Law Society lines up Clifford Chance’s Davis to take over as president Tom Baker Clifford Chance commercial litigation partner Simon Davis has been elected as the Law Society’s deputy vice president.
‘Needed a degree of reinvigoration’ – Linklaters reviews banking equity points Legal Business City firms restructure rewards as practices move from traditional lending Linklaters has undertaken a review of equity points in its…
Freshfields gives power to associates to pitch for fintech clients Legal Business While other Legal Business 100 firms such as Slaughter and May and Simmons & Simmons are giving free legal advice…
Unsecured creditors to lose almost £34m as KWM Europe admin continues Legal Business KWM China buys reassurance by taking SJ Berwin name An initial report into the financial affairs of King & Wood…
News in brief – April 2017 Legal Business 300 JOBS CUT AHEAD OF CMS MERGER Approximately 300 support staff roles are to be cut at CMS Cameron McKenna,…
‘Needed a degree of reinvigoration’ – Linklaters reviews banking equity points Legal Business Linklaters has undertaken a review of equity points in its finance practice, as banking groups continue to move toward sponsors…
‘Times have moved on’: City firms shrink office space as new leases down 50% Legal Business According to CBRE’s fifth Law in London report, the largest 100 firms in the City have made ‘significant changes’ to…
Fried Frank London leadership to move to Mifsud as veteran White retires Legal Business Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson‘s London managing partner Graham White is to retire later this year with asset management…
Baker McKenzie chair Rawlinson targets 250-strong New York office and launches new industrials sector group Matthew Field With his international tour as global chair coming to a close, Baker McKenzie‘s new chief Paul Rawlinson is targeting renewed…
‘We’ve set out our vision’: Stephenson Harwood reappoints management duo Legal Business Stephenson Harwood has re-appointed its management team with Sharon White staying on as the firm’s chief executive while Roland Foord…
Consolidation: CMS Olswang and Nabarro to cut roughly a third of support staff jobs ahead of merger Matthew Field As the firms prepare for their three way merger, 300 support staff roles at CMS Cameron McKenna, Olswang and Nabarro…
Nabarro posts perfect score as Camerons drags three-way trainee retention rate down to 84% Matthew Field Trainees at Nabarro and Olswang certainly seem set on the prospect of a three way merger with CMS Cameron McKenna,…
Linklaters last Magic Circle firm to post spring trainee retention rates as Osborne Clarke keeps 100% Legal Business Linklaters, Norton Rose Fulbright and Osborne Clarke have all posted their spring trainee retention rates, with Osborne Clarke keeping 100%…
KWM admin: Quantuma to bill £1.3m as pensions, business rates experts assess payments Legal Business The inner financial workings of King & Wood Mallesons‘ (KWM) failed European arm have become evident in the joint administrators’…
Five lawyer roles at risk as Dentons launches Watford office consultation Legal Business One year on from its acquisition of the banking litigation team of Matthew Arnold & Baldwin in Watford, Dentons has…
Dentons cuts 60 jobs across US offices as McKenna Long merger layoffs hit Matthew Field While its merger driven expansion has made Dentons a global giant, integration across the firm’s US business has led to…
Barclays among unsecured creditors set to lose £33.5m in KWM Europe administration Legal Business An initial report into King & Wood Mallesons‘ now defunct European arm states unsecured creditors are expected to lose £33.5m…
Freshfields and A&O latest in the Magic Circle to post spring trainee retention rates, keeping on 84% and 82% respectively Madeleine Farman Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Allen & Overy (A&O) have both kept on 31 members of their spring trainee intake, with…
Refreshing the ranks: Magic Circle firms freshen up practice area leadership Legal Business Slaughter and May is changing heads in three practice areas: dispute resolution, outsourcing, technology, intellectual property (IP) and sport, and…
‘Hands on’: Professionalising support services key for Travers as Hale begins final term as senior partner Legal Business An ambition to improve business services at Travers Smith has seen senior partner Chris Hale re-elected, after completing his first…
