Pinsents bounces back from Covid with healthy turnover uptick and soaring PEP Tom Baker Pinsent Masons unveiled an upbeat set of financial results today (6 July), with revenue climbing 6% from £503.3m to £531.1m and…
Game on: HSF eclipses A&O with bumper £120k NQ salary Tom Baker Just a day after Allen & Overy (A&O) revealed it was standing firm with its £107,500 newly-qualified (NQ) salary, Herbert…
A line in the sand: A&O bucks Magic Circle pay increase trend with salary freeze Tom Baker In a surprise twist in the Magic Circle pay war saga, Allen & Overy (A&O) has frozen its associate salaries…
Revolving doors: Linklaters loses three while Goodwin makes global gains Megan Mayers The international recruitment market remains buoyant with transactional hires dominating. US giant Goodwin has continued its bullish growth strategy into…
Dealwatch: Latham and Bakers handle agriculture merger as Weil and Kirkland land fintech financing Charles Avery Big deals in agriculture, social care and fintech have stood out in the market in recent days, with leading US…
The ESG report – Russia: All bite, no bark Tom Baker It was uncharacteristically decisive. Rapidly after Russia did the unthinkable and invaded Ukraine on 24 February, many international law firms…
The ESG report – Diversity and inclusion: A false start? Charles Avery ‘I haven’t seen progress like I’ve seen it in the last 18 months or so at any point in my…
‘I’ve acted for every villain you can name’: Lessons in ESG from its trailblazers – and how to dodge the greenwashing bullet Nathalie Tidman Big Law came late to the ESG party compared to regulated financial services industries, with many law firms only getting…
The ESG report – Event: Advising and acting for clients on ESG-related risks Nathalie Tidman ESG imperatives have never been more at the fore for partners, general counsel (GCs), or indeed any professional with exposure…
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The Last Word: Best foot forward Legal Business ‘As custodians of the rule of law, we have to question whether we are undermining it in anyway? It’s in…
The profession must not let yesterday’s ESG news turn into today’s chip paper Nathalie Tidman As we publish Legal Business’ second ESG report, the words years ago of a male partner at a Magic Circle…
Target on your back – the rise and fall of the ESG lawyer? Nathalie Tidman A lot can happen in a year, and never more so it appears than in the constantly evolving world of…
Life During Law: Jeff Twentyman Megan Mayers I acquired through reading an interest in justice and the role law could play. One book I read in my…
GC Powerlist Türkiye 2022 Guest Blog Due to the favourable geopolitical location of Türkiye, it is a renowned hotspot for local and foreign investors. Its regulatory…
The big stories of the past two months Megan Mayers Robust revenue and profit growth for UK and US firms First to report on a 2021 calendar-year basis, US firms…
Strategic recruitment: Ropes makes triple private equity swoop as Latham loses energy partner to Milbank Tom Baker The hot legal recruitment market is showing no sign of cooling down with summer looming, as firms continued to strengthen…
The American dream: US firms in expansion mode amid wave of international office openings Charles Avery Spring seems to have brought out the globetrotting spirit among American law firms, with Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Kirkland &…
Gerrard revelations and Ince restaurant-gate pose ethical quandaries for profession Tom Baker If the Ukraine invasion and its ensuing debates around right to representation inflicted a bruise on the legal profession’s reputation,…
