London is where global firms should invest in disputes
Activity levels in the High Court returned to normal levels in 2021 and that’s a positive sign for litigators’ resilience
Simmons expands disputes team with DWF recruit
Simmons & Simmons has hired a product liability partner from DWF, as the firm continues to expand its overseas disputes offering. David Kidman joins from DWF, where he has practised for over six years. Before then, Kidman spent around a decade at BLM’s London base, where he made partner in 2013. Kidman will be based […]
DLA Piper acts for Premier League in $200m contract dispute
The High Court has ordered PPLive Sports to pay the Premier League over $200m for two unpaid two contracts. At the start of the trial, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, which was on record acting for PPLive Sport applied to come off the record. The law firm claimed that PPL had failed to pay a […]
Dechert loses disputes partner to Signature
Signature Litigation has hired a partner from Dechert, as the boutique reveals revenue growth of over 20 per cent. Simon Fawell joins the conflict-free boutique after just two and a half years at Dechert, having previously spent 12 years at Sidley Austin where he was first made a partner in 2012. His practice revolves around […]
Stephenson Harwood and DWF face-off in software row
London is where global firms should invest in disputes
Activity levels in the High Court returned to normal levels in 2021 and that’s a positive sign for litigators’ resilience
Simmons expands disputes team with DWF recruit
Simmons & Simmons has hired a product liability partner from DWF, as the firm continues to expand its overseas disputes offering. David Kidman joins from DWF, where he has practised for over six years. Before then, Kidman spent around a decade at BLM’s London base, where he made partner in 2013. Kidman will be based […]
DLA Piper acts for Premier League in $200m contract dispute
The High Court has ordered PPLive Sports to pay the Premier League over $200m for two unpaid two contracts. At the start of the trial, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, which was on record acting for PPLive Sport applied to come off the record. The law firm claimed that PPL had failed to pay a […]
Dechert loses disputes partner to Signature
Signature Litigation has hired a partner from Dechert, as the boutique reveals revenue growth of over 20 per cent. Simon Fawell joins the conflict-free boutique after just two and a half years at Dechert, having previously spent 12 years at Sidley Austin where he was first made a partner in 2012. His practice revolves around […]
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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. Last update: 3 November 2023 The latest salary figures are a reflection of the influence of American firms on the UK market. When Bingham McCutchen became the first firm to offer NQs £100,000 in London back in […]
Don’t wait for the climate crisis to come to you
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Gowling WLG and Norton Rose Fulbright’s London offices will all be under water in a few decades. This trio shares idyllic views overlooking the Thames, but they will all be submerged in the river by the year 2100 as climate change-induced sea level rises occur. And this is based on the […]
Welcome to your TikTok legal career
Talent churn is accelerating among the junior ranks with today’s associates more mobile than the generations before them. The concept of long-term professional loyalty is fading as Gen Z rises. These lawyers ask not what they can do for you, but what your firm can do for them. This generational shift in working attitudes is […]
Slaughters and Linklaters can breathe a huge sigh of relief
Hooray, big-ticket M&A is having a mini-revival and so are the firms that make so much of their money out of it. Already in 2024, major European M&A deals to have been announced include International Paper’s £5.8bn planned acquisition of London-listed packaging company DS Smith, which trumped another offer from rival Mondi. Other significant matters […]
The SRA is on the ropes
On Tuesday last week (9 April), the SRA sought to quell a rising tide of discontent around the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE). In its most recent SQE annual report, SRA chief executive Paul Philip said the public and profession could have “confidence” in this “rigorous assessment”. That confidence was short-lived. Yesterday (15 April), Philip was […]
Some firms have all the luck
For one firm, the pan-Nordic dream is dead. For another, it’s just begun. Hannes Snellman’s announcement that its Stockholm and Helsinki offices will be going their separate ways later this year represented the end of a strategic gamble that started 16 years ago. Back then, its leadership bet that opening in Stockholm (2008) and Copenhagen […]
“We’re not setting any limitations”: Competition boutique opens in Paris
Competition boutique Geradin Partners opens its doors in Paris today as the firm seeks to become a serious player in the French capital’s vibrant competition and litigation scenes. Opening on the same block as Freshfields in the heart of Paris’ 8e Arrondissement, Geradin has brought in competition litigator Marc Barennes from Bureau Brandeis with his […]
Hill Dickinson presses on with partner car scheme amid EV revolution
Car lease schemes for partners are rapidly dwindling in the wake of the electric vehicle (EV) salary sacrifice revolution, but Hill Dickinson is not one of them. Once a more common method for partners to enjoy part of their profit share, traditional car lease schemes have lost their lustre. The tax incentives that once made […]
Stinklaters: Barbican residents lash out at Links’ ‘noxious’ generator
The residents of the Barbican Centre’s Cromwell Tower organised a demonstration outside magic circle firm Linklaters on Tuesday to protest against its diesel generator, which was installed in late March.
BT adds magic circle firm to 11-strong panel
BT has further shrunk its panel for the third review in a row having appointed a total of 11 firms to its roster. The panel will run for three years and includes 10 firms that have been reappointed from 2020. Those continuing their relationship with BT after the latest review are the likes of Allen […]
Dentons boosts London office with bumper promotions round
Dentons has promoted 12 lawyers to partner in the UK, Ireland and Middle East (UKIME) this year, including nine partners in London. Of the remaining three promotions, two were made in Glasgow and one was made in Abu Dhabi. Most of the promotions have been made in the projects team, with Claudia Thomas and Graham […]
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