All City articles – Page 18
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NewsClifford Chance reverses pandemic pay cuts for NQs
Solicitors who qualify at Clifford Chance can now earn £100,000, up from £94,500.
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FeatureTiming out
In just over a fortnight the Brexit transition period ends. What now for the legal profession? Eduardo Reyes reports.
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NewsHard statistics: Allen & Overy ethnicity data revealed unequal work allocation
Diversity and inclusion chief says some partners at magic circle firm thought they treated everyone fairly.
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NewsClifford Chance bans gendered language in legal templates
Terms such as ‘chairman’ should be avoided, magic circle firm tells staff.
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NewsDWF upbeat despite £11m half-year accounting deficit
Firm confident of going into 2021 with a ‘strong pipeline’ of work and more stable trading conditions.
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NewsSimmons aims for 15% BAME partners by 2025 – up from 14% this year
Simmons & Simmons joins host of City firms setting ethnicity targets.
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NewsInce teams up with Chinese firm in Asian expansion
Ince and W&H Law Firm enter ‘strategic cooperation’ to gain access to the restricted Chinese market.
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NewsMore City firms return furlough money
Eversheds Sutherland and DAC Beachcroft have now repaid government money after strong pandemic performance.
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NewsPinsent Masons hands out biggest ever pay package to top earner
Partner received over £1.4m for the year ended 30 April 2020, Companies House accounts reveal.
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NewsPinsent Masons lays off support staff as solicitors shun the office
Between 20 and 30 jobs are understood to be at risk at international firm.
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News'Exceptional results' boost Ince shares
International firm reports jump in profits - but UK revenues slide.
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NewsHFW bolsters diversity strategy after missing gender targets
At least 40% of senior promotions will go to women over the next three years, vows City firm.
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NewsBeckwith: Solicitors’ sex lives ‘their own business’, says regulation guru
Regulators should not 'hitch themselves to transient public bandwagons', says Solicitor’s Handbook author.
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NewsHigh Court refuses to strike out solicitor's snooping claim
Dechert partner accuses surveillance company and mining company of harassment and trespass.
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NewsDWF cuts 40 jobs in wave of City redundancies
Dentons and Clyde & Co have also opened redundancy consulations.
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FeatureSomething happened
The clients of City law firms can begin to plan for life after Covid-19. But have their priorities changed? Eduardo Reyes reports.
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NewsClyde & Co kicks off range of redundancy consultations
Firm is seeking to ‘improve and modernise’ its secretarial provision.
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NewsCourt blasts SRA for ‘alarming’ costs bill in Beckwith case
Regulator claimed costs of almost £344,000 in wake of high profile prosecution.
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NewsDeepwater ruling clarifies law on arbitrator bias
Challenge to appointment of arbitrator in claim arising from 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster is thrown out by UK Supreme Court.
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NewsBeckwith misconduct verdict overturned on appeal
Former magic circle partner overturns £35,000 fine as High Court lambasts 'flawed' SDT finding and 'alarming' costs.