As the world’s highest-grossing law firm, Kirkland & Ellis is used to pushing the limits and has done so again making 141 partners in the largest partner-promotion in a big law firm.The firm promoted 122 partners last year and interestingly it works to fast-track associates to partnership in contrast to many firms that increasingly restrict […]
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Powered by LawFuel -LONDON, October 7, 2019: International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP today announced that David Avery-Gee will join the Firm as an M&A partner in the London office.David is currently a corporate partner at Linklaters. He has advised on many high-profile and complex domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and IPOs across a range
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Lady Hale, president of the UK Supreme Court, became a RBG-type social media sensation with her resounding verdict against Boris Johnson’s suspension of parliament.But it was more than the decision relating to the five-week suspension that the Prime Minister of Britain sought that aroused such great curiosity – it was the unusual spider brooch that the
Investment in response to growing demand from lawyersPowered By LawFuel –Augusta, the UK’s largest litigation and disputes funder by case volume announces it has raised a further US $115m from a multi-billion-dollar US-based investment manager.In 2018, Augusta secured GBP £150m from a global investment fund, to finance business growth and investment in funding cases. In
Listed London law firm Rosenblatt announced the acquisition of Manchester corporate finance boutique Convex Capital, a M&A corporate finance boutique that helps smaller companies.The firm became just the fourth law firm to list on the London Stock Exchange when it raised £43m from investors in May.Rosenblatt said the deal was in line with its strategy
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From the Ukrainian ‘Wild East’ to a middle-aged legal disrupter: The innovation lawyers making a differenceInnovation in the law has been highlighted in a Financial Times article identifying 10 key innovations from law firms for the list prepared by both the FT and RSG Consulting.The recent list included a Ukrainian lawyer in the “wild east”
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“Compelling synergies” between two Big Law firms not enough to cement merger dealAttempts by City-based legal giant Allen & Overy to enter the US legal market have collapsed after 18 months of talks with US – based O’Melveny & Myers and evidences the structural differences between US and UK law firms.Allen & Overy said in
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New Productivity Tool From the World’s Top Earning Law Firm: Someone To Buy Your Doggie BootiesKirkland & Ellis are known for their aggressive revenue-generating culture, but have come in for some roasting for their new tool designed to increase further productivity.Their latest move to reportedly ‘chain lawyers to their desks’ by offering a concierge service
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Firm prepares to takeover Wink & Mackenzie Powered By LawFuel –Harper Macleod is delighted to announce record results this year, with a 9.5% rise in turnover to £29 million.The figures for the financial year 2018/19 come as the firm prepares to complete its takeover of Elgin firm Wink & Mackenzie, the latest in a series of
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Linklaters Hire To Lead Firm’s European Private Client PracticePowered By LawFuel – Fieldfisher boosts private client practice with Linklaters partnerPeter Golden will join Fieldfisher this autumn to lead the European law firm’s private client practice, to help capitalise on the firm’s strong existing reputation in trusts, real estate and tax advice for wealthy individuals and
