The Lawyer’s top 200 UK law firms revealed
The largest 200 UK law firms are revealed in The Lawyer’s UK 200 latest report.
Looking for a new role can be a full-time job
RVU’s head of legal Natalie Salunke explains how she treated finding a new position during lockdown as a full time job, working on it 9 to 5 whilst building her skill set through volunteering at a start-up.
Mammoth Tesco trial facing five-month delay due to Covid-19 crisis
Two groups of investors will have to wait another five months for their case against Tesco to be heard in the High Court, with the mammoth 11-week trial pushed back until early October due to the coronavirus pandemic. There have already been years of legal sparring between the parties and several attempts to throw out […]
Norton Rose Fulbright set to make redundancies after exiting furlough scheme
Norton Rose Fulbright is ending its use of the UK Government’s furlough scheme as of next month, a decision that has led to a small number of redundancies among business services staff. A number of non-fee-earners were asked to join the job retention scheme during lockdown as part of a broader package of measures, and […]
St Philips appoints former Bar chief as new head of chambers
The Lawyer’s top 200 UK law firms revealed
The largest 200 UK law firms are revealed in The Lawyer’s UK 200 latest report.
Looking for a new role can be a full-time job
RVU’s head of legal Natalie Salunke explains how she treated finding a new position during lockdown as a full time job, working on it 9 to 5 whilst building her skill set through volunteering at a start-up.
Mammoth Tesco trial facing five-month delay due to Covid-19 crisis
Two groups of investors will have to wait another five months for their case against Tesco to be heard in the High Court, with the mammoth 11-week trial pushed back until early October due to the coronavirus pandemic. There have already been years of legal sparring between the parties and several attempts to throw out […]
Norton Rose Fulbright set to make redundancies after exiting furlough scheme
Norton Rose Fulbright is ending its use of the UK Government’s furlough scheme as of next month, a decision that has led to a small number of redundancies among business services staff. A number of non-fee-earners were asked to join the job retention scheme during lockdown as part of a broader package of measures, and […]
Linklaters brings back partner after five years at Kirkland
A Hong Kong partner at Kirkland & Ellis has rejoined his previous firm, Linklaters, after five years. David Irvine, a specialist in the London banking practice, has worked for a long stint in the US firm’s Hong Kong practice. He had first joined the magic circle firm in 2001 as an associate. In 2008, he […]
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Dentons to close two UK offices in switch to full-time remote working
Dentons is to shut its Aberdeen and Watford offices, with its employees and partners set to work from home permanently from now on. The firm will vacate the two premises, with all partners and employees (consisting of 66 people all together) set to permanently work from home. The Aberdeen and Watford employees will remain at […]
The speed read: yet more DWF drama; Freshfields in California; and Shoosmiths bites the bullet
The DWF news keeps on coming Plenty of news from DWF, as reverberations from the departure of long-time CEO Andrew Leaitherland continue. The most awkward bit of coverage was an attempt at PR that backfired – the firm trumpeted its scheme to help qualifying trainees, only to get backlash from sources who had rather different […]
Dentons delays Dublin launch due to Covid-19
Dentons has postponed the opening of its Dublin office due to Covid-19, having announced the launch at the start of this year. The firm’s new office, which was announced in January, was due to be fully operational in Q2. However, this has now been postponed to September 2020. For its Dublin base, Dentons recruited three […]
Coronavirus: full details of how law firms are reacting
All the latest developments on what firms are doing in response to the coronavirus spread. Contact editorial@thelawyer.com if you have further updates.
Fieldfisher increases office capacity limit to 25 per cent in reopening plan
Fieldfisher is gradually increasing the attendance capacity of its London office as part of a new pilot, having opted to keep the office open throughout the pandemic period. The firm has started a project to bring back a larger number of lawyers and professional staff into its headquarters near Bank station. In the past few […]
Osborne Clarke and Bird & Bird bring back staff from furlough
Firms including Osborne Clarke and Bird & Bird have brought back a group of furloughed fee-earners and business services staff. At Osborne Clarke, 6 out of the 28 fee-earners on the UK Government scheme are now out of the programme, while 22 non fee-earners are also back out of a total of 88. In April, […]