Diamonds and Due Diligence in Luxury Law ‘Luxury law’ has a certain rich cache, but a Luxury Law Summit in London highlighted some of the issues for lawyers working in luxury brands, highlighting the complex and evolving role of lawyers in the luxury sector, requiring a balance of legal expertise with business acumen and industry-specific […]
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US law firm Sidley Austin has raised the compensation for its newly qualified associates in London to compete with the other mainly US-based law firms boosting law firm pay levels in the London legal talent war. Their base salaries have increased from £166,500 to £175,000, an additional £8,500 or 5% hike effective July 1st. The
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But Partner Earnings Remain In The Millions The top 15 US law firms operating in London saw their collective profits fall below £1 billion in the 2022/23 financial year, according to new research by legal accountancy and advisory firm Hazlewoods. Their profits decreased by 3 percent from £1.01 billion in 2021/22 to £985 million in
Jacqui Coombe When it comes to handling the messy divorces of Britain’s elite, few lawyers command as much respect and fear as Fiona Shackleton, carrying the equally lustrous title now as Baroness Shackleton of Belgravia. We wrote about the so-called ‘steel magnolia’ right back in 2013, at the time she had received her new title
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A former partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has been referred to the UK Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) the legal watchdog agency over allegations of inappropriate behavior by Nicholas Williams towards an individual identified only as “person A”. The referral comes in the wake of allegations of during an incident that occurred between December 20 and
StructureFlow, a London-based start-up that creates visual models of complex legal transactions, has picked up $6 million in fundng led by US-based fintech fund FINTOP Capital, with additional investment from Venrex, part of Select Equity Group, a US asset management fund. The latest funding brings the company’s total investment to £10.5 million. StructureFlow is a
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For the ninth consecutive year, lawyers from Slaughter and May feature on the Empower Role Model Lists. The lists are published annually to celebrate executives, advocates and future leaders who are championing positive change for ethnic minorities in business. This year’s lists include Partners Samay Shah and Gayathri Kamalanathan, who feature on the Empower 100 Executives Role Model List,
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Is The KC for real, or is he grandstanding? Albert Goodwin, LawFuel correspondent Karim A A Khan KC has appeared to have turned the tables on both the countries that proposed his membership to the Interntionational Criminal Court – the UK and Israel – with the showcase announcement for the issuing of arrest warrants for
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Which London Law Firms Pay NQs The Most? Up the London legal pay rates go again – no sooner had we reported on Quinn Emanuel’s pay rate rise when Linklater announced that they have boosted newly qualified (NQ) pay rates for junior lawyers to £150,000. The move aligns Linklaters with its Magic Circle counterpart, Freshfields
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Christian Bartsch International law firm Bird & Bird intends to open an office in Tokyo, Japan, before the end of the year, appointing Hiroyuki (Hiro) Iwamura as a partner in the region. The office will support Japanese clients with outbound cross-border work in Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific in key industry sectors in which
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