International expansion: openings for Charles Russell in Saudi; Eversheds in Durban; Osborne Clarke in Amsterdam Sarah Downey A trio of UK firms have this week expanded their international office base as Charles Russell agrees a formal association with…
Know your client – Home Office targets professional advisers with tougher organised crime laws Caroline Hill City law firms may face increased red tape when accepting new clients onto their books after the Home Office today…
Ashurst on board with diversity targets of 40% female partner promotions and 25% partner ratio Tom Moore Ashurst has become the latest firm to introduce gender diversity targets, committing to promote a greater percentage of female associates to…
Firms face additional partner pensions liability after Supreme Court defines LLP members as ‘workers’ Legal Business Partnerships could now be saddled with a new layer of financial and administrative responsibility after a Supreme Court ruling last…
Freshfields increases associate pay across the board Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer today (29 May) unveiled a significant pay hike for its newly qualified (NQ) and junior ranks, with…
Back in the machine: A&O strengthens high yield practice with Cahill Gordon hire Jaishree Kalia With competition between US and UK firms for dominance in key European finance markets intensifying each month, Allen & Overy…
Pastures new: Legal Business hits Fleet Street while Legalease welcomes a key new hire Alex Novarese After a decade based in Ansdell Street in leafy Kensington, Legal Business and the entire Legalease family are moving to…
Flight MH370: Kennedys’ aviation partner David Johnston on standby for claims Legal Business As the Malaysian government this week releases the raw data used to show Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 crashed into the…
Further hire for Thirty Nine Essex with arrival of Ince & Co litigation partner Legal Business After three decades in private practice longstanding Ince & Co litigation partner Denys Hickey has re-joined the Bar with a…
Keystone brings in partners from Addleshaws, SGH Martineau and former GC of Yahoo! Jaishree Kalia Keystone Law has hired into its most senior ranks a former partner from Addleshaw Goddard and SGH Martineau alongside a former…
Updated: Linklaters and Freshfields lead on Lloyds’ 25% TSB float for £1.5bn Legal Business Linklaters’ Matthew Bland is advising Lloyds Bank on its floatation of a 25% of its TSB business on the London Stock…
Revolving doors: Senior hires for Withers, Baker & McKenzie, Brown Rudnick and TLT Jaishree Kalia The past week saw Withers hire Taylor Wessing’s head of contentious trusts and estates as the BBC’s head of litigation returned…
Approved – Squire Sanders and Patton Boggs confirm merger Legal Business Despite reports in the US legal press that the merger between Squire Sanders and Washington-headquartered lobbying firm Patton Boggs may have hit…
Guest Post: Our battle for market share (why growth is not dead) Legal Business It has become bromidic to observe that we’ve moved from a linear growth market, ever up and to the right,…
Salary reviews: Hogan Lovells raises trainee and NQ pay again Jaishree Kalia Hogan Lovells has increased its pay for both trainees and newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers for the second year running after a…
A&O’s former global antitrust head Olivier Fréget leaves to set up competition boutique Legal Business Olivier Fréget, co-head of Allen & Overy’s (A&O’s) global antitrust group until the end of last year, has left the…
Strategic hires: DWF brings in Addleshaws employment head; Addleshaws takes on Eversheds financial services partner Caroline Hill DWF has hired Addleshaw Goddard’s former national head of employment Andrew Chamberlain to take on an identical role at his…
SRA approves plans to broaden qualification route beyond training contracts Legal Business The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) board yesterday (21 May) formally approved an overhaul of its training regulations and continuing professional…
BP brings in reverse auction as it pushes ahead with panel review Legal Business BP has introduced a reverse auction into its latest panel tender process, an announcement which comes in the same week…
Comment: A precarious professionalism – Do City lawyers take ethics for granted? Legal Business The practice of law has flipped from vocation to business. Law firms and individual lawyers are measured explicitly in predominantly…
