David Cameron’s New Legal Gig Tom Borman, LawFuel contributor David Cameron is reportedly in discussions to join DLA Piper as a consultant, potentially advising the global law firm on geopolitical risk—a role that would come five years after the Greensill scandal, which cast a long shadow over his post-prime ministerial activities. Since leaving Downing Street […]
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Lawfront announces that Trethowans has joined the fast-growing legal services group, in what is Lawfront’s largest deal to date. This is Lawfront’s sixth large regional firm acquisition and the thirteenth acquisition in total, taking group fee income to over £130m, well on the way to becoming a Top 10 regional legal services business. Trethowans is a leading
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Hogan Lovells Joins the £140k Club As London NQ Salaries Soar in Law Firm Pay War Hogan Lovells has just fired another shot in the ongoing law firm pay war, bumping up its London NQ solicitor salaries to a cool £140,000-a £5,000 rise from last year’s rate. The 4 percent increase, effective from 1 May
Big Law Pay News Sees Freshfields’ Fresh Look Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, one of the UK’s Magic Circle heavyweights, is thinking about bringing back a salaried partner tier, placing some partners on a fixed, hefty salary instead of a share of the firm’s profits. It’s a big deal, especially since Freshfields had moved away from this
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Slaughter and May has decided to maintain its newly qualified solicitor salaries at £150,000 this spring Financial Times. Since 2021, junior pay has climbed every year—100k to 150k in four leaps. Now, nothing. The reduced deal volume and rising costs have taken their toll so far as legal pay rates are concerned among biglaw firms,
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Knights, one of the UK’s fastest-growing professional services firms, has taken a major step forward in the South East by acquiring Essex-based Birkett Long for an initial £10 million following last year’s downtrend in transactional work and layoffs from the firm. The move brings around 90 lawyers and 10 financial advisers into the Knights fold,
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Garfield: The Ultimate AI Law Disrupter Move over, billable hour-there’s a new associate in town, and it doesn’t need coffee breaks or job reviews. It’s the ultimate AI legal disrupter – a law firm that is entirely driven by AI. The UK Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has just authorized Garfield AI, the UK’s first law
Freshfields LLP has recently strengthened its energy and infrastructure practice by hiring Alistair McKechnie as a finance partner in London from rival firm Paul Hastings LLP. The appointment follows Freshfields’ earlier recruitment of Jessamy Gallagher and Stuart Rowson, who also joined from Paul Hastings in March 2025. McKechnie brings expertise in infrastructure and acquisition finance, having
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Global law firm Freshfields has today announced the continued expansion of its global energy and infrastructure business with the appointment of finance partner Alistair McKechnie in London. McKechnie joins from Paul Hastings and follows the recent additions of internationally renowned lawyers, Jessamy Gallagher (pictured) and Stuart Rowson. McKechnie has practised at some of the world’s
The UK Law Private Equity Pinch Jacqui Coombe, LawFuel contributor In the latest episode of “When Private Equity Buys Your Law Firm,” DWF is showing over 100 staff members the door marked “consultation” – a corporate euphemism we all know precedes the actual exit sign. The top-25 UK firm has launched a redundancy consultation affecting
