Freshfields promotes 40 to executive assistant but will recruit more in support staff review
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has promoted around 40 of its personal assistants (PAs) to executive assistant after about 80 applied for…
Restructuring
KWM 2.0 moves into new offices as administrators begin investigation into collapsed business
King & Wood Mallesons‘ (KWM) new business in London, comprising seven partners, has today (20 January) moved into new offices…
KWM’s global chair sets out plans for new European business after SJ Berwin collapse
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) announced today (18 January) that it has already established a new business presence with 30…
KWM China in talks with selected legacy SJ Berwin offices to secure European presence
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) China is understood to have bid for an out-of-administration purchase of certain legacy SJ Berwin…
KWM moves to secure European presence with ‘KWM Deutschland’ spin off
King & Wood Mallesons has incorporated a new limited liability partnership on Companies House called ‘KWM Deutschland’.
BLM to cut almost half of support staff in Leeds in ongoing restructuring
LB 100 firm BLM has confirmed it will axe 19 out of 40 business support roles in Leeds as it…
‘A process of transition’: Slater and Gordon to close more offices as UK restructure continues
Slater and Gordon‘s (S&G) group managing director Andrew Grech has provided an update on the firm’s UK restructuring programme which…
Slater and Gordon slashes 640 UK jobs in a year as PI firm continues to restructure
Lawyers at Australia-listed Slater and Gordon (S&G) have faced a turbulent year at the firm as it has emerged via…
‘Will defend it robustly’: Slater and Gordon to sue Watchstone over 2015 Quindell acquisition
Slater and Gordon (S&G) is to sue Watchstone Group, formerly known as Quindell, following the £637m acquisition of the UK…
Eversheds consults on new management structure
Lee Ranson clear favourite to take chief executive role Eversheds has begun talks to forge a new leadership team as…
Barclays restructures legal team in preparation for retail and investment split
Barclays has restructured its legal team in preparation for ring-fencing reforms that will split the bank’s retail and investment arms.
DLA Piper to cut 200 UK jobs after support staff review, in favour of Warsaw hub
DLA Piper is slashing 200 business support jobs in the UK in a move that will see the firm make…
Pinsent Masons scraps leadership for life amid top-down management restructure
Pinsent Masons has made a series of changes to its management structure, including the introduction of fixed terms for those…
Pinsents scraps leadership for life amid top-down management restructure
Changes include new board responsibility for strategic decision-making Pinsent Masons has made a series of changes to its management structure,…
Eight already depart KWM partnership as European restructuring kicks in
Eight City-based lawyers have left the partnership at King & Wood Mallesons as part of a restructuring that will see up…
KWM to cut 15% of legacy SJ Berwin partnership following major shake-up
Following a major overhaul of its practice structure, King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) said in March it would axe 15%…
Nine European partners down in one week at KWM as restructuring brings unintended consequences
Just four days after losing a six-partner private equity team in Paris to Goodwin Procter, three partners have left King…
Guest post: How to reduce head count without making new enemies
With the litigation market soft and the deal market at least momentarily out of breath, there may be more lawyers…
Heads roll on Queen Street: KWM to axe 15% of European partners in sweeping shake-up
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) told its London partnership this morning that 15% of its European and Middle Eastern partners…
Fasken Martineau slashes London lawyer headcount by a third ahead of office move
Fasken Martineau will close the doors of its Hanover Square office at the end of this week, relocating a significantly…