Slaughter and May has promoted five lawyers to partner across its London and Brussels offices, half the number promoted in 2022 and the lowest promotion round numbers since 2021 in a reflection of a weaker market for legal services at present. With over 550 lawyers, Slaughter and May is very much one of the LawFuel […]
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Big law layoffs continue with Bryan Cave releasing 50 lawyers
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Grueling work schedules and the sacrifice of personal wellbeing appeared to be factors in the tragic death of Pinsent Masons’ partner Vanessa Ford; a death which has sparked critical examination of work culture and mental health issues within the legal profession. Reports indicate that Pinsents are taking advice from other City law firms regarding the
Choosing the law schools’ rankings from the upcoming U.S. News & World Report can be a vexed issue, but the effort has been made by a number of experts, as reported in the ABA Journal with a reasonably predictable outcome for many – except for the Number 1 law school. While Yale and Stanford are
Moving Up The Most Prestigious Law Firm Rankings White & Case may be moving up the LawFuel List of Most Prestigious Law Firms in the World with its latest revenue rankings, showing the average profit per equity partner at $3.1 million – a 13 percent increase over last year’s $2.8 million – a handy-enough take-home
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The mental health struggles and tragic death of big law partner lead to a tribute in LinkedIn from Pinsent Masons partner Matt Morgan, head of finance and restructuring at the law firm and relating to the mental health issues faced by many stressed lawyers. Vanessa Ford was known professionally as Vanessa Heap and she died on September
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Anyone still upset that the Musk-Zuck cage match got called off will get a chance to witness a tech billionaire standoff with much higher stakes: a Musk-Altman legal battle. Elon Musk sued OpenAI and its co-founders, CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman, yesterday, alleging that they breached the organization’s founding agreement by letting it become too
DLA Piper International has elected Charles Severs as its next Managing Partner, effective 1 January 2025. Following his ten-year tenure as International Managing Partner and Global co-CEO, Simon Levine will step away from the role to lead DLA Piper’s innovation and strategic transformation programme in a new role as Strategic Innovation Partner. Charles joined DLA
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Allen & Overy (A&O) has enlisted a team of five structured finance attorneys based in London, recruited from the American competitor Milbank, in anticipation of its upcoming merger with Shearman & Sterling. The move is a welcome change from the lawyers who have left A&O prior to the Shearman merger, which we recently reported. The
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Alternative law careers come in increasingly different and varied forms – here are some key alternatives presently available for lawyers.
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