Collas Crill is now an LLP
The legal partnership of Guernsey advocates known as Collas Crill is now a limited liability partnership registered in Guernsey. Collas Crill LLP converted from a general partnership trading under the...
View ArticleStewarts Law supports early stage dementia wellbeing programme
Stewarts Law has renewed its partnership with Historic Royal Palaces to continue its support of the Sensory Palaces programme across its sites. Sensory Palaces combines historical storytelling with a...
View ArticleBird & Bird bumps NQ salaries to £62,000 as it posts strong retention
Bird & Bird has revealed that it is keeping on 88 per cent of its autumn qualifying trainees in newly qualified (NQ) roles. Of 17 qualifiers, 15 are remaining with the firm. The firm’s intellectual...
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Reed Smith overhauls management structure
Reed Smith has overhauled its management structure in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Global chair of financial industry Tamara Box has taken on the role of Europe and Middle East (EUME) managing...
View ArticleWhite & Case takes ten partners from HSF for Australia launch
White & Case has taken ten partners from Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) to launch in Australia. The project finance team have joined White & Case from HSF offices across Australia and Asia. The...
View ArticleChadbourne faces $100m gender discrimination lawsuit from US partner
Chadbourne & Parke litigation partner Kerrie Campbell has filed a $100m (£75m) class action lawsuit against her own firm in New York over allegations of gender bias. The filing, which was first...
View ArticleThe Lawyer Eats: Hedone, Chiswick
It’s rare that I go back and update my reviews but it has been known, especially where the restaurant has changed so much that I would be worried that someone would rely on the review and have a bad...
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Judgment enforcement: can pay, won’t pay
Securing a successful litigation or arbitral judgment should be a time for celebration. After investing potentially years of effort and millions in legal fees, victory has been secured – and the...
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40 per cent of senior associates regret legal career
Four out of 10 senior associates would not choose to become a lawyer again, new research from The Lawyer Salary Survey, released today, has revealed. Senior associates are the lawyers who regret their...
View ArticleThree top tips on being a new partner from Clifford Chance’s David Bickerton
Clifford Chance’s London managing partner David Bickerton shares his three top tips on coping as a newly-promoted partner. More top tips Three top tips on moving into management from Linklaters...
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Salary survey 2016 PDF
How much are you paid? Are you happy with your salary? Are your skills adequately recognised and rewarded? Who are the happiest lawyers when it comes to remuneration? How big a pay rise – or drop –...
View ArticleCorporate and M&A specialist is new Luxembourg partner
Ogier has appointed a new partner in its Luxembourg office to head its corporate practice as one of three recruitments aimed to further strengthen its onshore international offering. Bertrand Geradin,...
View ArticleShoosmiths advises on first ‘Foundry Project’ bar
Shoosmiths has advised Marston’s, one of the UK’s leading pub retailers and brands, on its new ‘Foundry Project’ bar, named Foundry 39, in Scotland. Shoosmiths real estate team has been advising...
View ArticleMorgan Lewis raids Dentons for Shanghai launch
Morgan Lewis & Bockius has taken a team of five partners and 18 lawyers from Dentons’ legacy Shanghai office to launch its second base in China. The team joining Morgan Lewis is led by five...
View ArticleLatham hires A&O German capital markets head
Latham & Watkins has hired Allen & Overy (A&O) corporate partner Oliver Seiler in Frankfurt. Seiler heads up the magic circle firm’s German capital markets group and is also co-head of its...
View ArticleWalker Morris advises on investment in video game developer
A multi-disciplinary team of specialist lawyers from Walker Morris has advised Lloyds Development Capital (LDC) on its £16.5 million investment in the independent video game developer, Team17 Software....
View ArticleEvent: Safeguarding Client Data and Your Firm
Time: 11AM PT | 2PM ET Date: Tuesday, September 6, 2016 Lawyers are required to enact “reasonable” safeguards when storing client files. They must also deal with an ever-increasing number of new...
View ArticleEgorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners Ukraine defend pharmaceutical company
Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners Ukraine team successfully defended interests of one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies in a dispute with the State Intellectual Property Service of...
View ArticleWalder Wyss advises on AutoForm transaction
AutoForm Group’s shareholder sold a majority stake in the company to Astorg Partners on 22 July 2016. AutoForm Group is a leading provider of software solutions for the design and sheet metal forming...
View ArticleAddleshaws top of equity breaks £1m barrier three years early
Addleshaw Goddard has boosted its top of equity to £1.12m, breaking its £1m target three years ahead of schedule. The firm has 87 equity partners. The Lawyer understands managing partner John Joyce is...
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