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The £40k Pay Gap & The 50% AI Surge – Here Is The Hidden Friction Inside Ashurst’s £1.15Bn Mega-Merger

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In its final set of financial results before the highly anticipated transatlantic union with US giant Perkins Coie, Ashurst has posted a formidable swan song. But behind the headline figures lies some major obstacles that may create major issues for the merged firm such as a complex web of legal AI integration, mounting pressure in the associate pay wars, and the ever-present threat of lateral poaching.

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A&O Shearman’s Talent Drain Continues as Weil Lands Global Fund Finance Co-Head

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Tom Borman, LawFuel contributing editor The battle for top lawyers shows no sign of easing as A&O Shearman’s exodus continues with the firm suffering another senior casualty with global fund finance co-head Fiona Cumming leaving to join Weil Gotshal & Manges in London. The move gives Weil another heavyweight in one of the fastest-growing areas

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Australia’s Top Firms Just Posted Their Best Partner Haul Since 2020

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The AFR’s mid-year Law Partnership Survey shows the top end monetising every crisis going — litigation, regulation and the AI panic — while quietly thinning the graduate ranks. According to the Australian Financial Review‘s first-half 2026 Law Partnership Survey, the country’s firms added their biggest cohort of new partners since at least 2020 in the

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What Does the KPMG Scandal Means for Law Firms and Internal Investigations

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KPMG’s escalating governance crisis is now exposing not only the firm’s leadership, but also the role of the law firms drawn into its internal investigations. The resignation of KPMG Australia chairman Martin Sheppard, alongside two senior partners, follows a now-familiar pattern seen in major professional services scandals: initial denial, internal reviews, mounting external pressure, and

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Axinn’s Boutique Offers $25,000 Bonuses While BigLaw Plays Catch-Up

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BigLaw Pay vs Boutique Pay Scale Sonia Hickey The boutiques are once again teaching BigLaw a lesson in how to spend money on associates with New York boutique Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider, a New York-founded antitrust and litigation shop, is dishing out special bonuses of $10,000 to $25,000, payable by 15 July, per a 23

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The ‘Year Zero’ Pivot That Tripled This Law Firm’s Revenue

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Changing the traditional law firm model is generating a lot of talk these days, but what can change for law firms when they seriously alter the model can turn a moribund operation into something like a high-growth startup. All of which is what happened with Olliers Solicitors in the UK, which went from £2m to a massive £6.5m in annual fee income.

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Skadden Hires Former Akin Lawyers to Boost Investment Management Group

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Skadden has recruited three senior investment management lawyers, two to be based in Abu Dhabi and one in the Washington DC office of the firm. All three were recruited from Akin and is a major boost for the firm’s work in investment fund and institutional investment advisory work. The Skadden media release announcing the move

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Freshfields Add M&A Lawyer in Munich

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Global law firm Freshfields announces today that Daniel Möritz will enter the firm’s partnership. He will be joining the Munich office. Daniel Möritz has established an outstanding reputation both for high-end corporate law, M&A and private equity. He advises industrials, insurers and private equity investors on international, complex and often regulated transactions. While he is

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