Bank of England’s lawyer headcount jumps 670% in five years
The number of lawyers at the Bank of England (BoE) has increased by approximately 670 per cent, rising from 13 individuals five years ago to between 90 and 100 today, it has emerged.
Akin Gump promotes London trio to partnership
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has promoted three London lawyers to partnership out of 12 worldwide, after making up no-one in the City last year. City-based counsel Sophie Jermine was promoted to the firm’s partnership from the start of January and is part of Akin Gump’s cross-border transactions team. She joined Akin Gump after […]
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Mishcon gears up for next decade with hire of Axiom’s UK head
Mishcon de Reya has hired the London general manager of alternative resourcing business Axiom in the newly created role of chief strategy officer. Nick West, a lawyer who previously worked at Lexis Nexis, joined Mishcon yesterday (6 January) as part of the firm’s senior management team. Axiom is best known as a provider of technology-enabled […]
KWM Europe and Middle East MP Boss to step down one year early
King & Wood Mallesons Europe and Middle East managing partner William Boss will step down from the role, resigning one year before his term officially ends in May 2017. Boss will remain in the role until the end of the financial year in April while a replacement is found. He took on the position in May 2015 after being […]
Skadden tops global M&A rankings as Freshfields and CC compete with US leaders
Bank of England’s lawyer headcount jumps 670% in five years
The number of lawyers at the Bank of England (BoE) has increased by approximately 670 per cent, rising from 13 individuals five years ago to between 90 and 100 today, it has emerged.
Akin Gump promotes London trio to partnership
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has promoted three London lawyers to partnership out of 12 worldwide, after making up no-one in the City last year. City-based counsel Sophie Jermine was promoted to the firm’s partnership from the start of January and is part of Akin Gump’s cross-border transactions team. She joined Akin Gump after […]
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Mishcon gears up for next decade with hire of Axiom’s UK head
Mishcon de Reya has hired the London general manager of alternative resourcing business Axiom in the newly created role of chief strategy officer. Nick West, a lawyer who previously worked at Lexis Nexis, joined Mishcon yesterday (6 January) as part of the firm’s senior management team. Axiom is best known as a provider of technology-enabled […]
KWM Europe and Middle East MP Boss to step down one year early
King & Wood Mallesons Europe and Middle East managing partner William Boss will step down from the role, resigning one year before his term officially ends in May 2017. Boss will remain in the role until the end of the financial year in April while a replacement is found. He took on the position in May 2015 after being […]
Simmons’ financial management pays off as profit soars and debt falls
A focus on costs and lock-up management helped Simmons & Simmons to soaring profits and a reduction in borrowing costs for the last financial year, the firm’s LLP accounts have shown. In the introduction to the accounts, filed with Companies House this week, the firm said it had continued to “maintain tight controls on costs, […]
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Norton Rose Fulbright debuts ‘legal ops training contract’ for graduates
Norton Rose Fulbright has launched a graduate scheme focusing on legal operations, as law firms continue to rethink the way its services are delivered. The scheme stems out of the firm’s change and innovation program NRF Transform. It will initially offer two roles available from March 2019, followed by four other positions opening next September that […]
Macfarlanes highest-paid profits reach nearly £4m
UK-headquartered firms are beginning to file their LLPs for 2017/18, with Macfarlanes and Linklaters the latest to reveal the financial state of their businesses.
Baker McKenzie designs project to help clients master their data
Baker McKenzie is developing an information governance project to help clients redesign the way they handle data in light of a tighter regulatory framework. The ongoing project, which started last April, is currently led by the firm’s London-based global ediscovery and data advisory managing director Bryant Isbell and Toronto IT partner Theo Ling. The duo […]
4 Pump Court arbitration silk decamps for magic circle set
4 Pump Court silk Alexander Gunning QC has joined magic circle chambers One Essex Court in a key boost to the set’s arbitration group. Gunning was first called to the Bar in 1994, taking silk six years ago with a practice focused heavily on international arbitration, as well as commercial in the energy, insurance, construction […]
Slaughters associates in line for Christmas performance-based bonus and salary boost
Associates at Slaughter and May are in line to pick up Christmas bonuses of up to 14 per cent and will also receive salary raises in the new year. Newly qualified (NQs) will receive an extra 8.25 per cent of their basic salary as a bonus, while 4.5 to 6.5 year PQEs will receive 14 per cent. […]
Former Barclays GC joins EY Riverview Law in first post-acquisition hire
Riverview Law has made its first significant hire since being brought by EY four months ago, appointing a former Barclays general counsel to a new director role. Rob Dinning will be a director of legal function co-sourcing, a new unit within the business that helps global corporations change their operating model to achieve a combination of […]