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As an ex-lawyer, I can tell you Slaughters’ policy won’t work
Slaughter and May’s new wellbeing code is intended to help fee-earners as they navigate a competitive legal environment. But the challenge is making it work when being responsive and available is seen as the gold standard.
Ex-CC partner to make formal complaint over Osborne Clarke letters
Clifford Chance’s former UK tax head has revealed he intends to make a formal complaint over letters he received while scrutinising the financial affairs of the ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer. In July, Neidle made headlines for a series of posts on the alleged tax arrangements of leading Conservative politicians, including Nadhim Zahawi. He claimed that […]
KC appointments decline again as 95 take silk
The Lord Chancellor has announced a total of 95 new King’s Counsel, meaning the number of barristers to receive silk status has fallen for the second year in a row. The latest cohort is 5.9 per cent smaller than the 101 barristers promoted in 2021, which at the time marked a 13 per cent dip […]
Royal London appoints new GC from insurance rival AXA
Blackstone silk sues The Times
A Blackstone Chambers silk, now president of Oxford’s Magdalen College, Dinah Rose KC, has filed a libel suit against The Times over an article that was published in November last year. Rose had previously acted for the Cayman Islands, arguing the government’s case that the islands’ constitution did not permit same-sex marriage. Rose stated that […]
Solicitor apprenticeships gather momentum as 40 firms poised to sign up
Forty firms have expressed an interest in participating in a new project to improve and increase the number of solicitor apprenticeship opportunities in the City of London. Magic circle firms Allen & Overy and Linklaters, along with Norton Rose Fulbright, Osborne Clarke and Eversheds Sutherland, are among those spearheading the initiative. The project, which was […]
The Lawyer Podcast: BDB Pitmans needs a new merger partner; and the legal issues hanging over rugby’s Six Nations
Following the launch of the Hot 100 last week, The Lawyer’s editor Catrin Griffiths sits down with new Hot 100 member Banke Odunaike from CBRE to discuss her career, the nuances of being a role model and what her son made of her inclusion. The Six Nations rugby kicks off this weekend as a storm of […]
Radcliffe Chambers raids Five Paper for commercial team
Radcliffe Chambers has swiped a team of four from Five Paper’s commercial practice group, including its commercial team leader Simon Mills. Other members from Five Paper that have made the move include Zachary Kell (year of call: 2015), Matthew Tonnard (year of call: 2015) and Alexander Kingston-Splatt (year of call: 2017). The set has also […]
White & Case snaps up Travers Smith’s head of M&A tax
Travers Smith has taken another hit in the City of London, losing its head of M&A tax to White & Case. Jessica Kemp joins White & Case’s tax practice, having spent the last 15 years at Travers Smith. She was given the nod to partner in 2015 and was promoted to head of M&A tax […]
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Travers Smith: Great firm, shame about the direction
Macfarlanes and Travers Smith must be tired of being compared to each other. Tough. The comparison is endlessly instructive. Both are UK-focused with strong referral relationships across the globe, plus they have long boasted higher-than-average profit figures compared to other firms of their size in The Lawyer UK200. There’s not a lot of difference there […]
Blackstone silk sues The Times
A Blackstone Chambers silk, now president of Oxford’s Magdalen College, Dinah Rose KC, has filed a libel suit against The Times over an article that was published in November last year. Rose had previously acted for the Cayman Islands, arguing the government’s case that the islands’ constitution did not permit same-sex marriage. Rose stated that […]
Solicitor apprenticeships gather momentum as 40 firms poised to sign up
Forty firms have expressed an interest in participating in a new project to improve and increase the number of solicitor apprenticeship opportunities in the City of London. Magic circle firms Allen & Overy and Linklaters, along with Norton Rose Fulbright, Osborne Clarke and Eversheds Sutherland, are among those spearheading the initiative. The project, which was […]
The Lawyer Podcast: BDB Pitmans needs a new merger partner; and the legal issues hanging over rugby’s Six Nations
Following the launch of the Hot 100 last week, The Lawyer’s editor Catrin Griffiths sits down with new Hot 100 member Banke Odunaike from CBRE to discuss her career, the nuances of being a role model and what her son made of her inclusion. The Six Nations rugby kicks off this weekend as a storm of […]
Radcliffe Chambers raids Five Paper for commercial team
Radcliffe Chambers has swiped a team of four from Five Paper’s commercial practice group, including its commercial team leader Simon Mills. Other members from Five Paper that have made the move include Zachary Kell (year of call: 2015), Matthew Tonnard (year of call: 2015) and Alexander Kingston-Splatt (year of call: 2017). The set has also […]
White & Case snaps up Travers Smith’s head of M&A tax
Travers Smith has taken another hit in the City of London, losing its head of M&A tax to White & Case. Jessica Kemp joins White & Case’s tax practice, having spent the last 15 years at Travers Smith. She was given the nod to partner in 2015 and was promoted to head of M&A tax […]
Kirkland & Ellis mulls Saudi launch in infrastructure play
Kirkland & Ellis is considering planting its flag in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), The Lawyer has learnt. The new branch would make it the US firm’s first office in the Middle East and Kirkland sources suggest that it would initially focus on the energy and infrastructure sector. Infrastructure has been an area that the […]
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