Dentons promotions fall as five get the nod in the UK
Dentons has made up five lawyers to partner in the UK, while the total number of global promotions dropped significantly compared to last year.
Law firms, wake up. It’s time to report partner gender pay gap figures
If the likes of sprawling global firms like DLA Piper or Reed Smith can do it, what’s the excuse for the 40-odd firms that haven’t?
60 second interview: “In-house lawyers, don’t be chief blocking officers”
Ahead of his session at The Lawyer’s GC Strategy Summit, Banco Santander’s head of legal global corporate banking for Germany, Austria and Switzerland Timo Mathias Spitzer talks about the role of the modern in-house lawyer and making a difference within your organisation. How can the legal function be a competitive advantage to its company? A […]
Osborne Clarke joins the surge of firms reporting partner gender pay gap
Osborne Clarke has a median gender pay gap for partners of 38 per cent, as it joins the bandwagon in publishing data for its highest-earners.
Dentons promotions fall as five get the nod in the UK
Dentons has made up five lawyers to partner in the UK, while the total number of global promotions dropped significantly compared to last year.
Law firms, wake up. It’s time to report partner gender pay gap figures
If the likes of sprawling global firms like DLA Piper or Reed Smith can do it, what’s the excuse for the 40-odd firms that haven’t?
60 second interview: “In-house lawyers, don’t be chief blocking officers”
Ahead of his session at The Lawyer’s GC Strategy Summit, Banco Santander’s head of legal global corporate banking for Germany, Austria and Switzerland Timo Mathias Spitzer talks about the role of the modern in-house lawyer and making a difference within your organisation. How can the legal function be a competitive advantage to its company? A […]
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The speed read: the legal world’s key stories of last week
There are three things that keep City managing partners awake at night. First, the US firms. Second, tech and New Law. And third, Brexit. This week saw all three issues in the spotlight. The extent of US firms’ growth in London was shown by the unveiled City 50, The Lawyer’s ranking of US and UK […]
White & Case advises as CVC buys UnitedLex in biggest-ever legal market deal
CVC Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in alternative legal services provider UnitedLex in what is believed to be the largest investment in the legal market ever at $500m. UnitedLex CEO Dan Reed led negotiations in-house. The Lawyer can reveal that CVC was advised by a White & Case team led by New York-based partner […]
Orrick and Latham advise on FarFetch float
Orrick, Latham & Watkins and Fenwick & West have taken the lead advising on luxury online retailer FarFetch‘s IPO on the New York Stock Exchange. Latham & Watkins is advising FarFetch, with a capital markets team led by New York partners Marc Jaffe and Ian Schuman, and London partner Joshua Kiernan. Orrick is acting for a […]
The 60 second interview: Need new ways to motivate your team? Ask them
GSK’s assistant general counsel talks to The Lawyer about the steps she takes to avoid disappointment in the mentor-mentee relationship.
Revealed: A&O’s IP reshuffle in the wake of Dagg’s Kirkland move
Former Allen & Overy (A&O) head of intellectual property Nicola Dagg was leading on 75 per cent of the firm’s cases in the sector before the announcement of her high-profile move to US firm Kirkland & Ellis earlier this year, data from The Lawyer can reveal. Data gathered for The Lawyer Litigation Tracker Q2 shows that of the firm’s four […]
LOD targets US as future biggest market in growth strategy
Flexible lawyering service Lawyers On Demand (LOD) has laid out its plans for significant growth in the US with hopes that it will become the provider’s biggest market in the next “few years”. In a bid to further its ambitions in the US, LOD co-founder John Knox relocated to the North Eastern state of Connecticut […]