KWM asks partners for up to £240,000 in cash call to double capital contributions Legal Business King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has asked its European and Middle Eastern partners to pay in between £80,000 and £240,000…
Welcome to the John Joyce show: Addleshaws’ head aims to push national firm centre stage Victoria Young Victoria Young and Kathryn McCann talk mergers, leaks and pay with Addleshaws’ no-nonsense head For a firm until recently associated…
KWM mulls cash call after increasing Barclays facility to £25m Legal Business King & Wood Mallesons‘ (KWM) European and Middle East business is mulling a cash call months after increasing its loan…
Addleshaws votes through key partnership deed changes including wider exit provisions Kathryn McCann After a drawn-out process, Addleshaw Goddard has voted through several changes to its partnership deed, including further restrictions on partner…
Linklaters leadership shuffle: Senior partner candidate Comiskey made corporate head Legal Business Less than two months after missing out on the coveted senior partner role at Linklaters, Aedamar Comiskey has been made…
Sullivan & Cromwell makes another M&A heavyweight head of London practice Legal Business Sullivan & Cromwell has appointed its leading M&A partner Richard Pollack as managing partner of its London office replacing Richard…
Updated: Keeping up with the US – Freshfields and Clifford Chance match Cravath associate pay rates Legal Business In a bid to compete with its US rivals, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Clifford Chance have followed in the footsteps…
Following suit: Four firms match Cravath associate pay boost Legal Business Predictions of a pay war have proved correct after four US firms followed Cravath, Swaine & Moore into bumping up…
Client-facing pitch sees corporate star Jacobs take Linklaters senior partner role Legal Business Pitching himself as an outward-facing leader has paid off for Linklaters M&A heavyweight Charlie Jacobs (pictured), who won the firm’s…
DLA to cut 200 UK jobs as global firms trim support roles Legal Business Norton Rose and Dentons follow suit as offshoring takes flight DLA Piper is to cut 200 business support jobs in…
Associate pay up across Magic Circle as Freshfields wraps bonuses into base salaries Legal Business NQs at Freshfields receiving £17.5k extra Newly-qualified (NQ) solicitors at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have received the largest bump in pay…
London head Rawlinson takes chair post at global giant Baker & McKenzie Madeleine Farman Baker & McKenzie has appointed its first British chairman with London head Paul Rawlinson winning an election to replace current…
KWM cutbacks hit 37 support staff in the City Legal Business King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has made 37 business services jobs redundant in London as part of wide-reaching cutbacks across…
‘Evolution, not revolution’: New A&O management team sets sights on US, Europe and China growth Madeleine Farman Continued and steady growth is the key focus for Allen & Overy‘s new management team, with senior partner Wim Dejonghe…
Ashurst shakes up global management team with appointments across City and Australian offices Madeleine Farman Ashurst has introduced a series of new roles to its global management team following the appointment of new Sydney-based global…
Shearman ramps up associate pay as war for talent intensifies Tom Moore Newly-qualified UK lawyers at Shearman & Sterling will see salaries pushed up £7,000 to £95,000 this year as City salaries…
‘Strategic guidance’: Freshfields widens leadership pool with three new sector heads Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed three new sector group leaders in London, New York and Brussels as part of a…
‘A big man for a big job’: Frontrunner Jacobs elected as Linklaters new senior partner Legal Business M&A heavyweight Charlie Jacobs has defeated competition from corporate colleagues Jean-Pierre Blumberg and Aedamar Comiskey to be elected the new…
Comment: Fieldfisher’s Chissick on why real change on diversity needs leadership in law Legal Business ‘Did you see the game at the weekend?’ is the type of question I am often asked at events. I…
The bottom line is, well, the bottom line – numbers always settle the score Legal Business At a recent drinks evening with a leading City law firm, Legal Business heard a familiar refrain from a veteran…
