A&O Shearman to cut partnership by 10% and close Johannesburg base in post-merger shake-up
A&O Shearman is set to cut 10% of its partnership, close its South Africa office and end its consulting business,…
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Comment: Last orders – The final reflections of a veteran legal pundit
I’ve always suspected that, like politics, careers in journalism largely end in failure. Here is how mine ends. After 20…
Comment: 2020 forecast – City giants forced to offer flexible partnership
I’m going to resist the urge to bang on about the year in review, Brexit or even offer a 2010s…
Full disclosure – How to resolve the profession’s #MeToo problem
‘If you’re a partner and in control of someone’s career, that is an unequal relationship. Repeated drunken flings are not…
2020 forecast: City giants forced to offer flexible partnership
I’m going to resist the urge to bang on about the year in review, Brexit or even offer a 2010s…
RPC’s surprise partnership shake-up signals focus on next generation but is the firm still playing too safe?
Marco Cillario assesses the background to RPC’s decision to abandon all-equity structure At a November press event held by a…
Comment: ‘This ain’t stewardship’ – delaying partnership until mid-30s is unsustainable
Having recently shared a few drinks with one of the most talked-up youngish corporate lawyers in the City, the question…
The big 30 – Make ‘em partner or you’ll lose ‘em
Having recently shared a few drinks with one of the most talked-up youngish corporate lawyers in the City, the question…
Watching the watchmen – inside the growing market for legal advisory work
It used to be that law firms were rather more comfortable doling out advice than receiving it, but in an…
Comment: Yet unremarked, generational conflict cripples City law
Our cover feature this month largely speaks for itself in assessing the changing face of partnership as Millennials begin colonising…
Yet unremarked, generational conflict cripples City law
Our cover feature this month largely speaks for itself in assessing the changing face of partnership as Millennials begin colonising…
The Last Word: Generation Next
As part of our partnership special, we asked young partners and managers alike for their take on the latest wave…
A dramatic break with lockstep for Freshfields but will it be enough to galvanise the City giant?
Nathalie Tidman assesses the Magic Circle firm’s high-stakes partnership shake-up ‘Freshfields has overhauled its partnership for two reasons – to…
Freshfields to deploy second-tier lockstep for more partners as profit drive continues
As Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer continues its profitability drive, almost a quarter of the global partnership is expected to be on…
‘Needed a degree of reinvigoration’ – Linklaters reviews banking equity points
City firms restructure rewards as practices move from traditional lending Linklaters has undertaken a review of equity points in its…
‘Needed a degree of reinvigoration’ – Linklaters reviews banking equity points
Linklaters has undertaken a review of equity points in its finance practice, as banking groups continue to move toward sponsors…
Snakes and ladders: Magic Circle tweaks lockstep but is it enough to hold off US firms?
Madeleine Farman reports on recent remuneration changes among the City elite With the growing threat of losing star partners to…
LB100 Focus: Don’t look back in anger: Ashurst leadership tries to rally partners but the drift continues
Five years on from its controversial Australian combination – and after a punishing 2015/16 – the storied City firm is…
Cracking the whip: Addleshaws Joyce forced into action to push through recent partnership changes
Noted for introducing a more assertive style of management to Addleshaw Goddard since being elected as managing partner two years…