UK Law Hourly Rates Take An Upward Hike Tom Borman, Big Law contributing editor Britain’s top law firms have hiked hourly fee rates by nearly 40 percent for the top 10 law firms according to a new survey from PwC. The survey of the UK’s top 100 law firmsshowed that average hourly rates at top […]
The Big Law Pay Structure Upset Albert Goodwin, LawFuel Big Law editor Big law pay structure moves have been very much in the news of late, but now a move but A&O Shearman has bucked a recent trend by big law firms towards a salaried partner tier by having a full all-equity pay model. A&O
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Jared Axelrod will lead Kirkland’s build-out of its collateralized loan obligation practice, according to a statement. Axelrod was previously a partner at Milbank LL. Suril Patel is joining Kirkland as its first structured finance lawyer in London, according to the statement. Patel previously worked at Harvey, a legal artificial intelligence startup, according to his LinkedIn. The
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Paul Weiss Partner Scalp No. 16 From Kirklands And so it continues . . another week, another Kirkland & Ellis partner joins Paul Weiss in London. The latest to join the firm is Revathi Raghavan, as a partner in Paul Weiss’ s Investment Funds Group in London. Raghavan is a financial regulatory lawyer with extensive
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A high-stakes legal battle is unfolding between a former DLA Piper associate and her former firm over alleged pregnancy discrimination from Anisha Mehta but in what the firm said were a series of ‘catastrophic blunders’. Former IP associate Anisha Mehta claims she was blindsided by her termination, which came just six days after she requested
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Dentons is proud of its global footprint as the largest geographically spread law firm in the world and it has now announced that it has combined with four more firms in Africa to increase its African presence substantially. The firm moved from China last year following regulatory changes in the area but it has been
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Another non-equity partnership tier is added to a big law firm as Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton make a strategic move to join other big law firms in the non-equity partnership ranks. Cleary’s adoption of a non-equity partnership tier marks a departure from its traditional single-tier structure, where all partners held an ownership stake in
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The Big Law Pay News Ben Thomson, Big Law contributing editor The Cravath Scale has become something of the gold standard when it comes to big law pay, but the boutiques are muscling in on the big law pay rates with offers that exceed the Cravath Scale. Boutique law firms like Hueston Hennigan have adopted
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South African law firm Bowmans is taking the former A&O Shearman team, which has been ‘stranded’ following the controversial departure from the country of the newly-merged legal behemoth. The legal team moving to Bowmans includes eight partners, among them A&O Shearman’s South Africa managing partner, Gerhard Rudolph. Four A&O Shearman counsel and two directors will
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Latham’s New Big Law Partner List Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing editor Kirkland & Ellis, widely regarded as one of the most prestigious and profitable law firms in the United States, has announced the promotion of 200 attorneys to partner effective October 1, 2024, opening the doors to potential major earnings. Lathams are regarded as one
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