How US firms justify their enormous NQ salaries
Obscene? Possibly. Justifiable? Unlikely. Sustainable? Absolutely.
The speed read: climate change and coronavirus take centre stage – but don’t ignore Kennedys’ New Law play
Judges are signing up to the climate emergency Climate change is centre stage this week and as Greta Thunberg arrived in Bristol, Extinction Rebellion turned up on Bunhill Row to make an example of Slaughter and May. The protests are a bit embarrassing for Slaughters, but to be fair there are dozens of firms in […]
Signs of hope, despite another male-dominated silk round
The issue is not so much attracting women to the Bar; it is about how to help female barristers build and maintain a career, writes deputy editor Matt Byrne.
Reignite Academy to expand its operations into Birmingham and the Bar
The Reignite Academy will expand its platform to the barristers’ profession and outside London, with the programme due to launch in Birmingham later this year. Reignite, launched in late 2018, is an initiative aimed at bringing former City lawyers who have been out of the law firm workplace for some time back into private practice. […]
Stock market woes sees Burford’s share price drop to three-year low
How US firms justify their enormous NQ salaries
Obscene? Possibly. Justifiable? Unlikely. Sustainable? Absolutely.
The speed read: climate change and coronavirus take centre stage – but don’t ignore Kennedys’ New Law play
Judges are signing up to the climate emergency Climate change is centre stage this week and as Greta Thunberg arrived in Bristol, Extinction Rebellion turned up on Bunhill Row to make an example of Slaughter and May. The protests are a bit embarrassing for Slaughters, but to be fair there are dozens of firms in […]
Signs of hope, despite another male-dominated silk round
The issue is not so much attracting women to the Bar; it is about how to help female barristers build and maintain a career, writes deputy editor Matt Byrne.
Reignite Academy to expand its operations into Birmingham and the Bar
The Reignite Academy will expand its platform to the barristers’ profession and outside London, with the programme due to launch in Birmingham later this year. Reignite, launched in late 2018, is an initiative aimed at bringing former City lawyers who have been out of the law firm workplace for some time back into private practice. […]
New QCs at a time of change: the silks of 2020
As 114 new silks celebrated their success in the 2020 Queen’s Counsel appointments, they were also marking the end of an arduous selection procedure – all for the honour, pride and privilege of securing those two prestigious letters that can reshape a legal career. Finally gaining the QC kitemark gives some barristers a sense of […]
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More pay rises on the way as inflation mounts
The combination of inflation and a busy year for corporate law firms should drive up associate salaries.
Mishcon and Travers are a match made in heaven
Another year, another law firm IPO. And this time it’s Travers that will be picking up the fees from Mishcon.
A Paul Weiss UK launch is just round the corner
Paul Weiss’s London office is very profitable but could do with a few more partners.
UK law students are starting to prefer US firms
Law students increasingly view US firms as more attractive places to work.
The Chinese firm with ten thousand lawyers
Yingke’s franchise like model has enabled it to double in size in the last five years.
Reed Smith to offer voluntary redundancies in global secretarial review
Reed Smith is to review its admin function, in a process that will entail voluntary redundancies across its network. The firm has started a firmwide project called “Connectivity Initiative” that was launched in November 2020 to examine the effectiveness of its support function. As part of the process, the firm is offering a voluntary redundancy […]
GC roundtable: How to store data effectively
The over retention of data poses numerous risks and added costs, especially around privacy, security, and GDPR compliance. But removing the blockers for data disposal and implementing a robust records management and information governance program is no easy feat. In-house counsel and records management teams of companies across every industry are struggling to remove barriers […]
Inmarsat loses second in-houser in a year
Inmarsat’s VP for legal affairs has taken on a new role at a business advisory company, six months after the departure of general counsel Trudy Cooke. Christian Fahey joins Washington-headquartered Ankura as executive director and associate GC for EMEA and APAC as its first international lawyer, after nearly five years at satellite company Inmarsat. In […]
Clifford Chance delays start date for new flexible working policy
Clifford Chance is postponing the implementation of its long-term UK remote working policy, in light of potential changes in the Government roadmap. The magic circle firm has communicated internally that its policy will kick off in September rather than June. The Lawyer revealed the new arrangements in late April, which were announced as the firm […]
Clydes votes in new senior partner after election race
Clyde & Co’s North American and Canadian chair has been elected as the firm’s new senior partner, after former leader Peter Hirst stepped down last year. Montréal-based Carolena Gordon has taken the top job, winning the election against UK partners James Cooper and Chris Murray. Gordon is the first partner from outside the UK to […]
Dentons cuts roles after business services consultation
Dentons has completed its business services consultation, resulting in over 60 voluntary redundancies. The consultation was launched at the beginning of the year and impacted up to 87 roles. Dentons confirmed that 67 employees (35 secretaries and 32 business services staff) opted for voluntary redundancy while two roles were cut. In addition, six secretaries and 14 […]
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