Ashurst, Slaughters and White & Case re-elect leaders as rivals ring in the change Anna Cole-Bailey The recent spate of leadership elections has seen Ashurst, Slaughter and May and White & Case all sticking with tradition…
CC follows Freshfields with £100k package for junior lawyers as pay war with US rivals intensifies Marco Cillario Clifford Chance (CC) has become the second Magic Circle law firm to raise the starting pay for its associates to…
Clydes senior partner Konsta to step down as firm grows revenue 11% in 2018/19 Marco Cillario Clyde & Co senior partner Simon Konsta (pictured) is to step down from his role in October just over half…
If it ain’t broke: Verrier gets fourth term as White & Case chair Nathalie Tidman Hugh Verrier’s term as White & Case chair will extend to 16 years after he was re-elected for another four…
Inflection point – Ashurst steps back from the brink but can the revival last? Nathalie Tidman It was not all plain sailing,’ reflects Ben Tidswell, Ashurst’s chair, on the aftermath of its 2013 merger with Australia’s…
Ted at the wheel – all change at Quinn in the City as East becomes senior partner as Greeno joins leadership Thomas Alan Disputes heavyweight Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has revamped its City leadership team, with Richard East vacating the co-managing partner…
Irwin Mitchell axes ‘small number’ of partners following business review Hamish McNicol Irwin Mitchell has fired a number of partners following ‘a review of the future needs’ of the firm. According to RollOnFriday,…
‘Keep doing it better’: Slaughters senior partner Cooke gets another three years Thomas Alan Highly-respected M&A practitioner Steve Cooke (pictured) has had his term as senior partner at Slaughter and May extended until 2024.…
Shades of 2007: Freshfields sends NQ salaries soaring above £100k to head off talent threat from US rivals Nathalie Tidman Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is fighting the war for talent by becoming the first Magic Circle firm to raise its pay…
‘Engaged and energised’: Jenkins wins second term as Ashurst global managing partner Nathalie Tidman In another vote of confidence for Ashurst’s leadership, Paul Jenkins has been re-appointed as global managing partner for a second four-year…
‘Break the dominance of a single metric’: CC pilots dropping billable hours from performance reviews Marco Cillario Clifford Chance (CC) is piloting a radical reform to the way it assesses the performance of its associates and counsel,…
Stephenson Harwood IP co-head replaces CEO Sharon White following decade in charge Thomas Alan Stephenson Harwood partner Eifion Morris (pictured) has been appointed the firm’s new chief executive (CEO), replacing long-standing incumbent Sharon White.…
More law firm insolvencies expected as funding options tighten for smaller firms Hamish McNicol The number of law firm insolvencies is expected to increase after nearly doubling to 39 in 2018, as tightening margins,…
Apathy and a multimillion-pound shortfall define beleaguered KWM Europe insolvency Thomas Alan Thomas Alan finds reality setting in for creditors and former partners more than two years on ‘My immediate thought was:…
Watching the watchmen – inside the growing market for legal advisory work Anna Cole-Bailey It used to be that law firms were rather more comfortable doling out advice than receiving it, but in an…
Sponsored briefing: ‘Fantastic boutique CM Murray dominates the market in the partnership space’ Guest Blog CM Murray is a leading specialist partnership and employment law firm based in London. The firm is ranked by the…
Sponsored briefing: Challenges in leading law firms – the Cambridge approach Guest Blog Leading a law firm has always been demanding, but the extent and pace of change engulfing the global legal industry…
‘Immensely rewarding’: Moore gets second term as Linklaters managing partner Marco Cillario Linklaters managing partner Gideon Moore will stay in his role until April 2022 after the partnership re-elected him for a…
Dechert rebuilds City leadership with dealmaker Field as Black takes helm Nathalie Tidman Dechert has taken strides to fortify its depleted London management team, adding private equity partner Chris Field and naming Gus Black…
Kerr to hit 26 years at 2Birds’ helm as Addleshaws re-appoints Penney as senior partner Marco Cillario Bird & Bird’s long-standing chief executive David Kerr (pictured) is set to lead the firm until 2022 after standing unopposed…
