Who Rose? Who Slipped? The latest edition of the UK Top 50 measures gross revenue, revenue per lawyer, and profits per equity partner,like the Am Law 100, and shows that the UK legal market saw a significant rebound in profitability for top law firms in the latest financial year. After an 8.1 percent decline in […]
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Baker McKenzie Disputes Report The Global Disputes Forecast 2024 report recently published by Baker McKenzie highlights several key findings and trends in the global disputes landscape. The full report can be downloaded at this link. The report summary: Economic Pressures and Disputes Economic challenges are expected to drive an increase in disputes across various sectors.
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Rajesh Bhimani, CEO of Skynet Technologies The legal market is increasingly competitive nowadays and a subpar website can significantly hinder your ability to attract new clients. Potential clients often form their first impression of your law firm based on their online experience. A polished, professional, and impactful website can single-handedly create a positive first impression
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DLA Piper’s Olympian Partnership DLA Piper Africa is proud to announce its partnership with 2024 Olympic Gold medallist and African sprint sensation, Letsile Tebogo. Under its partnership, DLA Piper Africa will be Tebogo’s official legal sponsor, providing the 21-year-old Motswana sprinter with legal services locally in Botswana, across Africa and globally. Born in Kanye, Botswana,
A Lawyer Mental Health Initiative – But Will It Work Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing writer Australian lawyers have recently gained a new “right to disconnect” after work hours, according to a recent development in the legal profession with the aim of addressing the issue of work-life balance and mental health among legal professionals. The move
What Do The Summer Bonus Delays Mean? Associates are waiting with bated breath for their 2024 summer bonus news, but the waiting continues. Traditionally, these bonus announcements begin to roll out in late July or early August, setting the tone for the industry’s compensation landscape and reports of major bonus payments have left associates waiting
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London Legal Scene Shaken By Firm Closure US law firms have made big waves in the London law scene particularly with their stellar pay packets and wage wars, but they are also feeling the heat of the competitive London legal scene with a major firm closing shop in the City. The biggest American players in
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>> Latest Law Jobs Here . . New Jobs Daily Comments by Shane Jones that Justice Cheryl Gwyn was “a Communist Judge’ have lead to the inevitable criticism and complaints from lawyers. Justice Gwyn, appointed to the High Court in 2019, was formerly the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security. A former partner at both Chapman
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Big Law Summer Bonus Update The Big Law summer bonus season that was kicked off by Milbank, as we recently reported, and has left some firms following suit and others . . well, left deciding what to do. And associates too are wondering what may happen to their summer bonus. It’s a mixed bag regarding
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LegalTech Acquisition By Thomson Reuters Legal AI entrepreneur and former A&O Shearman trainee Alexander Kardos-Nyheim has made a major career change – and fortune. Kardox-Nyheim founded the legal AI start-up Safe Sign Technologies in 2022 after graduating from law school at Trinity College, Cambridge, at the same time as embarking on a training contract at
