Eve Cornwell is a trainee at Linklaters, London office and has released a much-watched, ‘unfiltered’ view of the Magic Circle firm’s office with a video view of everything in the firm’s London HQ – with the blessing of the firm, who want to lift the lid on working at Big Law, London.Everthing from the mail […]
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Powered by LawFuel – MJ Hudson, the asset management consultancy, which provides expertise and infrastructure support to fund managers, investors and other specialists in the asset management industry, is pleased to announce that admission and dealings in its Ordinary Shares commenced today, Thursday 12th December at 8.00 a.m. on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment
Global legal giant Baker + McKenzie have been under some stringent criticism for the way in which they handled the issues relating to the former senior partner, Gary Senior, who faces charges of sexually harassing a younger female solicitor.The criticism came at the 15 day hearing before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) where lead counsel
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Volkswagen AG is facing one of the largest-ever U.K. class action lawsuits over the so-called ‘Dieselgate’ scandal, with almost 100,000 vehicle owners accusing VW of misleading them by installing emissions-cheating software that made it appear their diesel vehicles met environmental standards.Slater & Gordon represent the owners and need to get past first base by finding
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The new regulatory rules governing solicitors in the UK has seen sexual harassment and money laundering infringements with other measures made more robust by the new regulations, while also easing the way for lawyers to work individually.The oversight of solicitors has been introduced by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), coming into force in September and
Weil Gotchal has acquired profile partner Neil Devaney in boost its restructuring law practice. The Weil Gotshal press release – Powered by LawFuel – LONDON, November 15, 2019: International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP today announced that Neil Devaney will join the Firm as a partner to play a leadership role in its
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Regulatory approval enables firm to broaden client services, attract wider pool of top talent and be more agile.LONDON – Global law firm Reed Smith today announced that it has become the first international law firm to convert to an Alternative Business Structure (ABS), after receiving approval from the UK’s Solicitors Regulation Authority.Unlike the traditionally regulated
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October 28, 2019Powered by LawFuel – LONDON, OCTOBER 28, 2019: International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP today announced that Jenny Doak will join the Firm as a Tax partner in the London office.Jenny is currently a Tax partner at Vinson & Elkins. She has a versatile practice covering restructurings (including formal insolvency arrangements
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The billable hour has been the brunt of criticism – mounting criticism – for many years. Blamed for its lack of flexibility, its alleged inefficiency and even for creating high burnout rates in the legal profession.But the billable hour remains.With lawyers required to bill from 1700 to 2500 hours years, the pressure to ‘hit budget’
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Amid the #Metoo era and major efforts by the law profession to stamp out the culture issues that come with sexist, gender-offensive activity a major law firm is reportedly investigating a “highly offensive” text messaging group about female trainee solicitors.The Independent said it had received a statement from the big law firm confirming the investigation,
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