Law firms

Holly McKechnie

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has broken ranks from its Magic Circle peers on associate salaries, increasing newly-qualified (NQ) pay from £125,000 to…

Anna Huntley

Norton Rose has reported an 8.7% increase in global revenue, marking a turnaround from two years of declining revenue. Profit…

Alex Ryan

When I was 18 I left Vancouver to play ice hockey in university in Japan. That got me off on…

Holly McKechnie

Lateral hiring saw a notable pickup during the first quarter of 2024, with partner moves across sectors from litigation to…

Anna Huntley

While there is no shortage of fast-growing US firms in London, Paul Hastings is a notable standout, increasing London lawyer…

Ella Marshall

Last month’s launch of Legal 500 EMEA 2024 featured rankings for 15,496 firms throughout the EMEA region, alongside the individual…

Guest Blog

After a protracted and hotly contested legislative process, the forthcoming EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D) is set to…

Elisha Juttla

In the contest for the biggest legal story of the moment, the A&O Shearman merger may be more transformational for…

Nathalie Tidman

Eric Knai, Eversheds Sutherland: If you look back at 2023, we have had a very depressed M&A market other than…

Anna Huntley

More than 150 of the City’s leading M&A partners, in-house counsel and representatives from corporates and financial institutions came together…

Holly McKechnie

With worldwide M&A activity down 17% last year, hitting a decade low, according to data from Refinitiv, 2023 was always…

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Ben Wheway

Despite growth slowing amid a stuttering deal market in 2023, the Global London law firms have cut a swathe through…

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‘Whilst we’re very much plugged into the global firm and there’s lots of synergies and certainly a very clear industry…

Ben Wheway

The easy narrative is that the party is over. After years of rapid expansion by international law firms in London,…

Georgina Stanley

Clandestine conversations, a recruitment strategy on steroids, eye-watering salaries and internal politics galore, the Paul Weiss/Kirkland story has enough drama…

Alex Ryan

I wanted to go into sports. I was a sailing instructor, close to professional. But then I had knee issues,…