Bird & Bird is pleased to have been awarded Benelux Firm of the Year at the 2025 Women in Business Law Awards last night. Individuals from across the firm’s practices and sectors also took home the following: Hosted at The Waldorf Hilton in London, the awards recognise leading women for their contributions to their practice
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If you have an ongoing lawsuit and you want to maximize your compensation, it’s in your best interest to opt for pre-settlement funding. In case you haven’t heard about pre-settlement funding before, you should know that it’s a type of settlement loan where you receive cash in advance while waiting for the outcome of your
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Linklaters today announces that the global partnership has voted to extend Aedamar Comiskey’s and Paul Lewis’ terms as Senior Partner and Firmwide Managing Partner respectively until 2029. Their terms were extended with overwhelming support following another year of record results, including the biggest year-on-year increase in profit in more than 20 years and significant revenue
Meredith Connell has announced promotions of 20 associates, eight senior associates and 12 associates, in what the firm described as its largest promotion round. No partners are included in the latest promotion round. Meredith Connell has 55 associates across its offices in Auckland and Wellington. >> New Law Jobs? Check LawFuel Jobs for the latest
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Philips SpeechLive and Actionstep partner to streamline legal dictation, boosting efficiency for mid-sized law firms through AI-powered integration. Our integration with Actionstep is a game-changer for law firms looking to optimise documentation processes and reduce administrative overhead… to focus on what matters: their clients.” — Dr. Thomas Brauner, CEO Speech Processing Solutions, the global leader
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Peter Cubita brings a mix of in-house and private practice experience June 25, 2025 – Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP today announced that Peter N. Cubita has joined the firm’s Consumer Financial Services practice as a senior counsel in New York. Previously a Vice President and Senior Legal Director at Goldman Sachs Bank USA, he has more
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The 12 new Partners bring deep expertise across each of the firm’s chosen industries, including Education, Energy & Resources, Financial Services, Health, Infrastructure and Real Estate. These appointments strengthen the firm’s ability to support clients in a rapidly changing environment and reflect its continued investment in the leadership and expertise needed to stay ahead of
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What Is Sir William Young Thinking? John Bowie, LawFuel publisher There’s a moment in every legal career when the robes get a little too heavy, the wigs a little too itchy, and the temptation of a post-retirement international gig becomes irresistible. For Sir William Young, formerly of New Zealand’s Supreme Court, that moment appears to
AI Litigation Platform Begins Major Pilot Program in Australia Australia, 24 June 2025 – National law firm Holding Redlich has begun a major pilot of Cicero, an AI litigation platform developed by Australian legal-tech company Automatise. The pilot follows a successful trial in selected matters earlier this year and will initially run across key practice groups,
Kirkland & Ellis flipped the script on law firm partnerships by building a massive nonequity partner tier, now over 1,000 stron, which has let Kirkland promote more lawyers, faster, than most competitors, turning what some once called a “marketing trick” into a powerhouse business mode
Recruiters now have Kirkland’s nonequity partners on speed dial. “They’re hot property,” the partner says. “Even if they’re not equity, getting a Kirkland ‘partner’ is a win for any recruiter or client.”
Criticism of Kirkland’s two-tier, salaried partner model has faded. Now, other firms want in. The move is seen as smart business, not just a trick. Kirkland’s success, and the Wall Street money being paid to some partners in such firms, has pushed other big firms
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