Tribunal finds against Freshfields partner in high-profile misconduct case

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Tribunal finds against Freshfields partner in high-profile misconduct case

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer restructuring partner Ryan Beckwith engaged in sexual activity with a junior female colleague in circumstances in which she was ‘intoxicated to the extent that her judgment was impaired’, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) found today (10 October). The SDT said at a hearing this morning that Beckwith knew or ought to have …

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Norton Rose enters associate pay war putting NQs in line for £114k paycheque

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Norton Rose enters associate pay war putting NQs in line for £114k paycheque

Top-performing newly qualified (NQ) solicitors at Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) will be in line to take home up to £114,000 as the firm becomes the latest to increase its starting rates amid an escalating war for associate talent in the City. NRF confirmed today (9 October) a 9% rise to its NQ basic salary to …

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Dentons double merger adds 300 lawyers to create ‘first truly national US law firm’

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Dentons double merger adds 300 lawyers to create ‘first truly national US law firm’

Dentons will have more than 1,000 lawyers across 33 US markets following the latest in a long line of tie-ups announced since the start of the summer. After expanding in South America, Asia Pacific and Africa through ten mergers since July, the globetrotting firm has announced it is to combine with 175-lawyer Midwest firm Bingham …

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International round-up: DWF recruits five partners for Düsseldorf as CMS expands in Africa

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International round-up: DWF recruits five partners for Düsseldorf as CMS expands in Africa

DWF has made its second post-IPO international office opening, hiring a five-partner team in Germany, while CMS has added two firms in South Africa and Kenya to its network. DWF said today (7 October) it was opening its fourth German office in Düsseldorf after recruiting the entire office of Marccus Partners, consisting of 10 staff …

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UK and Belgian bars sign agreement as concerns mount for the profession in no-deal Brexit

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UK and Belgian bars sign agreement as concerns mount for the profession in no-deal Brexit

The Brussels Bar and four other legal professional bodies will lobby the Belgian government to ensure UK lawyers don’t lose their right of audience in the country’s courts in the event of a no-deal Brexit, according to a memorandum of understanding signed this week. The move comes as a report published today (4 October) stated …

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Hogan Lovells’ International business slims down headcount amid 8% revenue growth

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Hogan Lovells’ International business slims down headcount amid 8% revenue growth

Profits at Hogan Lovells’ non-US business rose 11% to £281m last year as it slimmed down lawyer headcount by 37 in 2018, the firm’s LLP accounts have shown. The accounts published today (2 October) show revenue from the firm’s offices in 21 countries outside the States grew 8% to £860m in the year to December 2018, …

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Victory for Mishcon and Blackstone heavyweight as Supreme Court rules Parliamentary suspension unlawful

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Victory for Mishcon and Blackstone heavyweight as Supreme Court rules Parliamentary suspension unlawful

Mischon de Reya and Blackstone Chambers are among the legal reputations seeing a significant boost this morning after securing a historic victory in the Supreme Court challenge to the suspension of Parliament by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Unveiling its verdict this morning (24 September), president of the Supreme Court Lady Hale said that the advice …

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Dealwatch: Rich pickings for A&O and Linklaters on €120bn tech listing as Addleshaws wins Battersea redevelopment

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The European teams of Allen & Overy (A&O) and Linklaters are set to bring in a total of more than €4m in legal fees after acting on the largest European listing of the year. Meanwhile in London, Addleshaw Goddard and Norton Rose Fulbright acted on the £600m financing of the latest phase in the redevelopment of Battersea …

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LB100 Overview: Apocalypse soon?

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LB100 Overview: Apocalypse soon?

As Legal Business was unpacking the 2018/19 financial results of the UK’s top 100 law firms, the Office for National Statistics reported that Britain’s economy had shrunk for the first time since 2012. The 0.2% fall in output in the second quarter of 2019 was the latest in a series of ominous signs for a …

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Letter from… Amsterdam: Dutch lawyers find a deft balance amid testing times in cross-border trade

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Letter from… Amsterdam: Dutch lawyers find a deft balance amid testing times in cross-border trade

The secret to making your country attractive to foreign investors at a time when populism is reshaping global politics and protectionism is on the march? A stable and business-friendly government, an open society, a well-trained and internationally-minded workforce, and reliable infrastructure are not bad places to start. And, luckily for Amsterdam’s legal elite, the Netherlands …

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