Remuneration revamp: Clifford Chance hikes NQ salaries Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC) is the latest Magic Circle firm to reveal its 2016/17 pay bands for newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers. Having…
Partner promotions: Clifford Chance appoints 24 new partners, with nine in the City Kathryn McCann Clifford Chance (CC) has appointed 24 new partners globally, with promotions across the US, Asia Pacific, continental Europe and nine…
Clifford Chance rebuilds competition team with plum hire from the CMA Legal Business Just one week after losing star competition partner Alastair Mordaunt to Magic Circle rival Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Clifford Chance has…
Comment: Picking up the New Law gauntlet – CC’s City head calls for a new approach to training the lawyers of the future Legal Business New entrants to the legal profession will be competing head on against Kim, the virtual assistant from Riverview Law, and…
Keeping up with Ross and Kim – the work to do on shaping the legal stars of tomorrow Guest Blog CC’s David Bickerton says the profession is yet to master training the lawyers of the future New entrants to the…
Clifford Chance secures position on Serco panel as Ashurst and Linklaters miss out Legal Business Following a recent review, outsourcing company Serco has announced its UK legal panel with Clifford Chance, Clyde & Co, Pinsent…
Magic Circle trainee retention: Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy and Linklaters post lower rates Madeleine Farman Clifford Chance has retained 80% of its March trainees, with 43 out of a cohort of 54 accepting positions at…
Freshfields makes key competition hire as Clifford Chance City partner to relocate to lead Hong Kong practice Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired Clifford Chance’s Alastair Mordaunt to become the new competition head of its Hong Kong practice.
Linklaters and Clifford Chance take roles on latest lender float as Metro Bank lists Legal Business Magic Circle duo Linklaters and Clifford Chance have advised British lender Metro Bank on its float on the London Stock Exchange.
City and Hong Kong members join Clifford Chance’s partnership council Jaishree Kalia Clifford Chance‘s partnership has elected City energy partner Jeremy Connick and corporate partner Neeraj Budhwani, who is based in Hong…
Latham targets Asian private equity market with hires from Clifford Chance and Freshfields Tom Moore After making significant investment into its European private equity practice to transform it into one of the region’s biggest private…
Magic Circle play: Dentons hires Clifford Chance veteran Voisey Legal Business Dentons continues to build its City offering through lateral recruitment, confirming the hire of Clifford Chance (CC) senior capital markets…
‘A valuable contribution’: all change Down Under at CC as founding duo depart firm Legal Business Two of the founders of Clifford Chance‘s (CC’s) Australian arm, including the firm’s Sydney managing partner, are stepping down from…
Clifford Chance executive committee group pay falls by 7% amid revenue and profit dip, LLP accounts reveal Sarah Downey Clifford Chance‘s (CC) 12-strong executive leadership group saw an average 7% decrease in pay packets in the last financial year…
Weapons down: CC settles high profile Excalibur negligence case Legal Business Avoiding the prospect of a costly and public trial, Clifford Chance (CC) has settled a professional negligence claim against it…
Clifford Chance avoids nearshoring with plans for low-cost hub in Canary Wharf Legal Business 400 support staff to be housed five minutes away from HQ While peers have chosen low-cost hubs farther afield in…
Avoiding nearshoring: Clifford Chance to move 400 staff to Canary Wharf low-cost hub Sarah Downey While peers have chosen low-cost hubs farther afield in the UK, Clifford Chance (CC) is moving its back-office staff from…
Dealwatch: Magic Circle trio and Travers Smith advise as Carlyle sells RAC stake to new investors Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC), Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have all landed advisory roles alongside Travers Smith on a deal which…
Third lateral hire of the week: Paul Hastings appoints Clifford Chance corporate partner in Frankfurt Legal Business Following two major hires in the City this week, US firm Paul Hastings has turned its attentions to Frankfurt with…
Clifford Chance Libor briefings privileged, High Court rules Legal Business Documents drawn up by Clifford Chance for a special RBS committee dealing with the Libor scandal are protected by legal…