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Dentons has won two lucrative UK Government mandates whose combined value is worth around £9.5m. The contracts relate to two different mandates for the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and HM Treasury. However, they stem from Dentons’ role within the Government’s wider Finance and Complex Legal Services (FaCLS) panel. The HM Treasury […]
The general counsel of Linklaters is stepping down after 17 years, becoming the latest in-house veteran of the magic circle to leave the position this year. Raymond Cohen was one of the first general counsel to be appointed in City law firms. He was previously a partner in the financial services offering at the firm […]
Fieldfisher has paid back the amount of staff salaries and partner monthly drawings that were cut during the pandemic, as it seeks to kick in operational changes as part of a new working model plan. The firm has carried out most of the reimbursements after, last June, it had asked staff with a salary […]
Boies Schiller Flexner is preparing to represent institutional investors in legal action against Credit Suisse following the high-profile collapse of Greensill Capital. Those being targeted in Boies Schillers’ bookbuild are global investors who invested in the bank’s $10bn Supply Chain Finance Funds, with the aim of recovering losses suffered in relation to investments with Greensill. […]
The pandemic will generally be remembered as a time of introspection, of looking back and analysing some of our decisions. In this session, a number of seasoned tech connoisseurs will look back at their long-standing affair with legal tech, revisiting some of their decisions and candidly sharing what they would do differently.
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This free to watch webinar was part of The Lawyer’s General Counsel Strategy Summit that took place between 11 – 13 May 2021.
For more information on the summit, a copy of the agenda, or to register interest for 2022, please visit the event website.
Dentons has won two lucrative UK Government mandates whose combined value is worth around £9.5m. The contracts relate to two different mandates for the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and HM Treasury. However, they stem from Dentons’ role within the Government’s wider Finance and Complex Legal Services (FaCLS) panel. The HM Treasury […]
The general counsel of Linklaters is stepping down after 17 years, becoming the latest in-house veteran of the magic circle to leave the position this year. Raymond Cohen was one of the first general counsel to be appointed in City law firms. He was previously a partner in the financial services offering at the firm […]
Fieldfisher has paid back the amount of staff salaries and partner monthly drawings that were cut during the pandemic, as it seeks to kick in operational changes as part of a new working model plan. The firm has carried out most of the reimbursements after, last June, it had asked staff with a salary […]
Boies Schiller Flexner is preparing to represent institutional investors in legal action against Credit Suisse following the high-profile collapse of Greensill Capital. Those being targeted in Boies Schillers’ bookbuild are global investors who invested in the bank’s $10bn Supply Chain Finance Funds, with the aim of recovering losses suffered in relation to investments with Greensill. […]
DWF is looking to provide a special bonus pool to its staff off the back of a set of positive financials, as it returns to its acquisitive mode with the purchase of two new businesses. A trading update showed that revenue grew by 13 per cent to £338m, with profits before tax standing at £34m, […]
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Herbert Smith Freehills is increasing the base rate of its newly-qualified lawyer salaries, having last upped pay for its junior lawyers in December. The firm will be increasing its London NQ base salary to £120,000, plus bonus, effective from today. The firm had increased these salaries back in December to £105,000. Alison Brown, executive partner, […]
Pinsent Masons is launching an office in Luxembourg after the acquisition of one of the country’s local firms. From today Pinsents is taking over Wildgen’s office, adding seven partners to the firm and 16 lawyers in the office. The office will be headed by partner, Michel Bulach. This brings the total number of Pinsents’ Continental […]
Today marks the official launch date of Clyde & Co’s merger with insurance firm and competitor BLM, a move that will transform the legal insurance market. It comes just over three months since partners from both firms voted the mega-deal through in March, after two years of covert discussions. Here are three graphs breaking down […]
Freeths is to supervise the design and implementation of a UK Government compensation scheme aimed at the original Post Office scandal victims. The national firm has been appointed by the Government to act on behalf of over 500 sub-postmasters who brought the landmark civil group action against the Post Office. Until earlier this year, this […]
