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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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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