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Biglaw Meltdown: 100+ Lawyers Depart from Lewis Brisbois to Form New Firm

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Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, a major law firm, has experienced a significant walkout of at least 100 lawyers who have announced their intention to join a new firm called Barber Ranen. According to John Barber, the former chair of Lewis Brisbois’ employment practice, as many as 140 lawyers could eventually leave the firm to […]

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Who Are The ‘Tier 1’ Top NZ Law Firms In The Legal500 For 2023?

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The Legal 500 rankings for 2023 include a range of kiwi law firms that the organisation assessing law firms in over 150 jurisdictions with the major firms unsurprisingly dominating the Tier 1 rankings.The report highlights the role of all the major firms maintaining a “strong presence in the market” in a catchall outline of the

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London’s Big Law Firms Brace for Economic Downturn and Rising Recruitment Costs

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The lessons of the GFC when law firm headcounts went down have seen Big Law firms in London resist the temptation to cut staff numbers as transactions drop in number and law firm revenues look more shakey.The intense heat of the London legal market and the pressure of the so-called ‘Cravath Scale’ involving dollar-for-dollar matching

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