All City articles – Page 61
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NewsMagic circle partner set to become Law Society president
Simon Davis of Clifford Chance on course to take on role in 2019.
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NewsPassmore re-elected senior partner at Simmons & Simmons
Colin Passmore has been re-elected to serve a third term as senior partner at international firm Simmons & Simmons. The four-year term will commence on 1 August. Passmore joined the firm in 1986, became a partner in 1990 and senior partner in 2011. His practice focuses on litigation for financial ...
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Society guidance to support 'stressed' junior lawyers
Junior Lawyers Division survey highlighted huge work pressures faced by its members.
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NewsKWM administrator's report reveals £1.2m pay out for advisers
Unsecured creditors 'unlikely’ to be paid due to estimated claims from preferential creditors, report states.
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NewsSuper-firm to pay 25 trainees £10,000 to defer contracts
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang will pay trainees who are deferring training contracts by six months.
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NewsA&O targets tech collaboration
Magic circle firm hoping to work with technology companies at its London HQ.
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NewsClifford Chance: businesses will face pressure to remedy human rights abuses
Large companies will come under increased pressure during 2017 to provide effective ‘remedies’ to victims of business-related human rights abuses.
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NewsFormer European commissioner lands magic circle role
Jonathan Hill, former UK appointee to the commission, will join Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as a senior adviser.
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NewsDeutsche Bank tight-lipped on junior lawyers’ panel pay curb
Banking giant will reportedly not pay for panel work carried out by trainee and newly qualified lawyers.
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Debevoise results ‘steady’ despite revenue dip
Profit per equity partner falls by more than £170,000.
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News'Super-firm' trio reveal combined retention rates
CMS UK, Nabarro and Olswang to appoint 38 trainees ahead of combination in May.
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NewsLinklaters misses gender target in new partner round
Seven out of ten of the new appointees are based outside the UK.
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NewsPublic warned about bogus firm posing as Linklaters
SRA continuing with efforts to combat growing problem of attempted scams in the legal profession.
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CMS, Olswang and Nabarro to cut 300 support jobs
News follows consultation across the firms embarking on a three-way merger.
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NewsMergers faced greater scrutiny in 2016, magic circle firm reports
Clifford Chance says EU in particular has clamped down on M&A activity.
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NewsRigidity will kill point of EU repeal bill, lawyers warn parliament
Benefits of the Great Repeal Bill will fail unless the government can devise ways to take account of developments in EU law.
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NewsCity firms’ retention rates continue to slip
Freshfields and Norton Rose join list of firms where rates are down on last year.
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NewsSociety issues guidance as apprenticeship levy looms
Monthly contributions of 0.5% of payrolls to begin on 1 May.
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NewsBarclays among creditors owed £33.5m after KWM collapse
Administrators recover £6.7m from sales of parts of the former business.