‘Why £70k? That’s where we think we need to be’: Travers Smith boosts NQ salaries by 9% to match Slaughters Legal Business Having enjoyed another respectable financial performance for the 2014/15 year, Travers Smith has boosted its newly qualified (NQ) associate salaries…
Guest post: Big data and the linguistics of law – how to win cases and influence judgments Legal Business With the hue and cry about big data, artificial intelligence and law being accentuated by all the talk around Watson/Ross,…
On a roll: BPP picks up another client as White & Case switches from ULaw Legal Business In a further blow to its client roster, White & Case has ended its training contract deal with The University…
Dealwatch: Slaughters and Freshfields lead as Zurich bids £5.6bn for UK’s RSA Legal Business Magic Circle duo Slaughter and May and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have won roles as Switzerland’s Zurich Insurance Group bids to…
We don’t need no education: Kaplan Law School to close in 2016 Legal Business After having seen several clients turn to other legal practice course providers, Kaplan Law School has announced that it is…
In-house: Barclays picks Simon Croxford to fill expanded deputy GC post Legal Business Less than six months after returning to Barclays‘ HQ in Canary Wharf, Simon Croxford has been selected to replace the…
A&O, Fieldfisher and Squires lose out as National Grid unveils new slimmer legal panel Legal Business Energy giant National Grid has revealed a new legal panel, further slimming down its roster to just 12 firms –…
Revolving Doors: Norton Rose Fulbright takes Hogan Lovells partner as Squires builds in Germany and BLM makes a senior hire Legal Business Despite the summer break being upon us, law firms have continued to invest in their recruitment strategies. Norton Rose Fulbright…
Completing the set: Morgan Lewis takes another two partners from K&L Gates in City structured finance push Legal Business Morgan, Lewis & Bockius has recruited two further partners from K&L Gates, adding to the three already to have made…
Guest post: Legal project managers – pioneers or homesteaders? Legal Business The recruiters are scouring the market for project managers (PM) to work in law firms. But whilst firms can agree…
Dealwatch: Fieldfisher wins role opposite Slaughter and May on private equity takeover of Currencies Direct Legal Business Tech-focused firm Fieldfisher bagged an advisory role opposite a five-partner team from Slaughter and May as private equity duo Palamon…
Ropes adds first full-time City IP partner as it recruits McDermott privacy co-chairs in data security push Legal Business Ropes & Gray is pushing on with its City build-out with McDermott Will & Emery data privacy co-chairs joining the…
40 out of 48: Freshfields keeps on 83% of autumn 2015 trainees Legal Business The first of the Magic Circle’s big four to announce its trainee retention rate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is set to…
Senior CC German exits mount as Latham recruits head of banking Hagelüken Legal Business Latham & Watkins has returned to Clifford Chance (CC) for another star hire, with German banking chief Alexandra Hagelüken becoming…
Guest post: Why the fuss over Quindell and Slater & Gordon? Legal Business OK, the headline is clickbait – kind of. There does, of course, need to be an investigation into Quindell’s financial…
Bryan Cave’s London head talks not being ‘all singing and all dancing’ as firm hires Macfarlanes structured finance chief in City push Legal Business After having carried out a strategic review which will see the Global 100 firm look to create three ‘best-in-class’ international…
Going south of the river: Greenberg Traurig Maher set for The Shard as it looks to boost City headcount Legal Business Greenberg Traurig Maher is moving its London offices to the EU’s tallest building, The Shard of Glass, as the firm…
In-house: Firms look to ensure places as Prudential assesses legal roster Legal Business Four years on from its last review, British insurer Prudential, which recently posted double-digit profit growth, has kicked off the tendering…
Linklaters makes it official: Silk Street confirms six-strong managing partner shortlist Legal Business With the frontrunners having emerged earlier this summer, the partnership board at Linklaters has formalised the six-man shortlist to replace…
Watford’s finest: Dentons in talks with Matthew Arnold & Baldwin over third tie-up of 2015 Legal Business After having already announced tie-ups with China’s Dacheng and US firm McKenna Long & Aldridge this year, Dentons is pushing…
