The College of Law’s (CoL) Legal Services Policy Institute (LSPI) is calling for the training contract for solicitors to be abolished in a bid to “widen access to the profession”.
Designer Mark Fast may have stunned London Fashion Week by using size 14 models, but it seems that the UK general counsel of insurance giant Zurich remains committed to a more waif-like look.
Allen & Overy (A&O) star German corporate partner Rolf Koerfer has left the firm for partnership at Linklaters spin-off Oppenhoff & Partner.
Former Chadbourne & Parke partner Konstantin Konstantov has rejoined the firm after defecting to Dechert’s Moscow office earlier this year.
Before you say ‘where on earth is Dili?’ – close your eyes, imagine the warm sun on your shoulders, the lapping of waves, the wave of coconut palm and banana trees, children excitedly shrieking “bom dia malai” (hello foreigner), the roar of UN vehicles, the hum of blackhawk helicopters and the blasting of Indonesian pop songs. Welcome to Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste/East Timor.
The College of Law’s (CoL) Legal Services Policy Institute (LSPI) is calling for the training contract for solicitors to be abolished in a bid to “widen access to the profession”.
Designer Mark Fast may have stunned London Fashion Week by using size 14 models, but it seems that the UK general counsel of insurance giant Zurich remains committed to a more waif-like look.
Allen & Overy (A&O) star German corporate partner Rolf Koerfer has left the firm for partnership at Linklaters spin-off Oppenhoff & Partner.
Former Chadbourne & Parke partner Konstantin Konstantov has rejoined the firm after defecting to Dechert’s Moscow office earlier this year.
Bird & Bird has lost one of the rising stars of its IT practice to rival Bristows. Toby Crick, formerly an associate at Bird & Bird, started today at Bristows as a partner. Crick will be working in the commercial IT and outsourcing practice headed by Mark Watts. “We have been making a concerted effort […]
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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 […]
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 & 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 […]
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 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 […]
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.
