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NRF asks staff to cut working hours by a fifth and defers partner pay in re-introduction of financial crisis-era flexi scheme

Marco Cillario

Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) is asking its staff to agree to a 20% cut of weekly working hours and delaying profit…

Competition, supply chains and act of God clauses – First considerations for GCs in their Covid-19 responses

Guest Blog

Businesses have shown remarkable resilience through an era defined by increasingly rapid change. Innovation, diversity and agility have driven adaptability…

US worst hit as Cadwalader becomes latest firm to respond to Covid-19 with pay cuts

Nathalie Tidman

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft has become the latest firm to take drastic financial measures as the Covid-19 pandemic reaches new…

Supreme Court rules in favour of Morrisons in landmark data breach case

Thomas Alan

In a significant move for the future of large data breach and privacy cases, Morrisons Supermarkets has successfully defeated a…

Pioneering City arbitration set secures DC launch with latest member

Alex Novarese

Int-Arb Arbitrators & Mediators (Int-Arb), the specialist set of advocates launched earlier this year, is opening a new branch in…

‘Brutal clarity on priorities’ – A&O’s former chief looks back to the banking crisis for lessons to aid law firm leaders now

Guest Blog

What lessons can we learn from the 2008/09 financial crisis to help law firm leaders manage the escalating disruption of the coronavirus…

Coronavirus latest: Reed Smith to limit partner drawings as firms start to bunker in for the crisis

Thomas Alan

Reed Smith has ringfenced a portion of its cash reserves against partner distributions as a means to mitigate the impact…

Ashurst launches consulting arm to handle Covid-19 demand with Deloitte partner hire

Nathalie Tidman

Ashurst has launched a consulting business with the hire of a senior Deloitte partner in Australia to deal with growing…

A&O takes coronavirus threat to task with raft of belt-tightening measures

Nathalie Tidman

Allen & Overy has pre-empted a likely financial hit from the coronavirus crisis with a host of measures, including altering…

Guest comment: Covid-19 and City regulators – The limits of forbearance

Guest Blog

Forbearance is something of a dirty word in UK financial regulation, at least with regulators themselves. It describes a situation…

Revolving doors: Alston & Bird adds London structured finance partner as Signature’s Bushell departs

Muna Abdi

City recruitment clearly slowed down last week but Alston & Bird managed to add to its relatively new City branch…

Pinsents makes up non-lawyers to partner as it mulls quarterly distributions delay in wake of Covid-19

Hamish McNicol

Pinsent Masons has promoted staff outside of traditional legal services to partner for the first time in a slightly increased…

Junior barristers blast the government’s ‘woefully insufficient’ self-employed support package

Thomas Alan

Junior barristers have heavily criticised the government’s self-employed support package as ‘woefully insufficient’ while imploring the Bar Council to address…

A&O defies coronavirus turbulence to lure back New York litigation partner

Nathalie Tidman

Allen & Overy has not let market turmoil wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic get in the way of its US…

DWF flags Covid-19’s ‘material impact’ on profit and increased debt as Keystone declines dividend

Hamish McNicol

The UK’s largest listed law firm, DWF, expects the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic to have a material impact on…

The domino effect – restructuring counsel brace for deluge as Covid-19 means no more business as usual

Nathalie Tidman

‘Even two weeks ago no-one predicted such a catastrophic impact from the coronavirus. Things have turned very quickly.’ This City…

Disputes perspectives: Craig Pollack

Anna Cole-Bailey

I was supposed to study economics and realised I was not a very good economist. Then I went to study…

Disputes perspectives: Geraldine Elliott

Anna Cole-Bailey

I wanted a professional career. My father was a doctor but very keen I didn’t do medicine. I had a…

Access your print copy online – LB297

NRF asks staff to cut working hours by a fifth and defers partner pay in re-introduction of financial crisis-era flexi scheme

Competition, supply chains and act of God clauses – First considerations for GCs in their Covid-19 responses

US worst hit as Cadwalader becomes latest firm to respond to Covid-19 with pay cuts

Supreme Court rules in favour of Morrisons in landmark data breach case

Pioneering City arbitration set secures DC launch with latest member

‘Brutal clarity on priorities’ – A&O’s former chief looks back to the banking crisis for lessons to aid law firm leaders now

Coronavirus latest: Reed Smith to limit partner drawings as firms start to bunker in for the crisis

Ashurst launches consulting arm to handle Covid-19 demand with Deloitte partner hire

A&O takes coronavirus threat to task with raft of belt-tightening measures

Guest comment: Covid-19 and City regulators – The limits of forbearance

Revolving doors: Alston & Bird adds London structured finance partner as Signature’s Bushell departs

Pinsents makes up non-lawyers to partner as it mulls quarterly distributions delay in wake of Covid-19

Junior barristers blast the government’s ‘woefully insufficient’ self-employed support package

A&O defies coronavirus turbulence to lure back New York litigation partner

DWF flags Covid-19’s ‘material impact’ on profit and increased debt as Keystone declines dividend

The domino effect – restructuring counsel brace for deluge as Covid-19 means no more business as usual

Disputes perspectives: Craig Pollack

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Disputes perspectives: Geraldine Elliott