A silver circle firm has an average partner age of just 44.2 years, according to findings by The Lawyer. Travers Smith has the youngest equity partnership in the UK top 100, new research has revealed. At the other end of the spectrum, the oldest partnership of a traditional law firm is that of Harrison Clarke […]
Former Slaughter and May partner Miranda Leung retired in November 2016 after 26 years at the firm, 16 of them as a partner. Still only 50, these days her life is very different from what it was while at Slaughters.
Gender, gender, gender: how firms retain female talent is a board-level discussion point. The born-again evangelism among managing partners isn’t feigned, I grant you, but it’s pretty one-note, as if the rhetoric of anxiety makes up for the distinct lack of solutions. To complicate matters further, other diversity issues are beginning to emerge. Just as […]
The idea of offering partner retirement assistance is heartily supported by top law firms. However, the results of our survey reveal that what they actually provide lacks the structure and innovative thinking found at the big accountacy firms. “To what extent do you think that both firms and partners nearing retirement benefit if the former […]
Firms are missing out on the benefits of smoothing the path to retirement for their partners. But partners could also help themselves by being better prepared
A well-known lawyer who landed a senior role with a former client is Bob Kidby who, until 2010, was head of real estate at legacy Lovells. Here’s his story.