Tim Eyles set to step down after three terms as TW boss
Taylor Wessing managing partner Tim Eyles will stand down in June 2018 after over 10 years at the helm of the firm, The Lawyer can reveal.
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Taylor Wessing’s Eyles: We need creativity as lawyers turn into business consultants
Taylor Wessing’s UK managing partner Tim Eyles wants lawyers to be more creative. Sounds like a lightbulb has gone off. Taylor Wessing’s UK managing partner Tim Eyles is one of those lawyers who enjoys peering into a crystal ball occasionally. Under his leadership his firm has just launched an initiative called “lightbulb” which replaces the […]
Taylor Wessing elects PE lawyer as new senior partner
Taylor Wessing has become the latest firm to announce a management change, this time electing Dominic Fitzpatrick as its new senior partner.
Taylor Wessing launches emergency gender targets as female partner numbers drop
Taylor Wessing has launched a new diversity strategy after failing to meet its 2018 female partner targets, The Lawyer can reveal.
Taylor Wessing names new managing partner to replace Tim Eyles
Tim Eyles set to step down after three terms as TW boss
Taylor Wessing managing partner Tim Eyles will stand down in June 2018 after over 10 years at the helm of the firm, The Lawyer can reveal.
2
Taylor Wessing’s Eyles: We need creativity as lawyers turn into business consultants
Taylor Wessing’s UK managing partner Tim Eyles wants lawyers to be more creative. Sounds like a lightbulb has gone off. Taylor Wessing’s UK managing partner Tim Eyles is one of those lawyers who enjoys peering into a crystal ball occasionally. Under his leadership his firm has just launched an initiative called “lightbulb” which replaces the […]
Taylor Wessing elects PE lawyer as new senior partner
Taylor Wessing has become the latest firm to announce a management change, this time electing Dominic Fitzpatrick as its new senior partner.
Taylor Wessing launches emergency gender targets as female partner numbers drop
Taylor Wessing has launched a new diversity strategy after failing to meet its 2018 female partner targets, The Lawyer can reveal.
Travers Smith’s Dunkirk spirit during an 18-month office overhaul
Travers Smith has not moved offices. It has not abandoned its treasured room-sharing system for open plan. But someone walking into 10 Snow Hill, where Travers has been based since 1990, would be forgiven for thinking they had lost their way. The firm has recently completed a total refurbishment of its offices, all while keeping […]
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Norton Rose Fulbright to revive four-day working week scheme
A decade after adopting the same policy to tackle the consequences of the financial crisis, Norton Rose Fulbright is once again asking employees to work a four-day week to protect jobs. This temporary measure will be enacted for a 12-month period as of 20 April 2020, with Norton Rose Fulbright becoming the first City outfit […]
DLA bulks up in restructuring with Paul Hastings hire
DLA Piper has hired one of Paul Hastings’ restructuring partners to bolster its offering in the City. David Manson will jump ship to DLA after just over two years at Paul Hastings, which he joined in 2017 from White & Case. He was a senior associate at White & Case from 2006 to 2012 and […]
London lawyer gets the nod in Skadden promotions round
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has promoted one London partner in its round of 13, bolstering its white-collar crime practice in the City. Andrew Good has been made up in the Canary Wharf office, effectively immediately, following on what may be the start of a trend for the US firm after it made one London […]
The Virus Diaries: Sainsbury’s legal chief on a “huge test of team resilience”
“The coronavirus is a Black Swan event that pressure-tests everything,” says Sainsbury’s legal services director Nick Grant. “It’s been a pretty intensive two weeks.” The week before lockdown, Sainsbury’s and the rest of the supermarket sector provided the backdrop to a social-behaviour test case as thousands of customers stockpiled essential items, disrupting everyday logistics and […]
Walker Morris furloughs staff to conserve cash
As the legal industry battles the financial consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, Walker Morris is furloughing some members of staff to protect the long-term health of the business. Staff in some “quieter practice areas” will now be part of the government’s job retention scheme. The scheme currently allows organisations to claim back 80 per cent of […]
Gowling WLG’s Singapore ally chief decamps with entire IP team to CMS
The founder and managing partner of Gowling WLG’s Singapore association firm JurisAsia, Sheena Jacob, has left for CMS with her entire IP team. The move comes three years after the Singaporean IP boutique entered into an exclusive association with Gowling WLG. JurisAsia was launched by former Tan Rajah & Cheah IP partner Sheena Jacob, who is […]