Addleshaw Goddard has created a new leadership function, appointing one of its co-heads of real estate to lead its London operations. Partner Leona Ahmed has left her role as real estate co-head to become the firm’s first head of London. The new role, which mirrors similar existing positions in other UK offices and is effective […]
Mills & Reeve has tweaked its training contract and summer vac scheme interview process by trialing mini-hackathons in a bid to find “lawyers for the future.” In the early stages of the recruitment process in February, the firm held group exercises and design thinking workshops to test the problem-solving skills of candidates beyond legal knowledge. […]
Linklaters has become the latest firm to set up a graduate scheme based solely around legal operations, as part of an overall rethink as to how it delivers services to clients. The magic circle firm is set to offer the graduate scheme to between five and 10 individuals from August/September 2020, who will undergo a […]
Linklaters has worked with a group of academics to create a new legal technology curriculum for its youngest lawyers. The curriculum, which was developed in partnership with Swansea University, will first prioritise the firm’s trainee population, starting with those who joined the firm in August 2019: around 200 people globally. But the firm has plans […]
Addleshaw Goddard has created a new leadership function, appointing one of its co-heads of real estate to lead its London operations. Partner Leona Ahmed has left her role as real estate co-head to become the firm’s first head of London. The new role, which mirrors similar existing positions in other UK offices and is effective […]
Mills & Reeve has tweaked its training contract and summer vac scheme interview process by trialing mini-hackathons in a bid to find “lawyers for the future.” In the early stages of the recruitment process in February, the firm held group exercises and design thinking workshops to test the problem-solving skills of candidates beyond legal knowledge. […]
Linklaters has become the latest firm to set up a graduate scheme based solely around legal operations, as part of an overall rethink as to how it delivers services to clients. The magic circle firm is set to offer the graduate scheme to between five and 10 individuals from August/September 2020, who will undergo a […]
Linklaters has worked with a group of academics to create a new legal technology curriculum for its youngest lawyers. The curriculum, which was developed in partnership with Swansea University, will first prioritise the firm’s trainee population, starting with those who joined the firm in August 2019: around 200 people globally. But the firm has plans […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters have acted on Tesco’s latest exit from the Asian continent, as the retailer sold its Thai and Malaysian business for $10.6bn to the CP Group yesterday. Freshfields London managing partner Claire Wills led the team for longstanding client Tesco, together with Hong Kong partner Simon Weller and City partner Keir […]
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Calls for reform of the CMA will be music to the ears of claimant litigators.
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UK law firms are starting to pay back employees’ salaries as the economy recovers.
Prep courses for the new SQE are now being unveiled, and solicitor hopefuls will have to puzzle their way through the wide array of options.
Linklaters has hired Jonathan Jones QC, the former Treasury Solicitor and head of the UK Government Legal Department (GLD), months after he decided to leave his post. Jones’ departure was revealed last August as the UK Government faced scrutiny over its plans to clarify parts of the Northern Ireland protocol, which formed a section of […]
A London-based capital markets partner at Hogan Lovells is leaving the firm to launch his own legal tech business. Raj Panasar had joined Hogan Lovells in early 2020 from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, where he had spent his whole career. An expert on international financing transactions, he represents multiple issuers, including emerging market and […]
The unexpected renovation of BPP Law School’s Holborn campus has sparked outrage among law students who are paying a premium for studying in London but remain unable to use the facilities. In photos published on social media, the Holborn building appears stripped of all fittings and furniture, with BPP since confirming that the campus is […]
Clifford Chance and Allen & Overy acted alongside two US firms on a deal that will see PE powerhouse KKR become a major shareholder of Finland’s biggest electricity distribution company. The two magic circle firms were on the opposite sides of a deal that ended in KKR and Canadian pension fund Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan […]
Clyde & Co would be at “risk of criminal prosecution” if it was to hand over funds held in an escrow account for PetroSaudi Oil, a judge has ruled, as multiple authorities claim the funds are connected to the 1MDB scandal. The dispute is a spin-off from the 1Malaysia Development (1MDB) fraud investigation, with anti-corruption […]
South West firm Trethowans has appointed a new managing partner. Personal injury lawyer Chris Whiteley has led the firm since 2015 but head of corporate Mike Watson is set to take over from 1 April. Whiteley is to become senior partner and will remain on the board. “Mike has been my right hand person and […]
