The Lawyer Awards: 2016 shortlist revealed
The Lawyer today reveals the shortlist for The Lawyer Awards, the legal industry’s biggest night of the year
International Top 30 2016: Year of the litigators
It is now eight years since the onset of the financial crisis. For some, it seems like forever ago. For others, it still smarts
Eversheds and Shearman win roles on Nokia’s global panel
Dentons, Eversheds, Reed Smith and Shearman & Sterling have won spots on Nokia’s global legal panel.
Top 10 stories: 29 April-5 May 2016
Law firms’ market positioning is ever-important and the critical nature of branding was demonstrated by the popularity of our top story of this week. Eversheds came out on top of Acritas’s annual UK legal brand rankings, ahead of DLA Piper and Pinsent Masons, and our report on the research was the most-read of the last seven days.
Freshfields pumps up NQ salaries by a quarter to £85,000
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has boosted newly qualified solicitors’ salaries by almost 26 per cent to £85,000. Read more…
The Crown, Burchetts Green, Maidenhead
At the weekends I am often to be found in south Oxfordshire, supposedly relaxing and cooking wholesome food from scratch, hoping to justify my ever-expanding collection of cookbooks. My inner restaurant addict is having none of that.
Travers Smith loses second private equity partner to Ropes
Travers Smith partner Helen Croke is joining Ropes & Gray’s private equity team, nearly two years since Phil Sanderson made the same move.
Exclusive: Kirkland raids Linklaters again as PE and tax partners defect in London
Kirkland & Ellis has raided Linklaters in London yet again, hiring private equity partner David Holdsworth and tax partner Tim Lowe.
Enyo Law launches London training contracts
Enyo Law has become the first major UK litigation boutique to launch training contracts, recruiting two trainees this year. Both of the trainees were paralegals at Enyo prior to being accepted onto the new training programme. As the firm solely offers dispute resolution advice, the trainees will be seconded to another firm for their non-contentious […]
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Linklaters’ new boss: I’m reviewing everything
Linklaters’ new managing partner Gideon Moore speaks out about his plans to review everything at the firm to “check that what we’re doing still makes sense”.
Exclusive: UBS put pressure on Stephenson Harwood to ditch Libor trader client
Global bank UBS put pressure on Stephenson Harwood not to represent junior trader Arif Hussein in relation to a Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) investigation, The Lawyer has learned.
The Lawyer Awards: Shortlist unveiled on Monday
On Monday 9 May The Lawyer Awards’ shortlist will be announced. Now in its 22nd year, The Lawyer Awards, in association with Travelers, is the leading awards initiative in the legal calendar. It brings together 1,300 private practice solicitors, in-house lawyers and barristers from all across the UK and beyond and is by far the biggest night in the legal calendar.