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The former head of global legal giant Baker McKenzie’s London office is facing prosecution for alleged sexual harassment, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) said today with the former chief and his former firm instructing partners at law firms Kingsley Napley and RadcliffesLeBrasseur to represent them.Gary Senior, who left the firm last year, has been referred
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Powered By LawFuel – With this initial five year contract, DWF will become a provider of insurance and real estate legal services to BT. A number of staff from BT’s in-house Claims and Corporate Property teams will transfer from BT to DWF in the fourth quarter of 2019.DWF will use its Complex, Managed and Connected Services platforms to identify
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London ‘celebrity barrister’, sometimes referred to as the ‘chemsex barrister’, after supplying his teenage boyfriend with drugs that lead to his death, has been suspended again after returning only recently to the bar following his first suspension. Henry Hendron, who has represented Conservative MP Nadine Dorries and former Apprentice contestant Stella English in earlier cases,
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The law firm best known for representing Princess Diana in her divorce, represented by the firm’s Deputy Chairman Anthony Julius (pictured) is considering a stock market float that could value the firm at several hundred million pounds.The wealthy law firm, currently employs more than 900 people with over 500 lawyers and is part of UK’s
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Law Firm Clyde & Co has suspended a partner and another lawyer and referred them to the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) regarding alleged breaches of obligations.Legal Business reports that the SRA obligations that are being investigated that include provisions on the fundamental ethics and professional standards expected from lawyers and law firms in relation to
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PEP Talk – How Did Linklaters Outpace Its Magic Circle Rivals?Linkaters has had a good year, with its strongest financial performance of the Magic Circle firms, showing revenues up to £1.63 billion, and profits per equity partner (PEP) up 10 per cent to £1.7 million in 2018/19Legal Business reported that the firm saw pre-tax profits
Solicitors leaving larger practices to work in smaller firms has increased from 53% in 2016 to 64% in 2019London, U.K., 08 July, 2019 – Powered by LawFuel – The latest Bellwether report titled, ‘Is the Future Small?’, published today by LexisNexis UK, a leading global provider of information and analytics; highlights that not only is
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(London) –Powered by LawFuel – Akin Gump is pleased to announce that Gavin Weir will join the firm as a partner in its London office. Mr. Weir will join from White & Case, where he has served as co-leader of its Financial Institutions M&A group. He is expected to join Akin Gump later this summer.Mr. Weir
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Slaughter & May is the latest major law firm in London to life its associate pay, which is £100,000 including bonuses The pay increase follows recent moves by firms in The City, including Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Clifford Chance which both lifted their pay for newly-qualified (NQ) pay to £100,000 as the pay war started
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