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Dentons Joins Law Firms Setting Up Advisory Consultancies

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Dentons joined the growing list of Big Law firms who are establishing consultancy businesses to run alongside their legal operation, launching their Albright Stonebridge Group advisory service. Dentons Global Advisors will provide strategic counsel and support for clients on non-law related commercial, reputational, financial, regulatory and governance issues, such as diplomacy, capital markets and transactions […]

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What Are The 4 Areas Of Global Growth That This Global Law Firm Leader Sees for 2021

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But the Ashursts’ Chief is also aware of the global war for legal talent . . and his firm sees itself at the forefront of that battle Working out what is going to show major growth for law firms this year and beyond from a law firm leaders’ viewpoint is always an interesting insight and

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Littler Opens 100th Office With New Belgium Office

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With 100 Offices, 25 Countries and Over 1,600 Attorneys Worldwide, Littler is a Major Force in Global Employment and Labor Law (May 19, 2021) Powered by LawFuel – Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has opened its 100th location. Reliance|Littler, part of Littler’s global platform, has expanded its presence in Belgium with

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Latham & Watkins Says: ‘What Pandemic?’ As The Big Law Firm’s Revenues Soar

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The Big Law firm has hit profit per partner of $4.52 million Big Law doesn’t get much bigger than Latham & Watkins post a $4.3bn revenue on the back of pandemic restructuring, deals and just plenty of fee-earning business. Revenue growth has been 15 per cent – not bad during a global pandemic that Latham

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Cleary Gottlieb Hire Former Magic Circle Anti-Trust Lawyer

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Jackie Holland to Cleary Gottlieb

Another senior lawyer has moved from a Magic Circle firm, this time Slaughter and May, to a US competitor. Cleary Gottlieb have hired experienced corporate lawyer Jackie Holland, announcing the hire in the release below – Jackie Holland will join the firm as a partner in the London office, focusing on competition practice, including antitrust

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Big Law Firm ‘Pandemic Profits’ Continue With Strong Growth

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The Pandemic does not appear to have harmed too many Big Law Firms Big Law continues to report large ‘pandemic profit’ growth, as Cooleys and White & Case report double digit growth in 2020, while Hogan Lovells reports profits per partner (PPP) jumping 30 per cent from 2019 to 2020. The pandemic has seen revenues

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‘Black Box’ Pay Discrimination Claims Against Jones Day Dropped

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The discrimination lawsuit brought by plaintiffs across the United States and against Jones Day has been discontinued. Claims of a ‘black box’ compensation system used by the law firm allegedly meant the law firm kept their pay below that made to men at the law firm. US District Judge Randolph Moss of the District of

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“Dear Sir, No More’ – Clifford Chance Uses Robots To Gender Neutralise Its Legal Documents

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Clifford Chance is to ‘neutralize’ gender-specific language from its legal documents by using a new artificial intelligence tool that will remove greetings like ‘Dear Sir’ to provide a non-sexist language to its documents. ‘He’ or ‘she’ will be replaced with ‘they’ or ‘them’ in the future documents and ‘chairman’ will b no more. The move

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