The war for junior talent at the top end of London’s legal market entered a new phase of brinkmanship this year, as firms jostled for position after Allen & Overy (A&O)’s decision to freeze its associate rates. A&O froze its newly-qualified (NQ) salaries in late June, citing a ‘more challenging business environment’. The firm typically …
At a watershed moment in the Big Four’s protracted entrance into the UK legal market, KPMG’s head of legal remains bullish about making a big impact A provocative 2017 Legal Business cover, featuring EY’s UK legal head Philip Goodstone, questioned: ‘Big Four, Big Threat?’ At the time it felt like a pressing question. These days …
Earlier this year, Legal Business sat down with Freeths’ disputes partner James Hartley to relive the headline-grabbing Post Office litigation. The litigation was born out of a high-profile scandal, in which more than 700 postmasters and sub-postmasters were handed convictions after a computer software system, called Horizon, incorrectly reported missing money in various Post Office …
Mere weeks after being declared Management Partner of the Year at the Legal Business Awards, Osborne Clarke (OC) has today (19 October) announced that longstanding UK leader Ray Berg is being replaced by corporate partner Conrad Davies. Davies, who is also international head of OC’s urban dynamics group, will assume the position of UK managing …
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DLA Piper has appointed IP litigation partner Ruth Hoy as its next London managing partner, succeeding the longstanding Tom Heylen. The move came during a considerable time of change for DLA after the firm last week announced that German partner Benjamin Parameswaran would be replacing the respected London partner Bob Bishop as global co-chair of …
Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) has been called up to a new-look legal team for Qualcomm as it defends itself from a class action brought by UK consumer charity Which?. The dispute hinges on a Which? claim that wireless technology company Qualcomm breached competition law, and in doing so inflated the royalties paid by smartphone manufacturers …
In its latest attempt to stave off financial turmoil, Ince Gordon Dadds has agreed to sell its Gibraltar business to two employees for £700,000. The firm has conditionally agreed to sell Ince Gibraltar Limited and Ince Consultancy Gibraltar to Peter Howitt, director of Ince Gibraltar, and Heather Adamson, head of fiduciary for Ince Gibraltar. The …
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In-house luminary and Vodafone group general counsel Rosemary Martin is set to retire after more than a decade at the helm, to be replaced by well-respected easyJet GC, Maaike De Bie. Martin, who joined Vodafone in 2010 after stints as Reuters’ GC and a partner at Rowe & Maw, will retire on 31 March 2023. …
Burges Salmon had its core sector groups to thank as it today (27 September) unveiled a robust 10% uptick in turnover from £108.7m to £119.2m. It marks a significant speeding of growth, after last year revenues grew by 4% from £104.9m to £108.7m.
Lynn Dunne, disputes partner and co-head of Ashurst’s London office, has been elected to the firm’s board for a three-year term. Dunne, a new addition to the now ten-person board, was voted in alongside London real estate partner David Jones, who was re-elected to the body having been originally nominated in 2019.
