Don’t call us magic circle: can Freshfields win over Wall Street?
Freshfields is taking on corporate America as part of a wider mission – to become a leading player not in the magic circle but in the ‘international elite’
Freshfields is taking on corporate America as part of a wider mission – to become a leading player not in the magic circle but in the ‘international elite’
Barnea & Co’s litigation department offers clients extensive experience, skill and expertise in complex litigation that requires creative solutions and a far-reaching legal understanding of the unique needs of each client. Barnea & Co represents its clients in all dispute resolution forums, including before the courts, in arbitration or in mediation proceedings, and in a […]
Barnea & Co offers a comprehensive service to lenders, borrowers, advisers and other intermediaries. We represent banks, finance companies, private investment funds and financial institutions both in Israel and abroad. The firm provides a full range of legal services in a variety of matters, including advising clients in complex financing transactions, representing clients in a […]
Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer took the key roles on Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC’s acquisition of a stake in RAC. RAC’s current private equity house owner, Carlyle, is set to sell almost half of its shares in the roadside assistance group to the Singaporean fund. The deal will give both parties joint control over […]
DAC Beachcroft (DACB) has launched its second office in Asia Pacific. DACB will form an association with the newly-created CK Lee & Co, a Hong Kong firm that will ensure DACB’s clients can access legal advice internationally and in Hong Kong. The firm will be led by Kelvin Lee who was previously a partner at […]
Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) has unveiled a new global leadership structure that could see partners paid significantly more for originating or introducing work regardless of where it is carried out. The firm’s new system, which had been operating on an interim basis since former CEO Gerry Pecht retired from the firm last year, has now […]
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 […]
Addleshaw Goddard has entered the £100,000 club after hiking City salaries for newly qualified solicitors (NQ) by over 5 per cent. The firm’s rate for junior lawyers in London has increased from £95,000 to £100,000. The last time Addleshws raised its NQ salary was in September 2022, when the firm implemented a 16 per cent […]
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 […]
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
This report contains: A history of the dominance of the magic circle sets an analysis of the two challengers to the magic circle a breakdown of the sets’ activity at the commercial court over the years
This report includes: an analysis of 18 European 100 firms that have seen new managing partners since the start of 2023 a consultant’s top tips for an MP-t0-be an overview of the trends in the European 100 leadership selection
This dashboard: contains an overview of the claims at a selection of courts in the UK. allows you to compare activity at the courts in Q2 2024 against Q2 2023.
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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 […]
DAC Beachcroft (DACB) has launched its second office in Asia Pacific. DACB will form an association with the newly-created CK Lee & Co, a Hong Kong firm that will ensure DACB’s clients can access legal advice internationally and in Hong Kong. The firm will be led by Kelvin Lee who was previously a partner at […]
Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) has unveiled a new global leadership structure that could see partners paid significantly more for originating or introducing work regardless of where it is carried out. The firm’s new system, which had been operating on an interim basis since former CEO Gerry Pecht retired from the firm last year, has now […]
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 […]
Addleshaw Goddard has entered the £100,000 club after hiking City salaries for newly qualified solicitors (NQ) by over 5 per cent. The firm’s rate for junior lawyers in London has increased from £95,000 to £100,000. The last time Addleshws raised its NQ salary was in September 2022, when the firm implemented a 16 per cent […]
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 […]
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