All City articles – Page 71
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NewsJacobs takes helm at Linklaters
M&A specialist elected as senior partner after 26 years at magic circle firm.
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OpinionMissing a trick in Manila
Norton Rose Fulbright should do more than admin in Manila — why not legal work too?
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NewsNorton Rose to move 170 'operational roles' to the Philippines
The firm plans to open a global service centre in Manila this September.
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NewsLinklaters, Nabarro and Olswang lawyers to face BHS collapse questions
Partners from three firms will be questioned by MPs over their role in the sale of department store BHS. Lord Grabiner QC has also been invited to give evidence.
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NewsCity lawyers slam Land Registry sell-off plan
City of London Law Society says government proposals could lead to conflicts of interest.
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NewsPreventing corruption not top priority for UK companies – City firm
Study of chief compliance officers by Hogan Lovells suggests that sales pressures are the biggest challenge.
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NewsDLA Piper plans to cut 200 UK staff
The firm has started consulting on proposals to automate some administrative tasks and transfer processes to Warsaw.
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NewsCity says ‘no surprise’ as more law firms named in Panama Papers leak
Names of top firms including Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy and Norton Rose Fulbright appear in latest release of papers.
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NewsSlaughter and May reveals modest pay rises for juniors
The magic circle firm has announced pay increases of between 2% and 5% for trainees and newly qualified.
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NewsDentons embraces agile working across UK offices
The global firm is offering partners, associates and legal executives the option to work remotely for up to one day a week.
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NewsLawyers to be questioned over BHS collapse
Olswang and Linklaters could be called into parliament for questioning over their role in the sale of the retailer.
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FeatureHow to: leave the City
More solicitors than ever work in the City, but some decide it’s not for them. What then?
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NewsLinklaters plans ‘best friends’ venture with firm set up by China staff
Some locally qualified lawyers will split off from magic circle firm to set up the new practice.
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News‘Immensely prosperous’ lawyers not tempted to the bench – LCJ
Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd tells peers of problems recruiting High Court judges.
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Two magic circle firms rule out legal apprenticeships
Slaughter and May and Clifford Chance say they have no plans to offer legal apprenticeships.
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NewsMPs slam SRA over magic circle firm’s role in ‘mis-selling’ scandal
All-party group ‘does not believe the SRA’s stance to be morally justifiable’.
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NewsDechert fails in final bid for public hearing on £6.6m fee dispute
Global firm wanted the dispute to be heard in public so it could ‘clear its name’ over allegations of overcharging.
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NewsScope of new tax evasion offence ‘compliance nightmare’
Geographical scope of proposals to introduce a criminal offence for failing to prevent staff facilitating tax evasion is too broad, lawyers say.
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NewsFormer Sidley Austin partner charged over tax scheme
Firm says Matthew Cahill has now left Sidley Austin for personal reasons.
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NewsM&A activity shrinks after 2015 high
The value of deals in the first quarter of 2016 has halved year on year, figures reveal.