Planes, trains and automobiles: law firms are ducking the real emissions challenge
The legal industry must create stricter and more innovative policies to make up for the currently unaccounted-for travel-related emissions.
Mills & Reeve is playing a risky little game
First, there was the Brabners Bog, and now Mills & Reeve – or should we say Reeds? – has got itself a wetland. It has partnered up with longstanding client Albanwise Environment on a nature recovery project in west Norfolk. Home to threatened species including otters, dragonflies and wildfowl, the Stoke Ferry wetland is positioned […]
Clifford Chance is biting back at the US firms
Once, let’s say around two decades ago, the most eye-catching lateral hires stories were all about US firms raiding the Brits in the latter’s back yard. Then, thanks to the sheer scale of the investment of US firms in London and the growth of this City market, came US-on-US moves. Now, the top UK firms […]
The chambers that collapsed is not a one-off
The skip outside the now-defunct 9 Stone Buildings is a forlorn remnant of a 130-year history. But it’s a gift of a metaphor. Anyone following the shape of legal services will be increasingly aware that chambers’ challenges mimic those of law firms. For 9 Stone Buildings’ fate is the amplification of a trend that is sweeping […]
Paul Weiss isn’t disrupting the trainee pay market – yet
As Freshfields goes for a more American look, Paul Weiss is appealing to aspiring UK lawyers with a £250 grant to buy smart attire. Unveiling a generous vacation scheme package, the US firm has also hit top of the market rates with an £180,000 NQ salary. That figure will likely be even higher once its […]
Honestly, these are happy times for law firms
Lawyer headcount growth underscores the resilience of the profession
Weightmans elects successor to longstanding Schorah
Weightmans has appointed client relationships director Sarah Walton as its new managing partner. Walton will assume the role in April 2025 after a six-month transition period. She will be replacing current chief John Schorah, who is retiring after 12 years in the role and 18 years on the Weightmans board. In a statement, managing partner […]
Travers pensions duo leaves firm
Weeks after losing a senior tax partner, Travers is set for a double partner exit – this time from its pensions team. Pensions partners Andy Lewis and Dan Naylor are the latest to leave the firm. Lewis, who has been with the firm for over eight years, is set to join Sackers. He joined Travers […]
Ex-DWF partner barred from law after sending sexual messages and photos to minor
A former DWF partner has been banned from practising law after a judgment published by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) this morning revealed he had intentionally attempted communication with a minor for the purpose of sexual gratification. The ex-partner in question concerns David Storry Walton, who was part of the real estate team at DWF […]
Goodwin snaps up DLA duo for sports finance strength
Goodwin Procter has hired two partners from DLA Piper to strengthen its sports finance offering. Partners Paul Gray and Lewis Gaut are set to join Goodwin’s real estate finance practice in the London office. Gray joined DLA from Sidley Austin in 2014 and has been a partner at the firm for over 10 years. His […]
BDB Pitmans hit by eight-partner team exodus
BDB Pitmans has lost an eight-partner team to TLT, The Lawyer can reveal. It is understood that Sarah Clark, Nick Evans, Tom Henderson, Mustafa Latif-Aramesh, Richard Marsh, Duncan O’Connor, James Ross and Angus Walker have all resigned from the partnership and are set to join TLT. The majority of the eight partners work in the […]