Trainee retention: Nabarro and Fieldfisher maintain high rates while Trowers & Hamlins drops to 64% Legal Business Nabarro and Fieldfisher have kept on a high number of trainees this month with the latter firm retaining 100% of…
Trainee retention: Freshfields keeps on 82% of junior lawyers Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has become the second Magic Circle firm to post a high retention rate keeping on 82% of…
Redundancy watch: Parabis Law reviews 41 roles across two regional offices Legal Business Parabis Law has placed two of its regional offices under review as of today (4 August) affecting 41 employees.
Clifford Chance replaces Campbell and Dunnigan in governance shake up Legal Business Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance continues to overhaul its corporate governance structure and today (31 July) announced that global finance…
BLP begins consultations to ease rules around managing out partners Tom Moore Following a period of upheaval that has seen Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) exit a number of non-performing senior lawyers, the…
Senior management reshuffle approved at Reed Smith Legal Business Reed Smith’s recently elected managing partner, Sandy Thomas, has had his recommendations for a senior management reshuffle, which rotates nearly…
Summer retention 2013/14: RPC posts 100% trainee retention rate as CMS sees rate drop to 67% post Dundas tie-up Legal Business City firm RPC is the latest to reveal its trainee retention rates this summer, and has announced it will keep…
Clifford Chance ushers in more streamlined constitution with end to regional and practice head votes Legal Business As part of the first major changes to its corporate governance structure in 14 years Clifford Chance yesterday (24 July) voted…
Mayer Brown cuts trainee intake by half and retains 67% while Weil retains 100% of trainees Legal Business Mayer Brown will be cutting its September 2016 trainee intake by half, taking in just ten applicants compared to their…
Trainee retention rate at Linklaters up to 93% Legal Business Linklaters has kept on 93% of qualifying trainees in its latest cohort, up on the 86% spring 2014 retention rate.
Clifford Chance overhauls its management structure with introduction of new executive leadership group Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC) has today (24 July) announced a raft of changes to its governance structure, including the establishment of a…
US firm Ropes & Gray has reshuffled its City management in a bid to re-focus capabilities across Europe Legal Business Five years on from the launch of its London office, co-managing partners Mike Goetz and Maurice Allen will split from…
Management: Nabarro reappoints Inkester as managing partner after first election in 15 years Sarah Downey Having geared up for its first managing partner elections in 15 years, the partnership at top 30 LB 100 firm…
Stress testing the strategy – post-merger Ashurst calls in Bain for ‘market insight’ Jaishree Kalia It’s been a bumpy road into the Global Top 50 but with a high stakes merger with Australia’s Blake Dawson…
Comment: Advice for the new managing partner – don’t consult, just do Legal Business Given the amount of time I spend hanging out with managing partners it’s not unusual to be asked by law…
Leadership: Latham elects Bill Voge to take over from Bob Dell after eight-month selection process Legal Business Following a rigorous eight-month selection process, London-based projects partner Bill Voge has been elected to take over from Latham &…
Clifford Chance’s global MP Matthew Layton talks expansion and ambition for his first four-year term Legal Business The past week has seen Clifford Chance emerge as the star performer among its Magic Circle rivals, with a 7% rise…
Advice for the new managing partner: don’t consult, just do Legal Business Given the amount of time I spend hanging out with managing partners it’s not unusual to be asked by law…
Ceasefire or guerrilla skirmishes – Ashurst struggles to reconcile its post-merger factions Jaishree Kalia Jaishree Kalia reports on the uneasy peace still hanging over the post-merger Ashurst It’s been over eight months since Charlie…
Management overhaul at Travers Smith with appointment of four new department heads Legal Business Travers Smith has overhauled the management of its private equity, financial services & markets, real estate, and banking and corporate recovery…
