All City articles
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NewsHogan Lovells and Cadwalader in record transatlantic merger
Largest law firm combination in history will create top-five practice with £2.7 billion turnover and more than 3,000 lawyers.
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NewsBuoyant top-100 financial results mask slow decline - report
Value and profitability of work ‘have stagnated or declined at most firms over last decade’.
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NewsProfits recover at Eversheds as top firms report mixed results
Two international firms report results in year marked by 'geopolitical complexities and uncertain market conditions'.
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NewsLondon legal giants unveil new partners - but don’t mention the ‘D’ word
Statistics and commentary on gender and ethnicity are absent from Freshfields and A&O Shearman announcements to the media.
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NewsHSF confirms transatlantic merger with Kramer Levin
Tie-up creates ‘transatlantic and transpacific giant’ with 2,700 lawyers across 26 offices.
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NewsRedundancies likely as Mishcon offshores business support
London firm is planning to set up an operations centre in India.
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NewsFormer Mishcon director wins ET claim over commission
Commercial chief's resignation letter accused firm of 'complete lack of respect, honesty and professionalism'.
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NewsListed law firm founder seeks boardroom clearout
Ian Rosenblatt seeks replacement of three executives to revitalise ailing listed firm.
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NewsFast-expanding Mishcon’s profits top £100m
Annual accounts reveal sharp rise in annual trading surplus despite a hefty increase in wage bill.
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NewsStaff exodus caused collapse of US firm's London branch, administrators say
UK arm of major US firm Armstrong Teasdale had been profitable before departures took effect.
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NewsFormer NatWest chief moves to legal sector
Dame Alison Rose will mentor firm’s partners and advise the EDI committee.
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NewsA&O trainee sells AI business to mediatech giant
Cambridge graduate founded large language model startup in 2022.
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NewsBreakthrough in talks to open up India to UK law firms
Bar Council of India tells Law Society that it expects to implement regulations governing entry of foreign lawyers by the end of July.
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NewsMacfarlanes hikes NQ pay by £25,000
Elite firm increases salaries of newly qualified solicitors by 22% as ‘pay war’ intensifies.
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NewsDisputes Week: CAT inundated by ‘class action’ surge
With the Competition Appeal Tribunal hosting a ‘glut’ of multi-billion-pound claims, proposed reform of the UK’s collective action regime may need to be resurrected.
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NewsCity firm apologises to court for compromising witness evidence
Pennington Manches Cooper ’proposed amendments to experts’ statement it was not permitted to make’.
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NewsA&O and Shearman announce first merged firm partnerships
A&O announces 32 partners, down from 36 last year, while Shearman elects eight.
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NewsLawyers shun partnership as burnout fears increase
Survey finds reluctance to take on the working lifestyle of partners among many associates.
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NewsWage bill rise pares profits at Travers Smith
City firm’s trading surplus fell from £75m in 2022 to £65m as staff salaries surged.
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NewsPartner promotions dip at Linklaters and TLT - but Fieldfisher bucks trend
Linklaters is second magic circle firm to announce a fall in new partner appointments, after Slaughter and May.