The total number of lawyers working in the UK at US-led firms continued to grow over the past year and has now reached new heights, The Lawyer’s new ranking reveals. In 2020, total lawyer numbers rose from 6,376 to 6,679, a rise of 4.7 per cent, while the total number of partners at US firms […]
A former employee of Starling Bank has brought claims of whistleblowing and discrimination against the group, with its general counsel also named as a respondent in the case. Gulnaz Raja, who was deputy secretary to Starling’s board from 2019 to 2020, is taking on the business in the Employment Tribunal a year after leaving. Court […]
Hogan Lovells has described allegations of deliberate misconduct as “absurd and offensive” as it ramps up its defence of a claim from a former oligarch client. Ukrainian businessman Vadim Shulman is pursuing a significant breach of duty claim against the firm that arises out of a contentious conflict of interest, with an allegation that the […]
White & Case’s co-head of private equity Ian Bagshaw is to depart the firm after over seven years, The Lawyer can reveal. Bagshaw will leave the firm at the end of June. He has been with the firm since the start of 2014, when he moved from Linklaters alongside Richard Youle – now at Skadden […]
By Guy Wilkes Financial service firms cannot wait for the outcome of the leave negotiations before putting their restructuring plans into effect After the initial excitement and panic following the referendum result lawyers were quick to reassure their clients that nothing had changed overnight. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) similarly sought to reassure people that […]
The total number of lawyers working in the UK at US-led firms continued to grow over the past year and has now reached new heights, The Lawyer’s new ranking reveals. In 2020, total lawyer numbers rose from 6,376 to 6,679, a rise of 4.7 per cent, while the total number of partners at US firms […]
A former employee of Starling Bank has brought claims of whistleblowing and discrimination against the group, with its general counsel also named as a respondent in the case. Gulnaz Raja, who was deputy secretary to Starling’s board from 2019 to 2020, is taking on the business in the Employment Tribunal a year after leaving. Court […]
Hogan Lovells has described allegations of deliberate misconduct as “absurd and offensive” as it ramps up its defence of a claim from a former oligarch client. Ukrainian businessman Vadim Shulman is pursuing a significant breach of duty claim against the firm that arises out of a contentious conflict of interest, with an allegation that the […]
White & Case’s co-head of private equity Ian Bagshaw is to depart the firm after over seven years, The Lawyer can reveal. Bagshaw will leave the firm at the end of June. He has been with the firm since the start of 2014, when he moved from Linklaters alongside Richard Youle – now at Skadden […]
Ben Jaffey has had an extremely busy start to the year, having been involved in six concluded cases already in 2021.
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A Linklaters duo have left for a magic circle rival, The Lawyer can reveal, becoming partners in its City leveraged finance practice. Allen & Overy has hired Annette Kurdian and Robert Burt. Kurdian joined Linklaters in 2001 and became a partner in 2006. As part of her practice, she advises financial institutions and alternative credit […]
The independent review of last year’s Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) has found that the three-way relationship between the BSB, the eight law school providers of the BPTC, and the electronic testing company Pearson VUE, which delivered the online exam, “ultimately contributed to the complexities in the booking and delivery of the examinations.” The Director […]
Baker McKenzie has returned its newly-qualified (NQ) salaries to normal rates, after a reduction during the pandemic last year. The firm crunched salaries by £2,500 (3 per cent) to £87,500 and dropped the sign-on bonus last June. The announcement came a week after Bakers had said it had no plans to reduce salaries for trainees […]
The past year has been one of disruption for businesses everywhere. Daily team catch-ups migrated to Zoom and progress meetings once rewarded with a pint are now paired with anxiety around job security. Responses to the pandemic, such as switching to remote working, have exposed the considerable inefficiencies of conventional working practices. Confronted with this […]
