launched its first digital solutions lab in Berlin, the latest step in building a network of innovation units across its global footprint. The lab, located in the Factory co-working space nested in the Görlitzer Park area, will be led by the firm’s German real estate and litigation counsels Gerrit Beckhaus and […]
European 100 breaks through €10bn in buoyant year
The combined turnover of the largest independent European firms has broken through the €10bn barrier for the first time, exclusive data gathered by The Lawyer reveals this week. Collectively, the firms featured in this year’s European 100 report brought in a combined €10.4bn in 2018, up 6.5 per cent from €9.76bn in 2017. It is […]
Freshfields and DLA Piper guide Green through Arcadia’s CVA
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and DLA Piper are working together on Arcadia’s company voluntary arrangement (CVA), as Philip Green embarks on a plan to rescue the business. Freshfields’ restructuring partners Neil Golding and Adam Gallagher are leading for Arcadia, as its chair Philip Green plans the closure of 23 UK stores, including Topshop, Dorothy Perkins, Miss […]