US firms are once again on the march in London, with Kirkland and Cravath leading the moves of the last few weeks with hires from legal tech Harvey and Linklaters respectively.
Geoff Moore, managing partner of Ireland’s Arthur Cox, is looking at life with his glass very much half full, and he is not alone. ‘Notwithstanding the awfulness going on around the world – two full-blown wars, geopolitical tensions, election uncertainty, and more – the underlying domestic economy in Ireland is actually performing very strongly,’ says …
With work including the proposed merger of Vodafone and Three’s UK businesses – a deal that would create the largest mobile operator in the UK; the successful defence of the £1bn Phones 4u litigation – the culmination of a decade’s worth of work for Vodafone’s legal team; and the launch of a major in-house transformation project, it’s fair …
Browne Jacobson has topped the 2024 Social Mobility Employer Index with Slaughter and May, Linklaters, Lewis Silkin, Norton Rose Fulbright and Freshfields all ranking within the top 10.
Leading the latest moves, Paul Weiss hired Kirkland financial regulatory partner Prem Mohan as head of European financial services regulation in London.
It’s not news to anyone that the legal profession is stressful. As Michael Cavers, head of debt capital markets at CMS and chair of trustees at the Mindful Business Charter (MBC) puts it: ‘Lawyers are high achievers and perfectionists. Law firms – and our clients – have high expectations of our lawyers, and they have …
Slaughter and May has raised pay for newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers to £150,000, bringing the firm to parity with its Magic Circle peers. The firm was slated to review its pay rates in November, but has brought the review forward, with the new rate effective from 1 September. The increase means that Slaughters no longer trails …
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While the legal market is never short of speculation about the next potential merger, last month saw news of an eye-catching deal bringing two parties from very different markets together with a fresh approach.
With results continuing to stream in, the initial picture is that the UK’s largest law firms are shrugging off the economic challenges of recent years. Financial results season is once again in full swing, and the UK’s largest law firms have plenty of reasons to be cheerful, with healthy returns across the board.
Paul Weiss has continued its rapid London expansion with the hire of TDR Capital general counsel David Holdsworth, who is returning to private practice after less than two years at the private equity house He is set to join as a partner in the US firm’s London private equity group, bringing the firm’s London partner …
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