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Chicago-based Baker McKenzie has launched a £100,000 fintech counsel fund. The fund was initiated after the UK’s fintech week which took place 4-8 April. It’s purpose is to provide legal support to three budding fintech companies over the course over six months and is open to all fintech companies based in the UK. The fund […]
Lawyers on Demand (LOD) is steering clear of an initial public offering, in a year when it put a new M&A acquisition under its belt. In the last financial year, global revenue at LOD decreased by 2 per cent from £56.7m to £55m, while UK revenue grew slightly from £22m to £23.5m. The figures mark […]
Allen & Overy is set to open its second advanced delivery centre in Australia, months after it scrapped the idea of opening a similar hub in South Africa. The new centre, located in Perth, will comprise legal support professionals and associates as well as dedicated project management and e-discovery specialists. The launch comes as the […]
Slaughter and May partners will be able to invest their own money in tech startups enrolled in the firm’s incubator programme. It is the first time Slaughters gives its partnership opportunities for direct investment in companies involved in its 2019-launched Collaborate accelerator, which next year kicks off its third edition. Collaborate cohort members will be […]
Eversheds Sutherland is expanding its training opportunities with a legal tech graduate scheme, offering a starting salary of £25,000. The firm will offer a two year-scheme for six graduates who will work alongside its legal service design and application development teams. The graduates will have the opportunity to rotate between the legal technology teams in […]
Allen & Overy’s flexible resourcing business Peerpoint has launched in Dubai, the latest jurisdiction included in its offering. The firm debuted its services in the United Arab Emirates in May, and it is now fully operational. The launch was driven by demand for projects within the firm’s network and from external clients over the years. […]
In summer 2020, the #BlackLivesMatter movement created an opportunity for DWF to accelerate its progress on improving Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) representation within its workforce. DWF partner and head of the firm’s diversity and inclusion leadership group Seema Bains led the initiative. She says: “The Black Lives Matter movement had raised a lot […]
Introducing a shadow board and the Connectors reverse mentoring programme was not about addressing a specific problem, according to Shakespeare Martineau chief marketing and people officer Ben Buckton. Rather, it was responding to an opportunity to flatten the hierarchy and offer a platform for a greater proportion of the firm to influence its direction. “If […]
Slaughter and May’s Business Development Academy sought to address a problem shared across the industry. How to attract, develop and retain the best junior business development population. The firm had found it was consistently recruiting from a very narrow pool of individuals, experiencing high turnover, and needed to improve resilience and job satisfaction. “Our team […]
As the ructions of Covid-19 continue to trail two years after the pandemic started, the concept of hybrid working continues to populate law firms’ priority lists. This topic was debated in a roundtable hosted by Speech Processing Solutions’ Ryan Prins and Ben Capstick at The Lawyer’s Business Leadership Summit. The spectre of Covid-19 infections remains […]
Shakespeare Martineau’s leader Sarah Walker-Smith argues that “merger without the acquisition” is a more relevant commercial approach for a post-pandemic world.
Clifford Chance’s UK shared services centre is to boost its support role to offices across the Americas. The North East England base is doubling down on efforts to support lawyers operating across the Atlantic, including those operating within the magic circle firm’s New York, Washington and São Paulo offices. “We want to replicate what we’ve […]
The innovative ‘Now and Next’ initiative helped to keep staff engaged and delivered tangible benefits to clients
By joining with partners and following its guiding six ‘I’s principle, the firm has streamlined its insurance claims processes
How three large corporations worked pro bono with third-sector organisations to give them the platforms and automation needed to save time and money
Matheson’s head of digital services Tom Connor shares his insights into working as part of the senior management team to design, execute and lead the evolving digital transformation strategy at Ireland’s largest law firm. The events of the past year have significantly altered the way in which many people and businesses think about how […]
