Inflation figures prove the value of a good lawyer
The average price of legal advice to UK businesses rose by 4 per cent last year.
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The average price of legal advice to UK businesses rose by 4 per cent last year.
Taylor Wessing is coming out of the pandemic on the back of strategic team hires aimed at powering growth.
Kirkland and Latham top the US 50 law firms in London table in 2020.
In-depth strategic insight and benchmarking of your markets, clients and competitors. Exclusive to subscribers. Four subscription channels to choose from. Coming early April 2021. To learn more about Signal and the upcoming content on the four subscription channels, click here.
A seismic shift in the employment landscape as a direct consequence of Covid-19 is a real appreciation of whether working from home ‘works’. Historic reticence or a lack of adequate technology previously prevented employers from embracing remote working but this has been replaced with the evidence that for some roles long term remote working is achievable.
Following the end of the transition period nearly two months ago, with an EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) that largely left out financial services1, it is unsurprising that the UK is forging alliances elsewhere. Even less surprising, then, is that one such ally should be another European nation well known for its financial sector.
This document contains high level summaries of some of the main provisions of certain legal enactments and measures taken by Romania in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic, which may be of interest for the business environment.
In 2019, the Court of Appeal’s decision in Capita & Hextall held that employers were not required to equalise enhanced maternity pay with parental leave pay. A similar question has recently been considered by the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT), in a case called Price v Powys County Council.
This article looks at the recent case of In the Matter of Prudential Assurance Company Ltd and Rothesay Life Plc and the recasting of the principles to be applied on an application for sanctioning an insurance transfer under Part VII of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
The average price of legal advice to UK businesses rose by 4 per cent last year.
Taylor Wessing is coming out of the pandemic on the back of strategic team hires aimed at powering growth.
Kirkland and Latham top the US 50 law firms in London table in 2020.
In-depth strategic insight and benchmarking of your markets, clients and competitors. Exclusive to subscribers. Four subscription channels to choose from. Coming early April 2021. To learn more about Signal and the upcoming content on the four subscription channels, click here.
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Irwin Mitchell is paying a three per cent bonus to its staff this month, but has yet to confirm whether it will be reimbursing partners who volunteered for a 10 per cent pay cut last year. The bonus comes as the firm seeks to reward employees for their contribution during the pandemic, while also repaying […]
The bulk of Ashurst‘s debt for the last financial year has already been paid back, The Lawyer has learned, with an £89m fee reimbursed to its lenders last summer. Ashurst increased its debt position from £20m to £131m last year, with the majority of finance taken from its revolving credit facility out of Covid-19-induced caution. […]
Reed Smith has approved a Covid bonus to its associates. The firm has notified associates across its global platform that it will award special 2021 bonuses across the spring and autumn. These bonuses are based on seniority, ranging from $12,000 to $64,000 in the US; the amounts elsewhere will be based on jurisdictions and currencies. […]
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