Trainee retention: BLP’s rate slips to 70% while Orrick keeps on all four of its cohort Daniel Coyne Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe have become the latest firms to announce how many of their spring…
Trainee retention: Clifford Chance and Linklaters keep on 91% of spring qualifiers Legal Business Both Clifford Chance and Linklaters have revealed they are keeping on 91% of their spring 2015 cohort with the firms…
Trainee retention: Slaughter and May keeps on 88% of its spring 2015 qualifiers Daniel Coyne Slaughter and May has become the third Magic Circle firm to announce the retention level of its spring 2015 qualifying…
Leadership changes: Dentons’ UKMEA chief and HFW managing partner to stand down Legal Business Just weeks after announcing its audacious entry into the Chinese legal market with local firm Dacheng, Dentons has confirmed that…
Investing in London: Cooley sets City agenda with turnover targets and committee appointments Legal Business Having made its audacious entrance into London’s legal market in January, US tech giant Cooley has begun rolling out the…
Tackling ‘passive disobedience’: Layton sets CC course with new strategy Legal Business CC international plan for increases in US and Asia revenue With the partnership keen to improve retention rates and eager…
More outward-facing but does new leadership have a message for Pinsents? Kathryn McCann Pinsents has delivered operational competence at the expense of flair and visibility. Kathryn McCann asks if a more outward-facing leadership…
Succeeding Eisenberg: Mayhew wins BLP managing partner role Tom Moore Lisa Mayhew, Berwin Leighton Paisner’s (BLP’s) head of employment, pensions and incentives, has beaten the firm’s corporate chief David Collins…
Trainee retention: Reed Smith, A&O and HSF keep on over 90% of spring 2015 qualifiers Tom Moore Allen & Overy (A&O), Herbert Smith Freehills and US firm Reed Smith have helped to quash the nervousness among trainee…
‘We’re on a journey we haven’t completed yet’: BLM elects senior partner Mike Brown for second term Legal Business In an uncontested election, risk and insurance-focused law firm BLM has unanimously re-elected its senior partner, Mike Brown, for a…
Unanimous approval: Blatherwick gets another three-year term at Browne Jacobson Kathryn McCann Browne Jacobson has opted to stick with current managing partner Iain Blatherwick with the firm’s 96-strong partnership unanimously re-electing him…
Old or new BLP: Which way will the firm turn with its next managing partner? Tom Moore Berwin Leighton Paisner‘s (BLP) head of employment Lisa Mayhew will face off against corporate chief David Collins in the battle…
Trainee retention: Freshfields keeps on 85% of spring 2015 qualifiers Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has become the first Magic Circle firm to post its trainee retention rate, with 85% taking up…
Trainee retention: White & Case keeps on 100% of Spring 2015 trainees as OC retains 89% Legal Business White & Case and Osborne Clarke (OC) are the latest firms to reveal trainee retention rates this month, keeping on…
Early stages: Clifford Chance kicks off lockstep review Legal Business Clifford Chance has started a review of its remuneration system at management level, a move which could see the firm…
‘A statement of intent’: Can Layton’s strategy reinvigorate Clifford Chance? Legal Business Nearly three decades have passed since the game changing union of Coward Chance and Clifford Turner – a watershed moment…
‘We have something to prove’: Raynor takes the top role at Shakespeares as Wilson departs Kathryn McCann Chief client officer Andy Raynor will take the chief executive role at Midlands-based Shakespeares, as current incumbent Paul Wilson departs…
Under new leadership: Eversheds appoints senior partner in Paris as Brown departs after 18-year tenure Kathryn McCann Eversheds has appointed Rémi Kleiman as the new senior partner in its Paris office, following the departure of long-standing incumbent…
Change management: CC appoints new COO and innovation chief as Layton unveils new strategy Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC) managing partner Matthew Layton has laid out the firm’s international strategy, aiming at becoming the ‘global law…
Heading to the bar: Hogan Lovells streamlines dual management role as former arbitration co-head leaves Legal Business Hogan Lovells’ former co-head of international arbitration, Simon Nesbitt, is set to depart the firm and join the Bar, a…
