Zoopla! Freshfields and Slaughter and May line up for £1bn float of the UK’s second biggest property website

The anticipated £1bn initial public offering (IPO) of the UK’s second largest online property website has seen Magic Circle firms Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Slaughter and May retained to advise as Zoopla prepares to list on the main market later this month.

Associate pay 2014 – ‘A good year’ sees CC boost salaries and bonuses across the board

Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance (CC) has significantly raised its salary package for its newly qualified (NQ) lawyers and junior ranks.

Salaries will be raised across the board, with first year trainees seeing an increase from £39,000 to £40,500 while year two trainees will receive an extra £1,500 to £45,500.

Squire Patton Boggs – what does the merger mean for lawyers in London and Europe?

Effective on 1 June, the merger between 39-office firm Squire Sanders and 330-lawyer Washington outfit Patton Boggs will bring together the larger firm’s global platform with Patton Boggs’ white collar expertise in the US, but what will it mean for lawyers in London and Europe?

In-house: Ben Sherman’s GC moves to Myla; DfT’s former GC Muttukumaru joins Monckton

Lee Gage has left Ben Sherman after five years as general counsel (GC) to join luxury lingerie retailer Myla in the same role. His move comes as Monckton Chambers yesterday (3 June) announced the arrival of the Department for Transport’s (DFT’s) former GC Christopher Muttukumaru as a tenant.