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Clifford Chance listed 19th in the Stonewall Top 100 Employers List for 2020

Press Releases, UK Law / February 7, 2020

Powered by LawFuel – International law firm Clifford Chance has been ranked 19th in this year’s Stonewall Top 100 Employers List for 2020 – the sixth highest law firm in the list.Now in its 16th year, the list celebrates the pioneering efforts and commitments of leading organisations to LGBT workplace inclusion. This year’s list, which was […]

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Latham & Watkins Target More Law Firms To Boost Emerging Companies Practice

Featured, Law Firms, UK Law / February 4, 2020

Latham & Watkins’ London office has continued its hiring spree, targeting two ‘mid-market’ law firms with new hires.Legal Business report that Taylor Wessing has seen its head of technology, media and communications Mike Turner leave for the US firm alongside Bird & Bird’s corporate partner Shing Lo. Both hires, announced at the end of January

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Partner expulsion case offers lessons to LLP firms and their partners

Briefings, Law Firm Management, Law Firms, UK Law / January 29, 2020

Kingsley Napley – Just before Christmas, the High Court ruled on a dispute regarding the expulsion of a partner from one of the Big Four under the firm’s 2017 LLP Agreement (LLPA). The case Joseph v Deloitte NSE LLP concerned a challenge from David Joseph, a Swiss-based partner at Deloitte, to a decision by the firm to dismiss

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The Million Pound Lawyer – Founder of Listed Litigation Law Firm Paid to Stay

Featured, Law Firms, UK Law / January 29, 2020

The one thing about law firms listed on the stock exchange is that they are like any other listed company in their need to retain talent. In the case of Rosenblatt plc, founder Ian Rosenblatt is the main talent and the man who has received a one-off £1m payment to prevent his departure from the

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Law Brief: Linklaters Competition Outlook for 2020

Briefings, Briefings, UK Law / January 24, 2020

The world is changing. The move towards a more digital economy has been rapid. People are starting to think more urgently about climate change and the importance of sustainability, and the notion of “consumer welfare” is evolving. All while the benefits of free trade are being deeply questioned. The spotlight is firmly on competition policy

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Two Freshfields partners take silk

Press Releases, UK Law / January 23, 2020

Powered by LawFuel – Partners Nigel Blackaby and Noah Rubins from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (‘Freshfields’) have been appointed Queen’s Counsel by Her Majesty The Queen on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, Robert Buckland QC MP, following consideration by the independent Queen’s Counsel Selection Panel.The award of Queen’s Counsel (also known as silk) is for

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London-Based Mischon de Reya Leaves the Big Apple

Law Firms, UK Law / January 21, 2020

Leading UK law firm Mischon de Reya is closing its New York office, established since 2010, saying it was no longer consistent with the firm’s London business.The tough New York market has more lawyers than any in the United States, but also has a highly lucrative legal industry worth an estimated $430bn in the US.The

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White & Case Arbitration Lawyer Appointed QC

Press Releases, UK Law / January 20, 2020

Powered by LawFuel – Global law firm White & Case LLP international arbitration partner Andrew de Lotbinière McDougall has been appointed Queen’s Counsel (QC) by Her Majesty the Queen on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, Robert Buckland QC MP, following recommendation by the independent Queen’s Counsel Selection Panel. “Congratulations to Andrew on this significant achievement,”

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Linklaters Take a Risk Averse Approach to the Boozy Social Event To Stem #Metoo Mayhem

Big Law, Featured, Law Firms, UK Law / January 16, 2020

Such is the state of the #Metoo movement in the legal profession that Magic Circle firm Linklaters has launched a ‘sober supervisor’ scheme to avoid bad behaviour after boozy lunches and social gatherings.The seemingly growing array of prosecutions and cases of sexual harassment and other incidents has lead to what some may see as a

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Crowell & Moring Makes Seventh Hire From Squire Patton Boggs

Lawyers, UK Law / January 15, 2020

Crowell & Moring has continued its practice of making high profile hires for its London office after taking on a “go to” senior litigator from Squire Patton Boggs.Nicola Phillips has been recruited for Crowell & Moring’s international dispute resolution group and is the seventh hire from Squire Patton Boggs in the past year.Legal Business reported

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