Top 200 firms Harrison Clark Rickerbys (HCR) and Hewitsons are in the final throes of a merger deal. The deal is expected complete by the end of May, adding Hewitsons’ Cambridge, Northampton, Milton Keynes and London network to HCR’s nine locations of Birmingham, Cambridge, Cardiff, Cheltenham, Hereford, London, Reading, Worcester and the Wye Valley. The […]
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) is getting rid of most of its sub-practices, The Lawyer has learned, the latest step in its wide-ranging Project Advance. The merged firm will absorb its specialist teams into wider practice groups aligned with the three “growth engines” identified by the McKinsey review carried out last year. In October, the […]
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 […]
A corporate partner in Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom’s Hong Kong office has moved to one of the firm’s clients Grab as group general counsel. Christopher Betts has relocated to Singapore to take up the new in-house role. He joined the Singapore-headquartered “super app” in the same month when Grab formalised its plan to […]
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Top 200 firms Harrison Clark Rickerbys (HCR) and Hewitsons are in the final throes of a merger deal. The deal is expected complete by the end of May, adding Hewitsons’ Cambridge, Northampton, Milton Keynes and London network to HCR’s nine locations of Birmingham, Cambridge, Cardiff, Cheltenham, Hereford, London, Reading, Worcester and the Wye Valley. The […]
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) is getting rid of most of its sub-practices, The Lawyer has learned, the latest step in its wide-ranging Project Advance. The merged firm will absorb its specialist teams into wider practice groups aligned with the three “growth engines” identified by the McKinsey review carried out last year. In October, the […]
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 […]
A corporate partner in Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom’s Hong Kong office has moved to one of the firm’s clients Grab as group general counsel. Christopher Betts has relocated to Singapore to take up the new in-house role. He joined the Singapore-headquartered “super app” in the same month when Grab formalised its plan to […]
Linklaters’ senior partner election race has concluded, with Aedamar Comiskey beating two other contenders to the role. The firm’s head of corporate will replace incumbent Charlie Jacobs, who earlier this year confirmed he would leave Linklaters at the end of his term. Jacobs has since announced he is joining JP Morgan as head of the UK […]
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Simpson Thacher has boosted its London NQ pay as it joins the wave of pay rise announcements from its rivals. According to a source familiar with the firm, classes of 2021/2020 will receive a starting pay of $205,000, with the class of 2013 at $365,000. London lawyers will also receive “proportionate salary increases”. Earlier this […]
Ashurst has become the latest firm to increase the base rate for its UK newly-qualified solicitors. The firm has now made £90,000 its NQ base salary. Last summer, as it confronted the effects of Covid-19, Ashurst froze NQ pay at £84,000. In November last year it was increased to £85,500. In 2019 Ashurst had upped […]
What will your workplace look like after COVID-19? How are these changes in working patterns going to impact the different departments within your businesses? Given the increasing number of businesses switching to long-term remote work or looking to expand their talent pool beyond previous geographic constraints, this webinar looks at the practical implications of an […]
