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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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Fried Frank bulks up corporate practice in 2019 partner promotions round
Fried Frank has announced its partner promotions round, making up ten partners worldwide, with one sitting in London. This is the second partner the firm has promoted in London in the last two years, with corporate lawyer David Christmas making the cut last year. Christmas’s promotion came after three fallow years where Fried Frank did […]
Mishcon moves to replace Levitt with Kingsley Napley hire
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Clifford Chance among firms advising on halted nuclear project
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CMS places its bets on the North with surprise Liverpool launch
In a bid to pick up further work arising from the “Northern Powerhouse” initiative, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang is opening an office in Liverpool, hiring a partner from DWF for the launch. This will be the firm’s first UK office opening since its tripartite merger with Nabarro and Olswang in May 2017 and its tenth UK […]