Dentons re-elects Cohen as UKME chief as UK managing partner steps down Marco Cillario Jeremy Cohen will lead Dentons’ UK and Middle East operations until 2021 after the partnership approved him for a second…
Taylor Wessing elects new senior partner as season of change for firm continues Marco Cillario Days after veteran managing partner Tim Eyles announced he is stepping down next year, Taylor Wessing has elected Dominic FitzPatrick…
‘It’s no different to being a deal lawyer’ – Jacobs reflects on a year at Linklaters’ helm Marco Cillario Last October, Linklaters’ Charlie Jacobs took over as senior partner amid high hopes that the rainmaker would bring flair and…
Focus: A confident handover for its veteran MP but Taylor Wessing still faces some big decisions post-Eyles Marco Cillario With an three terms under his belt it was not a shock that Taylor Wessing’s UK managing partner Tim Eyles…
Clifford Chance re-appoints Layton as managing partner – will the steady hand play as safe in his second term? Alex Novarese Clifford Chance (CC) has reappointed managing partner Matthew Layton for a second term. Layton’s second term will run from 1…
Eversheds Sutherland elects Thompson chair in second female C-suite move in City Law this week Hamish McNicol Eversheds Sutherland has elected the first-ever female chair of its UK-based international business, with financial services product head Pamela Thompson…
NRF appoints first female chair as City veteran Parish steps down Marco Cillario While Norton Rose Fulbright’s (NRF) chief executive Peter Martyr is closing in on two decades leading the firm, its C-suite will…
US bonuses: Magic Circle follows Wall Street standard with bonus freeze as associate reward season comes round again Mark McAteer Allen & Overy and Clifford Chance have kept top-level US associate bonuses static at $100,000 for the fourth consecutive year,…
Freshfields ushers in sweeping reforms to ditch heritage as lockstep shop in hugely symbolic move Alex Novarese Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has pushed through a wholesale overhaul of its partnership structure that will see top earners bringing home…
‘Rationalisation and upgrade’: CMS UK sublets legacy Nabarro and Olswang headquarters Marco Cillario Six months into the UK’s largest ever legal merger, CMS has signed deals to sublet most of legacy Nabarro and…
Waking the giant Marco Cillario Making Baker McKenzie stand out was once a simple business. The day in 1948 Russell Baker met John McKenzie by…
Ince & Co creates London head role as senior partner Heuvels makes Hong Kong move Tom Baker Following the recent decision to relocate Ince & Co senior partner Jan Heuvels to Hong Kong, the firm has appointed…
Hats in the ring: candidates emerge for Eversheds Sutherland chair contest Kathryn McCann Three UK partners at Eversheds Sutherland, including the Manchester senior partner, will vie for the role of chair after Leeds…
Martyr closes in on 20 years at helm as Norton Rose Fulbright chief gets a sixth term Marco Cillario Having already been one of the longest-serving leaders at a major City law firm, Peter Martyr looks to be taking…
‘Big shoes to fill’: Bristows appoints Cohen as new joint managing partner Tom Baker Bristows has become the latest Legal Business 100 firm to elect a female leader, today (20 September) appointing life sciences…
As the City elite gets coy on associate salaries, US rivals are winning the battle for young talent Madeleine Farman Madeleine Farman assesses the impact of another round of pay rises on the City market As US firms continue to…
KWM insolvency report reveals cost of everything from artwork to legal fees as ex-staff agree payout Kathryn McCann Eight months on and the King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) saga continues, with a progress report filed this week revealing…
He’s back – DWF signs up Sir Nigel Knowles as chair in rare c-suite shuffle for the profession Tom Baker It remains extremely rare for law firm leaders to re-emerge at another practice, but then Sir Nigel Knowles has always…
Trainee retention: Linklaters, Gowling, Macfarlanes and Ince keep rates high for the autumn Madeleine Farman Linklaters is the latest Magic Circle firm to post its trainee retention numbers, retaining 84% of its 56-strong cohort. This proportion…
Trainee retention: Latham and Kirkland report contrasting City rates as Magic Circle firms start to post 2017 figures Madeleine Farman Latham & Watkins has managed to retain 95% of its City trainees in its latest round, contrasting with Kirkland & Ellis, which…
