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Brodies has posted a 2.4 per cent increase in turnover for the 2016/17 financial year to £66.7m in its seventh consecutive year of revenue and profit growth.
Snap is on the hunt for a new general counsel after legal head Chris Handman stepped down from the role.
“I don’t get on particularly famously with any of the partners and I’m concerned I haven’t got a mentor within the firm. Is this going to hold me back and what can I do?”
Société Générale (SocGen) has finalised its panel review process, naming 12 firms to the bank’s global legal panel, The Lawyer understands.
Last month, Ropes & Gray appointed its first London partner to its global committee. The appointment comes at a critical time in the firm’s City office, showing both a sense of confidence in the London cohort and need to keep them on side. But is it enough to stem the flow of departures?
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