Redundancy watch: Trowers the latest top 50 firm to announce fee-earner job losses
Trowers & Hamlins has made four fee-earners and three secretarial staff redundant in the last three months, the firm confirmed…
A&O falls behind on associate pay table as it announces a freeze
Allen & Overy (A&O) has become the latest of the Magic Circle to reveal that it is holding its associate…
Quinn’s global master plan – elite disputes shop hits HK for third foreign launch of the year
Having only launched its first foreign office in 2008, US disputes leader Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan clearly now has…
Judicial moves: Search for new LCJ begins and Jay QC appointed to High Court
The profile of the judiciary was significantly raised this week as the search to fill the most senior judicial role…
Latham picks up three-partner Shearman team for Düsseldorf launch
Latham & Watkins is to further expand its German corporate capability with the launch of a Düsseldorf office after hiring…
DLA and Simmons promote fewer partners as firms continue to favour Europe
DLA Piper and Simmons & Simmons are among the latest UK firms to announce a reduced number of partnership promotions,…
PROFILE: Terry Miller, LOCOG
When the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG)’s general counsel (GC) Terry Miller won Legal Business…
What credit crunch? – Forsters gives reporting season a boost with 16% hike in revenues
Europe may be stuck in the doldrums and the UK property market mired in a five-year slump but no one…
Clifford Chance and Linklaters make most of their partner promotions in Europe
Partner promotions continue apace with Magic Circle firms Clifford Chance (CC) and Linklaters the latest to announce their numbers, the…
A&O introduces first trainee salary increase since 2010
Allen & Overy has increased trainee pay rates bringing to an end a three-year freeze and has promoted 24 lawyers…
Freshfields hires HSF financial services regulatory partner
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer continues to boost its disputes practice in Hong Kong with Herbert Smith Freehills’ (HSF) financial services regulatory…
A&O picks up corporate partner as Shearman announces Düsseldorf and Munich closures
Allen & Overy has hired Shearman & Sterling’s corporate partner Hans Diekmann as a partner in its Düsseldorf office. Diekmann,…
Freshfields makes high-profile lateral hire with Shearman’s Pick
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has scored a significant coup in hiring respected Shearman & Sterling partner and head of global project…
Trophy US hire for Freshfields as it lures former head of DoJ’s crime division
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has recruited former acting head of the criminal division at the Department of Justice (DoJ) to bolster…
Revolution on a shoe string
Quinn Emanuel’s no-frills, high-end approach to law has re-written the rules on what US advisers can achieve in London after…
OFT senior director joins Gibson Dunn’s City office
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has recruited Ali Nikpay, senior director at the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) into its antitrust…
Falling QC appointments reflect fears for criminal Bar’s prospects
QC appointments have declined for the fourth year running with the number of applicants also on a downward path. In…
White & Case launches in Madrid with Latham hire
White & Case has launched its first office in Spain, recruiting Latham & Watkins’ Spanish corporate head Juan Manuel de…
Risk management and professional indemnity survey 2013: Same Old Fears
Despite renewed focus on outcomes-focused regulation, IT security and conflicts remain the key threats keeping risk teams awake at night.…
Pinsents launches flexi-lawyer service for clients
Pinsent Masons is set to launch a contract lawyer service that will provide clients with access to lawyers on a…