The law firm deal between China-based King & Wood and RJ Berwin saw a “Bible” produced by Rachel Reid, who shepherded the merger with her deal document that outlined every step along the way. That’s one reason she has just won the law firm management award made by The Lawyer. Reid wrote the deal document […]
London women lawyers are up in arms, or at least taking their will to succeed to a new level with the creation of Women in Law London (WILL), a group designed to redress the gender balance in top law firms in the City. The number of women entering the law continues to grow with more
The notorious Kenyan Mau Mau uprising in the 1950s has lead to major legal claims against Britain, but now a human rights law firm is facing an uprising for those who claim its legal fees were “fraudulently” inflated. In 2010, the firm Leigh Day sued the Government for compensation on behalf of 5,228 former insurgents
Possibly the world’s most famed barrister, Amal Alamuddin, wife of George Clooney, is taking on two new things: her husband’s name and a Greek case to reclaim the Parthenon Marbles. How life has changed for Ms Clooney, nee Alamuddin, as The Guardian reports. Amal Clooney, prominent human rights lawyer, has today started advising the Greek
It may be over 150 years old, but Scottish law firm Tods Murray LLP has struggled to meets costs and was placed in administration this week. The result is likely to be the loss of around 50 law jobs. Tods Murray was bought out by rival law firm Shepherd & Wedderburn following the appointment
What is it really like to be a personal injury lawyer? And what advice does British personal injury lawyer Michael Pace have for those facing an insurer with their “recommended law firm”? Take them, or not? Writing in the Lincolnshire Echo, Michael Pace talks about the challenges facing both personal injury lawyer and client in
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Tennis ace Martina Navratilova scored a win with Squire Patton Bogg’s Birmingham office when she appeared at a client breakfast to discuss diversity issues. The firm has adopted a diversity initiative following the recent ‘Aspire to Inspire’ discussion discussing women role models in the law Chaired by Monique Sutherland, partner and UK Diversity Chair at
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Global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer announced today the appointment of two US-based attorneys—Mitchell Presser, who becomes head of Freshfields’ US M&A practice, and James Douglas, who joins as head of the firm’s US leveraged finance practice—as partners in the firm’s New York office. Recognizing clients’ increasing need for international experience in global dealmaking, Freshfields
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The use of backoffice services by law firms has been a developing trend for some years, but now Baker & McKenzie are creating up to 250 jobs in Belfast, welcome news for the struggling city, in a move that will create a “global services centre” (Read: lower cost support services). The move by the global
Are law firms doing encourage to encourage diversity? The issue continues as more students from diverse socio-economic backgrounds find it a struggle to make it to the boardroom table in law firms. But maybe things are changing on the diversity front. The data collected by law firms in terms of the lawyers employed who come
