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WEBMenu. Blog. NRF to incentivise cross-border work with formalised global management committee Anna Huntley ‘Ready to set the stage’: Freeths posts 13% revenue growth in 2023-24 financials Alex Ryan; Freeths, Freshfields and Vodafone take top prizes at Legal Business Awards Ben Wheway; Addleshaw Goddard bolsters IP practice with litigation team hire Cameron Purse
Rosenblatt takes ‘exciting step’ in UK’s fourth law firm listing
WEBApr 23, 2018 · Rosenblatt Solicitors will float on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) to support its growth ambitions and help it attract and retain talent. The independent City firm, established in 1989, will become the fourth UK law firm to go public next month, following Gateley in 2015, and Gordon Dadds and Keystone Law last year. Rosenblatt chief executive Nicola Foulston said the funding would ...
The Legal 500 Bar Awards 2022 – 5 October 2022
WEBDate: Wednesday 5 October 2022 Location: London Hilton on Park Lane, 22 Park Lane, London W1K 1BE The Legal 500 is proud to launch its standalone Bar Awards, a continuation of our global programme of awards. This annual event will be the most prestigious and respected awards ceremony in the calendar for the self-employed Bar, clerks and other chambers professionals, recognising practitioners ...
Flexi lawyering on the up as Linklaters launches Peerpoint-style ...
WEBApr 30, 2019 · Linklaters has become the latest firm to venture into the ever busier flexible lawyering market after hiring the former director of Ashurst’s innovation arm to lead its new contract lawyer platform. New Law pioneer Lawyers on Demand (LOD), meanwhile, has expanded its Australasian footprint with the acquisition of legal ops and tech platform lexvoco. Linklaters announced today (30 April) the ...
Stick or twist? City firms battle it out in NQ salary brinkmanship ...
WEBOct 28, 2022 · The war for junior talent at the top end of London’s legal market entered a new phase of brinkmanship this year, as firms jostled for position after Allen & Overy (A&O)’s decision to freeze its associate rates. A&O froze its newly-qualified (NQ) salaries in late June, citing a ‘more challenging business environment’. The firm typically reviews pay later in the year, but A&O decided to ...
Legal Business 100 2019: Partner earnings - table
WEBSep 16, 2019 · Menu. Blog. Freeths, Freshfields and Vodafone take top prizes at Legal Business Awards Ben Wheway; Addleshaw Goddard bolsters IP practice with litigation team hire Cameron Purse ‘A difficult decision, but one that was needed’ – Hogan Lovells to shut three international bases Elisha Juttla; McDermott sets sights on big-hitters in London as private client team moves on Elisha Juttla
The future is female – women lawyers outnumber men in UK as …
WEBJun 22, 2018 · In a landmark for the legal industry that nevertheless raises some uncomfortable truths, the number of working female solicitors in England and Wales has exceeded men for the first time according to new figures. Reflecting the decades-long influx of junior women to the profession, the total number of women lawyers in the world’s second largest legal market is now 50.1% of the UK’s 139,624 ...
‘Acted recklessly’: White & Case fined record sum by SDT for …
WEBJul 19, 2017 · White & Case has been fined £250,000 in the largest-ever sanction imposed by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) against a firm, as it said today (19 July) that the firm had breached conduct rules by acting recklessly in failing to identify a conflict of interest and failure to protect confidential information regarding a …
We’ve listened: important new changes to The Legal 500 UK 2022
WEBOct 29, 2021 · This month’s issue of Legal Business may be dedicated to the largest firms in the UK by revenue but sibling title The Legal 500 is a much more inclusive church. The latest UK solicitors guide includes no fewer than 1,154 distinct firms operating in the UK across nearly 10,000 distinct rankings, of which nearly 4,500 are …
Selling the family silver: Will Gateley’s listing on London’s stock ...
WEBJun 3, 2015 · Sarah Downey assesses Gateley's audacious plans to become the UK's first listed law firm Following in the footsteps of Australia-listed Slater and Gordon, which demonstrated the benefits of using a share offer to part fund its recent £637m acquisition of Quindell's professional services division, West Midlands firm Gateley confirmed in May it intends to float on AIM later this year. The move ...
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