If you want to make partner at Kirkland, train at Linklaters
Kirkland & Ellis has been changing its hiring strategy for corporate partners.
City duo join throng of firms repaying Covid loans
Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) and Travers Smith are the latest firms to confirm repayment of Covid loans that were taken out at the height of the pandemic last year. Both firms’ combined debt increases amounted to £81m in 2019/20, with NRF significantly drawing down on its loan facilities during the first wave of the pandemic […]
Hot 100 career quiz: Dentons managing director Lisa Sewell
Don’t fear change, change is good!
Barristers fear kid invasion as Grays Inn leases out property to private school
One of the Inns of Court in London will soon be home to a fee-paying junior school after it agreed to lease out one of its buildings, The Lawyer can reveal. Grays Inn recently confirmed that it will be leasing out the old City School of Law Building to the City of London School for […]
Three US firms grew City revenue by a third last year
If you want to make partner at Kirkland, train at Linklaters
Kirkland & Ellis has been changing its hiring strategy for corporate partners.
City duo join throng of firms repaying Covid loans
Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) and Travers Smith are the latest firms to confirm repayment of Covid loans that were taken out at the height of the pandemic last year. Both firms’ combined debt increases amounted to £81m in 2019/20, with NRF significantly drawing down on its loan facilities during the first wave of the pandemic […]
Hot 100 career quiz: Dentons managing director Lisa Sewell
Don’t fear change, change is good!
Barristers fear kid invasion as Grays Inn leases out property to private school
One of the Inns of Court in London will soon be home to a fee-paying junior school after it agreed to lease out one of its buildings, The Lawyer can reveal. Grays Inn recently confirmed that it will be leasing out the old City School of Law Building to the City of London School for […]
The new European front: Kirkland hires Linklaters duo to launch in Paris
Nearly a year since it hired Freshfields’ David Higgins to bolster its corporate offering in London, Kirkland & Ellis is to bring in two Linklaters partners to spearhead its move into the Paris market.
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Vinson & Elkins boosts pay for London NQs
Vinson & Elkins has followed in the footsteps of its US rivals by raising its pay level for British newly qualified (NQ) solicitors. The firm has increased NQ pay from £147,500 to £153,400. Five of the firm’s six qualifiers this autumn will stay on to take advantage of the new rates, which come into effect […]
Dechert wraps redundancy process for City secretaries
Dechert has concluded a review of its secretarial function in London, with nine individuals taking voluntary redundancies. The nine people who took the opportunity included six part-time individuals and three full-time ones. They received an enhanced package and outplacement support upon leaving the firm. Meanwhile, the firm’s City office has restructured the secretarial function. The […]
Pinsents ups NQ salaries across UK offices
Pinsent Masons is the latest firm to increase its NQ salaries as the rest of the legal market starts to play catch-up with recent hikes at the top end. For those based in the firm’s London office, associates will now be paid a salary of £75,000, which is an increase of £2,500 on last year. […]
Hogan Lovells ushers in new remote working policy
Hogan Lovells expects the majority of staff to spend at least 60 per cent of the working week in the office once its employees return in mid-September. With staff set to spend just under half of the week working remotely, the firm said this will serve as a response to certain staff’s wishes for a […]
Bakers issues etiquette for hybrid meetings
Baker McKenzie has sent out a guide for hybrid meeting etiquette as part of its new agile working policy. For when it returns to the office later in the summer, the firm has introduced a “2+2+1” approach to remote working – BAgile – meaning people can work two days in the office, two from home, […]
HSF bags early win in Google competition dispute
The High Court has ruled against Linklaters’ client Kelkoo in a £1bn competition scrap with Google. The outcome is an early win for Google, represented by Herbert Smith Freehills, which is being challenged for allegedly breaching competition law by unlawfully abusing its dominant position and causing European price comparison service Kelkoo significant loss and damage. […]
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