NORTON Rose has recruited a leading in-house lawyer from France to head its new international securities group. Gilles Thieffry has joined the firm from BNP Capital Markets where he headed the legal department. Thieffry, who has extensive experience in the eurobond markets will spearhead the development of the firm’s business in international capital markets and […]
EMPLOYED barristers have won the right to stand for election to the Bar Council posts of vice-chairman and chairman after a widely-supported vote for constitutional change. The change could also lead to the Bar having its first employed chairman in around two years from now, in the form of Michael Blair, head of policy and […]
Nicole Maley examines the work of the Alliance of European Lawyers and its fresh approach to cross-border business Royex House has long proven to be an influential address in the world of international law. The high-rise eyrie, looking out over the City of London, was once the headquarters of Clifford Chance, the UK’s top international […]
Britannia Building Society was advised by Slaughter and May in the syndicated u425m dual currency revolving credit agreement
It has been a bumper year for the UK’s top 100 law firms, with 44 posting double-digit growth – the highest since before the global financial crisis. A further four firms (Macfarlanes, TLT, Weightmans and Birketts) increased revenue despite a truncated year due to the Government’s basis period reforms. And if we take the five-year […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has ditched its German brand heritage as it attempts to transform its image into one that better positions it as a member of the global elite. The firm has reached the end of a rebranding exercise when it mulled whether to drop Bruckhaus and Deringer from its name, nearly 25 years since it […]
Harrods has hired Simkins to represent it in media matters, as allegations involving the store’s late boss Mohamed Al Fayed continue to dominate the headlines. Last week, a wide-ranging BBC documentary was released, Al Fayed: Predator at Harrods, in which more than 20 former female employees alleged the billionaire of the luxury London department store […]
Having launched its internal generative AI tool last year, Mishcon de Reya is giving staff more specific training on how to make the most of its £10,000 tech product. The firm, which has over 1,400 staff, including more than 600 qualified lawyers, launched “deReyAI” in October 2023 and says that over 1,000 of its employees […]
Gateley’s chairman Nigel Payne has slammed the firm’s shareholders for not voting to allow virtual annual general meetings (AGMs) to take place. In a statement published on the London Stock Exchange, following the AGM that was held today at 12.30pm, Payne noted his disappointment and frustration that the board’s proposal to allow virtual AGMs was […]
This report contains: a ranking of the top 30 global law firms in Asia-Pacific and California by the number of partners. an analysis of the regional breakdown within California and jurisdictional breakdown within the Asia-Pacific based on lawyer and partner headcount. Interactive dashboards with firm specific data.
This report contains: an overview of the UK corporate market in 2023 and the positive shift in mood among lawyers at top corporate practices ranking of the top 50 City firms based on UK corporate revenue, highlighting those achieving significant growth insight into firms’ strategic plans for its UK corporate group over the next five years
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The Brits are back. We don’t mean the annual popular music jamboree at which microphones are dropped, singers’ bums are bared and popstars challenge each other to punch-ups. We mean UK-headquartered firms and their financial fortunes. For years, the contrast with their oppos from across the Atlantic, most of which have been beavering away driving […]
Newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers have seen salary levels soar over the last decade. In 2014, a fresh-faced Clifford Chance lawyer could earn £67,500; that figure reached £150,000 this summer. It is US firms that have inflated the pot with constant base raises that align London and New York operations. But the ripples spread outwards. When Quinn […]
Eversheds partners aren’t really in the business of throwing curveballs. This week, partners in the International LLP – that’s everything outside the US – cemented Keith Froud as Lee Ranson’s chief executive successor in an uncontested election. We’d have stopped taking bets on this one years ago, you could see it coming a mile off. […]
The Higher Education sector is in big trouble. As we reported last month, universities are struggling to fill places on their undergraduate courses – not least for law degrees. Many are in financial distress. Tuition fees for home students have been capped at £9,250 since 2017 and are falling well behind what is profitable, but […]
It has been a bumper year for the UK’s top 100 law firms, with 44 posting double-digit growth – the highest since before the global financial crisis. A further four firms (Macfarlanes, TLT, Weightmans and Birketts) increased revenue despite a truncated year due to the Government’s basis period reforms. And if we take the five-year […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has ditched its German brand heritage as it attempts to transform its image into one that better positions it as a member of the global elite. The firm has reached the end of a rebranding exercise when it mulled whether to drop Bruckhaus and Deringer from its name, nearly 25 years since it […]
Harrods has hired Simkins to represent it in media matters, as allegations involving the store’s late boss Mohamed Al Fayed continue to dominate the headlines. Last week, a wide-ranging BBC documentary was released, Al Fayed: Predator at Harrods, in which more than 20 former female employees alleged the billionaire of the luxury London department store […]
Having launched its internal generative AI tool last year, Mishcon de Reya is giving staff more specific training on how to make the most of its £10,000 tech product. The firm, which has over 1,400 staff, including more than 600 qualified lawyers, launched “deReyAI” in October 2023 and says that over 1,000 of its employees […]
Gateley’s chairman Nigel Payne has slammed the firm’s shareholders for not voting to allow virtual annual general meetings (AGMs) to take place. In a statement published on the London Stock Exchange, following the AGM that was held today at 12.30pm, Payne noted his disappointment and frustration that the board’s proposal to allow virtual AGMs was […]