Ashurst, Clifford Chance, Freshfields and Linklaters advise banks on competition inquiry
International firm Ashurst and Magic Circle trio Clifford Chance, Freshfields and Linklaters are advising the UK’s biggest banks over an…
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Trainee retention rate at Linklaters up to 93%
Linklaters has kept on 93% of qualifying trainees in its latest cohort, up on the 86% spring 2014 retention rate.
Clifford Chance eclipses UK elite as Global 100 unveiled
Magic Circle firm posts 16% PEP hike against 7% revenue increase Clifford Chance has emerged as the strongest-performing Magic Circle…
City firms support diversity targets by committing to female partnership ratio
With private practice diversity statistics still often trailing their clients, last month saw rhetoric translated into targets at Ashurst and…
CC edges ahead in growth as Linklaters and Freshfields unveil financial results
Clifford Chance has emerged as the strongest-performing Magic Circle firm financially for 2013/14, as the UK elite all unveiled unaudited sterling…
Slaughters, A&O and Linklaters announce associate pay increases
Trainees, NQs and PQEs to receive salary boost. Setting the bar for trainee, newly-qualified (NQ) and associate pay last month…
OC joins Magic Circle on Dixons Carphone tie-up
Carphone Warehouse and Dixons merge along with DEMB and Mondelez Major M&A mandates have over the past month seen Linklaters,…
Comment: Whose money making machine? Not all law firms will be richer in a bank-lite world
Cov-lite, cov-loose and even now cov-lame – in some pockets of the finance market we are back to the boom…
Whose money making machine? Not all law firms will be richer in a bank-lite world
Cov-lite, cov-loose and even now cov-lame – in some pockets of the finance market we are back to the boom…
Back in the machine – opportunity and threats amid much-changed debt markets
After years in the post-Lehman doldrums, the finance markets are springing back to life. Legal Business assesses the forces powering…
Slaughters first to up pay for trainees and NQs
Slaughter and May has again become the first major City player to announce changes to its junior fee-earners’ pay levels, with…
Dwindling partner promotions at A&O and Freshfields fail to maintain current partnership levels
The UK’s elite law firms often point to their rigorous partnership promotion process as a natural selector of the best…
The last word – American hustle
In this month’s Global London special we report on the advances made by US firms in London, particularly in litigation.…
Head of Manhattan – Adam Siegel takes over as Freshfields US managing partner
One of the more successful of the Magic Circle practices in Wall Street, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed Adam Siegel to…
More for most or less for some? Links is latest top firm to sidle towards merit pay
Even at the top of the market, the slow march towards performance-driven pay for associates continues with Linklaters this week…
Deal watch: Corporate activity in October
Arrow Global IPO Debevoise & Plimpton and Slaughter and May landed roles on Arrow Global’s initial public offering (IPO). Slaughters…
European M&A: Big ticket summer mandates scooped by Allen & Overy; Clifford Chance; Freshfields and Macfarlanes
Despite corporate partners attesting to a summer lull (if only by their absence from the office), the past month brought…
Retention round up: UK firms score top marks on trainee job offers
Despite the wave of redundancies and poor financials of late, firms are still posting high retention rates of junior lawyers…
Clifford Chance underperforms Magic Circle with 9% drop in PEP
Clifford Chance (CC) has underperformed its Magic Circle rivals in its 2012/13 results as the firm today announced a 2.5% decline…
Reporting season floodgates open as four major City firms reveal 2012/13 revenues
Reporting season has opened in earnest in the City as Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer today (5 July) reveals it has bucked…