The traditional workplace romance generally involves senior man, junior woman, and an eventual appointment with HR, but things are changing. More women enter senior management and partnership positions, law firms are increasingly seeing a reversed dynamic where female leaders hold organisational power over junior male colleagues. Recent reports and surveys, including a major Finnish study,
The latest round of Biglaw associate salary increases has been unusually quiet this summer, with only a handful of firms matching Milbank’s elevated scale. Ice Miller has now joined the fray but with conditions – it is only for its New York associates, and the higher paychecks won’t arrive until next year. The firm announced
After 17 years climbing Quinn Emanuel’s litigation ranks and building the first dedicated AI practice at a major US firm along the way New York trial lawyer Christopher Kercher has walked out to test a heretical proposition: that the Big Law pyramid is now the wrong shape for the job. Kercher, founder of Quinn Emanuel’s
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Some lawyers bill by the hour. Others spend years trying to stop the state from killing their clients. American capital defence lawyer‑turned‑comedian Josh Pickar has somehow managed to do both law and stand‑up, arguing that the two professions have more in common than most civilians would comfortably admit. Both depend on storytelling, timing and finding
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Private equity-backed Adeptio Law Group has completed its second law firm acquisition of the year, continuing its plan to build one of the Midlands’ largest regional legal groups in UK law. Its founding firm, FBC Manby Bowdler, has acquired Worcester practice The Specialist Law Group, operator of the The Employment Solicitor and The Company Solicitor
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Former ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott has dropped his legal case against the bank over an alleged A$13.5 million unpaid bonus, ending one of the most closely watched boardroom fights over executive pay and misconduct fallout in Australia’s banking sector. ANZ has confirmed that the proceedings were discontinued without any settlement or additional payment to
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For years, Samreen Akhtar embodied the legal profession’s favourite narrative. The daughter of a Huddersfield mechanic from a Pashtun family, she was showcased by the Bar Council as a social mobility advocate and hailed as one of the brightest new criminal barristers on the circuit, building a career defending clients accused of serious offences. Now,
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How to Build a Solo Law Practice in 2026 (Field Guide) Norma Harris, LawFuel contributing editor Building a solo or small firm in 2026 is cheaper and more feasible than it has ever been, and the same three things still sink new practices: trust-accounting mistakes, running out of cash, and a marketing plan that amounts
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NQ Salaries Hit £150k in Latest Pay War Salvo Norma Harris The London salary wars continue with Macfarlanes bumping its newly qualified (NQ) base pay from £140,000 to £150,000. Effective 1 July, the £10k increase officially aligns the firm with the UK Magic Circle’s current baseline, cementing its status among the top tier of native
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The London legal market just got another massive jolt as US mega-firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett muscles further into City territory.
Simpson Thacher, a private equity titan, the elite New York-headquartered firm has officially launched its first-ever formal UK training contract, which they are backing it up with serious Wall Street cash showing – once again – how the big money US firms are reshaping the London legal scene.
