Magic Circle trainee retention: Slaughters middle of the pack with 89% rate Georgiana Tudor Slaughter and May is the last of the Magic Circle to post its autumn trainee retention figures, with a rate…
Law Society weighs in on Senior Managers Regime, warns of conflict risk to in-house privilege Legal Business Already a contentious issue among financial companies pledging to tackle poor working cultures, the Senior Managers Regime, which holds executives…
Tax vs corporate: KWM European managing partner contenders emerge Legal Business After extending the nomination period by a week, King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) confirmed today (28 September) that tax partner…
Simmons instructs Brick Court to advise on future of EU patent court Legal Business City law firms are supporting an investigation into the future of the UK’s position in the Unitary Patent Court (UPC)…
Skadden, Freshfields and Clifford Chance provide cover as Deustche Bank sells insurer for £935m Madeleine Farman Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Clifford Chance and have all won places advising on Phoenix Group…
Dismissed: Junior doctors lose High Court challenge to new contracts Sarah Downey Junior doctors have suffered a major blow after the High Court yesterday (28 September) rejected a judicial review challenging the…
‘Not a decision I’ve taken lightly’: Burns vacates senior partner role as he targets US business for Clyde & Co Legal Business Clyde & Co senior partner James Burns is to step down as senior partner to take on a new board-level…
Jones Day pulls off significant Middle East coup with hire of HSF heavyweight Khan Matthew Field Jones Day has hired Herbert Smith Freehills’ Middle East finance head Nadim Khan, who joined the firm to launch its…
Exits stack up as Olswang loses partners to Clifford Chance and Bond Dickinson Madeleine Farman Olswang has suffered a double exit with its co-head of life sciences departing the firm in favour of Clifford Chance,…
Top silk Howard QC to co-lead Brick Court as Hirst QC steps down Legal Business Brick Court Chambers‘ Mark Howard QC has been appointed to co-head the set with Helen Davies QC, as incumbent Jonathan…
Stay or go? Heavyweight Ward abandons Paul Hastings move to remain at Ashurst Madeleine Farman Banking partner Nigel Ward is to remain at Ashurst after it was announced earlier this month he was to make…
Bakers looks to Big Four lateral to bolster tax offering as Chadwick moves upstairs Matthew Field Baker & McKenzie has hired experienced KPMG tax partner Steve Labrum to strengthen its City transfer pricing team.
Vinter is coming: Covington boosts projects offering as former BG GC returns to private practice Legal Business Covington & Burling has landed a heavyweight in-house veteran to boost its London project finance offering with the arrival of…
Taking the initiative: Burges Salmon pushes ahead on legal apprenticeships through government scheme Kathryn McCann Burges Salmon has become one of the first law firms to hire legal apprentices under the Government’s new Trailblazers Apprenticeship…
‘A great enhancement to our practice’: Quinn lures Macfarlanes’ Berman in latest City hire Sarah Downey In a rare defection from Macfarlanes, financial services head David Berman is set to join Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.
Preparing for the worst: legal costs spike as FTSE 100 sets aside £31bn Legal Business With corporate counsel consistently burdened by onerous cost constraints levied by their executive, the pressure to deliver efficiencies in-house may…
Revolving doors: White & Case, Winston & Strawn, Fieldfisher and Bond Dickinson bolster ranks Legal Business Although last week saw several partner departures from a select few LB 100 players, namely Ashurst and Simmons & Simmons,…
Reducing the ranks: CC to cut trainee intake by a fifth by 2018 Matthew Field Clifford Chance (CC) is to cut down its UK trainee intake for 2018 by 20%, reducing numbers from around 100…
Bond Dickinson latest to blame Brexit as firm implements pay freeze Matthew Field Bond Dickinson is the latest firm to postpone its salary reviews until November, blaming the Brexit vote for hitting activity…
Allen & Overy takes another two from Simmons in sustained IP push Madeleine Farman Allen & Overy (A&O) has taken its third and fourth IP partner from Simmons & Simmons this year, as it…
