Global 100 Overview: G100 defy gloom to pass $150bn
While last year saw the Global 100 struggling against market headwinds, this year finds firms in much ruder health.
Life During Law – Penny Angell
‘At my core, I love deals’ – Hogan Lovells’ Penny Angell on life and career soulmates, deals and being forced to choose between beer and shoes.
‘Setting ourselves up for the future’ – McDermott ups London trainee pay to £70k
McDermott Will & Emery has followed Davis Polk’s lead, raising its London trainee pay to match the highest market rates.
Linklaters and Clifford Chance continue US push as A&O Shearman merger beds in
Linklaters picks up legacy A&O managing partner contender in four-partner finance hire, while Clifford Chance swipes two from O’Melveny.
The Client Profile: Hugh Pugsley, HSBC
The banking giant’s UK law chief on retaining perspective, understanding your advisers and the value of mentors
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‘More uncertainty than any other recent election’ – US partners on what the Trump-Harris race means for Big Law
With the US election just days away, LB checked in with partners at leading US firms to gauge the likely impact on the legal profession. Responses were characterised by one thing above all else: uncertainty.
Laws of attraction – how elite firms are ramping up their talent retention tactics
With the battle to recruit and retain star partners becoming ever more intense, the world’s top firms are going to new lengths to fend off the competition. From partnership and lockstep shakeups to spiralling pay packages, LB looks at the measures elite firms are taking to keep rivals at bay.