The Legal 500 View: Promotion prospects – the firms with the biggest gains in the UK Legal 500 Ben Wheway Every firm thinks they deserve to move up the rankings – but which are making the strongest case? Ben Wheway…
NRF partner promotions delayed as firm moves to US financial reporting ‘to align with the global business’ Marco Cillario Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) is shifting its financial reporting to the US calendar year-end in a symbolic move towards a more…
Back on track: DLA Piper revenue rebounds past $2.6bn as 62 lawyers make partner Hamish McNicol DLA Piper has bounced back from last year’s global turnover drop with double-digit percentage growth in net profit and promoted…
Lucky 13 in London as Kirkland unveils mammoth partner round and taps City rival for restructuring hire Tom Baker Underlining the meteoric rise of a group of elite US law firms, Kirkland & Ellis has unveiled one of the…
‘This latest round has been disappointing’: A&O vows to address lack of diversity as Magic Circle announces new partners Georgiana Tudor Allen & Overy (A&O) promoted just two women to partnership last month, 8% of its total round, with the firm…
‘Enhancing our approach to development’: A&O drops annual appraisals in performance pilot scheme Georgiana Tudor Allen & Overy (A&O) confirmed today (4 May) that it has been running a performance pilot scheme for the last…
News in brief – July 2015 Legal Business FRESHFIELDS BREAKS CITY LOCKSTEP TO BRING IN KIRKLAND’S McKIMM Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s hire of Kirkland & Ellis high-yield heavyweight Ward…
News in brief – May 2015 Legal Business WHITTAKER STEPS DOWN AS LLOYDS GC Group general counsel (GC) Andrew Whittaker is stepping down from his role at Lloyds…
Ashurst on board with diversity targets of 40% female partner promotions and 25% partner ratio Tom Moore Ashurst has become the latest firm to introduce gender diversity targets, committing to promote a greater percentage of female associates to…
King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin hires A&O competition partner as globally KWM unveils promotions Legal Business King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin (KWMSJB) yesterday (30 April) announced the hire of former Allen & Overy antitrust and competition…
Few are chosen – is partnership still worth the contest? Legal Business Partnership prospects continue to decline in a gloomy economy, while UK law firms are increasingly promoting abroad or associates hired…
