Clifford Chance boosts salaries
Clifford Chance has revealed its pay rises for 2016. Trainee pay goes up 3.5 per cent, with first-year salaries boosted from £42,000 to £43,500, while the second-year salary jumps from £47,300 to...
View ArticleBREAKING: SRA delays super-exam decision until spring 2017
The Solicitors Regulation Authority is to press on with its plans for a new ‘super-exam’ taken at the point of qualification, but has delayed its final decision until next spring after the legal...
View ArticleReal estate roundup: White & Case acts on £1.4bn road deal
White & Case advises on €1.7bn PPP deal White & Case has advised the Slovak Republic on a €1.7bn public private partnership (PPP) deal to develop 59km of new road networks. The deal saw the...
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Ashurst appoints first-ever London head under new management structure
Ashurst has appointed its first-ever London office head, as part of a new management structure formed following the election of Paul Jenkins as managing partner. Current corporate co-head Simon Beddow...
View ArticleEx-Milbank partner Costa joins PwC Legal as head of banking
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy’s only female partner in London, Laetitia Costa, has resurfaced at PwC Legal a year after leaving the US firm. Costa has been appointed head of banking and finance at...
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Simmons loses IP partner Noor to A&O
Allen & Overy (A&O) has hired Simmons & Simmons partner Marjan Noor, giving the magic circle firm a sixth IP partner in London. Noor will join A&O’s five-strong IP team in the City,...
View ArticleMobile app from Clio designed to help lawyers manage practice
Clio is offering both an iOS and Android app to help manage the ins and outs of lawyers’ practices. Easily look up your appointments and deadlines, add tasks, track your time and expenses, and do...
View ArticleSue Harris announced as President of Leeds Law Society
Sue Harris from Walker Morris is the new President of the Leeds Law Society, with effect from 1 June 2016. Sue Harris, who takes over the role from Colin Gilbert, is a director in the Construction...
View ArticleMaynard Cooper live on Aderant Expert in 12 months
Legal software company Aderant has announced that Birmingham-based law firm Maynard Cooper & Gale, P.C. is live on Aderant Expert for its practice and financial management system exactly 12 months...
View ArticleOgier raises £26,000 for two local charities
More than a year of fund raising by staff at Ogier has resulted in two local charities benefitting from more than £26,000. Nick Cook, Julie Jouanny and Kate Falle from Barnardo’s recently received a...
View ArticleBär & Karrer advises Kathrein on acquisition of EnKom
Kathrein Group, a German domiciled world leader in communication technologies, completed its acquisition of EnKom Group, a Swiss domiciled mobile and fixed networks engineering and infrastructure...
View ArticleMirela Metea promoted to partner by Maravela & Asociaţii
As of June 1, Mirela Metea was named partner with Maravela & Asociaţii. This was the second partner promotion within the firm amidst its dispute resolution associates. Besides an increased volume...
View ArticleKinstellar strengthens corporate and private equity practice with new partner...
Kinstellar has announced that Anthony O’Connor has joined its Budapest office as partner. At Kinstellar he will be the head of the Hungarian corporate and M&A practice and the co-head of the...
View ArticleKhaitan has advised IFMR on securitisation
Khaitan advised IFMR Capital Finance Private Limited and Aptus Value Housing Finance India Limited in relation to securitisation of portfolio of priority sector loans (loans qualifying as loan against...
View ArticleKhaitan advised International Trade and Exhibitions on expansion
Khaitan advised International Trade and Exhibitions India Private Limited in relation to obtaining Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) approval...
View ArticleFieldfisher reveals new strategy to target three key areas and Europe growth
Fieldfisher has unveiled a new three-year strategy, prioritising three practice areas and building upon its European network of offices. The firm, which focuses on seven different sectors and...
View ArticleNorton Rose Fulbright poaches entire Sidley public finance team
Norton Rose Fulbright has hired Sidley Austin’s entire US public finance team across three offices in New York, Washington DC and San Francisco. The firm has taken 17 lawyers from Sidley including six...
View ArticleGlobal Green Bonds 2016: executive summary
This report, produced by Clean Energy Pipeline, contains a wealth of data and insight on the global green bond market. It includes profiles of the most active issuers and arrangers, detailed league...
View ArticleLinklaters’ Moore and Gordon Dadds’ Biles predict further UK consolidation
Linklaters managing partner Gideon Moore and Gordon Dadds managing partner Adrian Biles discuss the future of the legal industry in the UK and whether mergers are on the horizon in this exclusive...
View ArticleLatham tops green bond rankings ahead of US rivals
Latham & Watkins was the top legal adviser on green bond issuances last year, advising on more deals than any other firm. The research, compiled by The Lawyer‘s sister title Clean Energy Pipeline,...
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