Willkie Pushes London NQ Salaries to £180,000 as BigLaw Pay War EscalatesUS law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher has lifted the salaries of its newly qualified lawyers in London to a market-topping £180,000, placing it firmly among the highest-paying firms in the City.The increase represents a £10,000 rise, or just under six percent, and brings […]
Tom Borman, lawFuel Contributing EditorTaylor Rose has become the first UK law firm to push its consultant platform through the 1,000‑lawyer ceiling, underlining just how fast the fee‑share model is eating into the traditional partnership franchise.The national firm, part of the AIIC Group, now sits on more than 1,000 consultant solicitors across its brands, alongside
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Private equity-backed legal chambers network The Barrister Group (TBG) has officially entered the outsourced services market, announcing the rollout of its new VENTRiQ platform—an outsourced clerking service built on TBG’s in-house operations infrastructure.The London-based group, which supports hundreds of remotely working barristers across the UK, says the service reflects growing demand from chambers and lawyers for scalable operational support.TBG
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National law firm Foot Anstey appoints former Linklaters lawyer to its investigations and corporate crime practice 10th March 2026 – Foot Anstey has appointed Jasmine Olomolaiye as a Partner in its investigations and corporate crime team, continuing the firm’s strategic growth and expanding its risk and regulatory offering. Jasmine joins after 12 years at Linklaters, where she advised corporates and
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Need-to-Know: Ex-Goodwin Lawyers Raise $3M Seed to Automate Side Letters & MFN Workflows – ILS’s ProVision Platform Already Powers $150B+ in Global FundraisesIn a clear signal that private funds legal tech is heating up, London-based Intelligent Legal Solutions (ILS) has closed a $3M seed round led by Chicago Ventures, bringing total funding to more than
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Fresh from its raid on Latham & Watkins Sidley Austin has returned for more with the recruitment of Jeremy Trinder which is now the 13th recruitment since 2024, hiring a lawyer with strong cross-border experience in the real estate and property financing area with over 30 years’ experience in the market.We reported the move to
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The precarious economics of law firm life have been underscored once again with the collapse of Zhong Lun Law Firm Limited, a once-profitable City boutique whose downfall was triggered by the abrupt exit of two key directors.An administrator’s report prepared by insolvency specialists Quantuma revealed that the departures in September 2024 marked the point of
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Norma Harris, LawFuel contributing editorWell, if the UK legal scene were a magic show, the disappearing firms would be the star trick. By the end of 2025, SRA-regulated firms in England and Wales dipped below 9,000—the first time in recent history—down from over 10,000 in 2020, a net loss of more than 1,100. Over 15
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Four years into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the battlefield has long since expanded beyond territory. Courts, treaties and international accountability now matter just as much as tanks. This week, Ukraine made that point formally.London-based partner Julianne Hughes-Jennett of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has been awarded the Order of Merit by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, recognising her
Forget probabilistic guesswork – this London outfit promises auditable, flight-simulator precision for rule-heavy work like immigration. Second tech-led firm to clear the regulator after Garfield.Law, but the first to bet everything on verifiable legal logic rather than clever chatbots.The UK Solicitors Regulation Authority has just done something quietly revolutionary – it has authorised a law
