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My career story: I left school at 16 – now I’m a partner
Donna McCarthy left school at 16 and thought she might go into the creative sector. She is now a partner at Devonshires.
HSF wins legal challenge against partners who defected to White & Case
Herbert Smith Freehills has won a legal challenge against eight of its Australian partners who have defected to White & Case, preventing them from becoming partners of the US firm for six months.
Morgan Lewis launches flexible working in UK and US
Associates at Morgan Lewis & Bockius will be able to work from home for up to two days per week from 1 May.
Orrick chair on Hong Kong exodus: “Sometimes we have to pick our fights”
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe recently lost the bulk of its Hong Kong and China offices to US rival Morgan Lewis & Bockius. Is this a sign of another US firm withdrawing from China, or a major revamp of Orrick’s Asia strategy?
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My career story: I left school at 16 – now I’m a partner
Donna McCarthy left school at 16 and thought she might go into the creative sector. She is now a partner at Devonshires.
HSF wins legal challenge against partners who defected to White & Case
Herbert Smith Freehills has won a legal challenge against eight of its Australian partners who have defected to White & Case, preventing them from becoming partners of the US firm for six months.
Morgan Lewis launches flexible working in UK and US
Associates at Morgan Lewis & Bockius will be able to work from home for up to two days per week from 1 May.
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Clifford Chance shakes up Luxembourg leadership in post-Brexit strategic play
Clifford Chance has announced a refreshed leadership lineup in its Luxembourg office. The firm has revealed its new managing partner in the European principality and created a senior partner role for the office with Brexit firmly in mind. Partner Steve Jacoby will take up his role as managing partner in May next year – just […]
Record profits at UK 200 firms as gap between top and bottom-paid partners widens
The law firm model may be under more pressure than ever before but for many, the all-important average profit per equity partner (PEP) metric remains as reliably high as ever. Nine firms in this year’s UK 200: the Top 100 report posted a PEP of £1m or above with 37 registering average profits of £500,000 […]
Simpson Thacher to close Seoul office
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is closing down its operation in Seoul after six years, making it the first global law firm to pull out of South Korea. South Korea opened up its legal market to international firms in 2012, resulting in an influx of international law firms setting up shop. The firm relocated its Korea […]
Slaughters’ Watkins makes London return after breeding “strong pack of wolves” in Hong Kong
Slaughter and May corporate partner David Watkins has returned to London after a seven-year stint in Hong Kong, having overseen a period of growth for its Asian offering, with six new partners and practice expansion into North Asia. Watkins, who has been a partner at Slaughter and May since 2005, relocated to Hong Kong in […]
Mothercare scraps GC role as fifth in four years departs
Mothercare has scrapped its general counsel position following the departure of Alice Darwall, who was acting as group general counsel and company secretary. The Mothercare in-house legal team has been in flux for the past few years; Darwall left the business in June 2018 after eight months. She replaced Andrew Eames, who was acting as […]
The 60 second interview: Pinsents’ Richard Foley: Law firms will need to think more about the reason they exist
Our latest 60 second interview in the “Law firm of the Year” series features senior partner Richard Foley, who talks to The Lawyer about Pinsent Masons‘ vision for the future and the importance of understanding the DNA of your business in times of unprecedented change.