Tech Pioneers: Meet Addleshaws’ trainee innovators
A group of trainees and associates brimming with innovative tech ideas is being given the opportunity to take the reins, collaborate with partners and revolutionise how firms work
DWF to close two international offices in cost-cutting drive
DWF is to shut two of its international offices and downsize others, in a move that will see 60 people leave the business. The listed firm will be closing its outposts in Singapore and Brussels, reducing also the number of staff in Dubai and Cologne. As a result, around 60 individuals are expected to be […]
Bakers unveils 85-strong global promotions round
Baker McKenzie has announced one of its largest ever promotions rounds, with eight newly minted partners in London. The firm has promoted 85 partners around the world, effective from 1 July. Last year it made up 81, including seven in London, while in 2018’s scaled-back round, just 68 lawyers were made up with six making […]
Trainee and newly qualified solicitor salaries
The Lawyer has compiled trainee solicitor salaries and newly-qualified (NQ) solicitor salaries from the UK’s largest law firms. Updated 22 June 2020 with data on impact of coronavirus pandemic on NQ salaries and appointments. The latest salary figures are a reflection of the influence of American firms on the UK market. When Bingham McCutchen became […]
Sidley corporate duo depart after four years
Tech Pioneers: Meet Addleshaws’ trainee innovators
A group of trainees and associates brimming with innovative tech ideas is being given the opportunity to take the reins, collaborate with partners and revolutionise how firms work
DWF to close two international offices in cost-cutting drive
DWF is to shut two of its international offices and downsize others, in a move that will see 60 people leave the business. The listed firm will be closing its outposts in Singapore and Brussels, reducing also the number of staff in Dubai and Cologne. As a result, around 60 individuals are expected to be […]
Bakers unveils 85-strong global promotions round
Baker McKenzie has announced one of its largest ever promotions rounds, with eight newly minted partners in London. The firm has promoted 85 partners around the world, effective from 1 July. Last year it made up 81, including seven in London, while in 2018’s scaled-back round, just 68 lawyers were made up with six making […]
Trainee and newly qualified solicitor salaries
The Lawyer has compiled trainee solicitor salaries and newly-qualified (NQ) solicitor salaries from the UK’s largest law firms. Updated 22 June 2020 with data on impact of coronavirus pandemic on NQ salaries and appointments. The latest salary figures are a reflection of the influence of American firms on the UK market. When Bingham McCutchen became […]
O’Melveny books short stay at 100 Bishopsgate after hasty move out of London HQ
After being told to vacate its London premises by its landlord, O’Melveny & Myers has taken temporary space in 100 Bishopsgate, the new development that has already attracted the likes of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Paul Hastings. The rushed move comes as owners of its current City office in Warwick Court ordered all tenants to […]
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An Irwin Mitchell IPO might make Mishcon think twice
If Mishcon does IPO, it risks being lumped in with the the rest of the listed firms.
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Cutting property costs stinks of short-termism
Law firms need to focus on productivity rather than worrying about their real estate.
White & Case nabs Shearman duo
White & Case has hired two partners from Shearman & Sterling, as it rebuilds its London ranks following a recent steady flow of defections. The US firm has taken on partners Tim Sheddick and Katie Hicks, who have spent little more than two years at Shearman. Sheddick is a partner in the project development and […]
CMS promotes 23 UK lawyers in bumper promos round
CMS has made up 52 lawyers to partner worldwide, its largest-ever promotions round. The firm has promoted 52 partners globally, spanning 22 offices of which the UK accounted for 44 per cent of the total. In the UK, 23 new partners were made up. Of the London partners, energy lawyer Dalia Majumder-Russell joined from Clyde […]
Kirkland associates see target hours soar amid work surge
Associates in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis are seeing expectations around their target hours spike considerably, The Lawyer has learned, as a result of rising workloads. Sources said junior lawyers at the US firm have seen their targets skyrocket. Over the past few months, they have risen from the bonus threshold of 2,000 […]
Forsters weighs up Mayfair future in property review
Forsters has entered discussions around its London property strategy, appointing CBRE as agents. The 177-lawyer firm, which is based in Mayfair, is understood to be scoping 50,000sq ft of space further north of the city, around Marylebone, north Oxford Street, Fitzrovia and Soho. Forsters, which derives nearly half of its revenue from its 21-partner real […]
Former Slaughters partner to carry out Greensill review
Corporate veteran Nigel Boardman has been appointed by the Prime Minister to carry out an independent review into the ongoing Greensill saga. Boardman, who left Slaughter and May’s partnership in 2019, is a non-executive director of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. He has continued since as a senior consultant at Slaughters, with […]
Latham and Freshfields lead as Darktrace gears up for IPO
Latham & Watkins and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are acting as cybersecurity start-up Darktrace confirms plans to go public. The Latham team for Darktrace is led by capital markets partner James Inness, with co-chair of the London corporate department Robbie McLaren and partners Josh Kiernan, Shing Yuin Lo and associate Koushik Prasad. Lo, a member of The […]
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