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The billable hours system means firms have little flexibility to give their employees time off.
“My trainee supervisor once said: ‘Kris, remember, pressure makes diamonds’. To this day, that still sticks in my mind.”
Latham & Watkins and Slaughter and May are among the firms to have won spots on Vodafone’s revamped panel. The telecoms giant has wrapped a review of its roster of legal advisers, which started at the end of last year. The assessment focused on diversity and inclusion as well as ESG credentials, with general counsel […]
Rabobank senior counsel Rashpal Kaul says having a generalist approach and constantly reinventing yourself are key to making a success of his role
Anderson Strathern and Allen & Overy’s growth strategies have a few similarities.
Increasingly, there is a focus on culture and individual accountability in regulated firms. This has been heightened by various consumer protection issues which have been investigated including the tracker mortgage examination; high profile enforcement actions and the recent engagement with insurers on business interruption cover during COVID-19. Consistently, the Central Bank of Ireland (“Central Bank”) […]
At 33-years-old, Shamar Ennis is one of the youngest partners at Walkers and wants to inspire other young Caymanians to pursue a career in law.
The Cayman Islands has recently introduced legislation which temporarily allows for the valid signing of certain documents where the witness is not in the immediate physical presence of the person signing.
A very common scenario in clinical negligence and personal injury claims is that the claimant’s negligent injury occurs on a background of pre-existing disability – how does the court assess the damages for care in the claim?
The webinar consists of three sections and covers charitable status: PINF – the public interest news foundation, when form affects function, and challenging Commission decisions.
The billable hours system means firms have little flexibility to give their employees time off.
“My trainee supervisor once said: ‘Kris, remember, pressure makes diamonds’. To this day, that still sticks in my mind.”
Latham & Watkins and Slaughter and May are among the firms to have won spots on Vodafone’s revamped panel. The telecoms giant has wrapped a review of its roster of legal advisers, which started at the end of last year. The assessment focused on diversity and inclusion as well as ESG credentials, with general counsel […]
Rabobank senior counsel Rashpal Kaul says having a generalist approach and constantly reinventing yourself are key to making a success of his role
A limitation of liability claim has been issued by Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) after the recent blockage of the Suez Canal.
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A longtime member of Herbert Smith Freehills‘ (HSF) disputes team is moving to Bird & Bird after over two decades at the firm. Nick Peacock is making the move, specialising in international arbitration and having previously led HSF’s Singapore arbitration group and its India disputes team. His departure follows the recent retirements of Mark Shillito, […]
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White & Case’s co-head of private equity Ian Bagshaw is to depart the firm after over seven years, The Lawyer can reveal. Bagshaw will leave the firm at the end of June. He has been with the firm since the start of 2014, when he moved from Linklaters alongside Richard Youle – now at Skadden […]
Taylor Wessing is looking to deploy a trademarks team in its Liverpool hub, as its headcount surpasses 100 into its second year of launching. Of the 100, a total of 25 are lawyers and the rest a mix of business services professionals. About 50 of these recruits have joined during the lockdown period, when the […]
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