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Here is how the legal world is responding.
How much can a barrister realistically expect to earn?
The Lawyer has compiled trainee solicitor salaries and newly-qualified (NQ) solicitor salaries from the UK’s largest law firms. Last full update: 3 November 2023 Last minor update: 1 May 2024 The latest salary figures are a reflection of the influence of American firms on the UK market. When Bingham McCutchen became the first firm to […]
Meetings between law firm leaders can be casual, just a polite meeting to chew the fat over a cup of coffee, or they can have a serious intent. Last month, when Dickson Minto’s de facto managing partner Jordan Simpson met with a delegation from New York’s Fried Frank, it was the latter. Make no mistake, […]
Here is how the legal world is responding.
How much can a barrister realistically expect to earn?
The Lawyer has compiled trainee solicitor salaries and newly-qualified (NQ) solicitor salaries from the UK’s largest law firms. Last full update: 3 November 2023 Last minor update: 1 May 2024 The latest salary figures are a reflection of the influence of American firms on the UK market. When Bingham McCutchen became the first firm to […]
Meetings between law firm leaders can be casual, just a polite meeting to chew the fat over a cup of coffee, or they can have a serious intent. Last month, when Dickson Minto’s de facto managing partner Jordan Simpson met with a delegation from New York’s Fried Frank, it was the latter. Make no mistake, […]
Mega fraud, collapsing companies, and turbulent fallouts. This year, The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases feature a number of long-running disputes that will finally get their day in the sun, several lawsuits involving high-profile individuals, and insolvencies that have caused a tumultuous fallout. At long last, the “tuna bonds” case is set to have its day in […]
Commuting experiences in the UK vary wildly. Travellers in London endure the sardine-packed Tube, while the countryside offers more picturesque – though often rickety and delayed – train journeys. Elsewhere, cyclists confronted an unusually rainy July and now take on 28-degree heat with steadfast determination. Drivers navigate a maze of roundabouts and contend with congested, […]
Rare is the firm that isn’t obsessed with “moving up the value chain.” Along with being “client-centric,” “sector-focused” and “collegiate,” it is among the most often trilled out of tropes by senior management aiming to portray their firm as ambitious, dynamic and entrepreneurial (which, incidentally, are three more). And yet. When real change does take […]
Manchester’s legal market has been saturated for many years. Nearly 50 firms (46) in the UK200 have offices in the city with only two more specialised firms managing to successfully edge their way into the confines of the inner ring road – Lewis Silkin and Foot Anstey being the more recent newcomers to set up […]
The country desperately needs growth, but there are a limited number of levers that Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves can pull. Likewise, in the UK legal profession, mid-tier growth is hard to find and there are few options available. Listing on the stock exchange is out of fashion and getting a boost from private […]
It probably isn’t quite as catchy as the Skinner and Baddiel version, but “They’re coming back, they’re coming back, they’re coming, deals are coming back” at least has the virtue of being accurate. Certainly, according to the data in this month’s UK Corporate 50 report, M&A and other corporate activity is at a higher level […]
Welcome to The Passport, your regular round-up of the most important stories to come from the European legal market. In this edition, we introduce you to Mayer Brown’s new Paris team and tell you how the personal relationships sealed the deal; what the freshly de-merged CGR Avocats means when it talks about being a “last […]
Profit per equity partner (PEP) and net profit at Eversheds Sutherland International LLP ground almost to a halt last year, with the firm’s revenue growth rate also dipping for a second successive year. PEP growth slowed, rising nominally from £1.29m to £1.3m. Net profit, meanwhile, remained flat with the firm having recorded £175.1m, a slight […]
Firms across the UK legal market are contemplating the effects of taking on additional financing to insulate themselves from the worst effects of HM Revenue & Customs’ (HMRC) tax hit in January. The Lawyer understands that BDB Pitmans and Anthony Collins are just two names among the scores of firms preparing to take on additional […]
Kingsley Napley has saved £149,500 in a year, after implementing an initiative that saw it shut half of its six floors on Fridays when most staff work from home. The scheme, first reported in The Lawyer last summer, is called “The Building that Shrinks and Grows”, and sees the firm turn off the lighting, heating, […]
Former clients of Rosling King have prevailed in the latest round of a long-running dispute that has seen the firm accused of “aimlessness” in how it conducted litigation which cost its former client more than £5.7m in legal fees. In a judgment handed down yesterday (31 July) between property investment company Tonstate Group (in liquidation) […]
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