All City articles – Page 75
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NewsSocial mobility little improved at top of profession
Partners at magic circle firms as well as senior judiciary and top QCs are more likely to be privately educated than the general public.
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NewsHogan Lovells pays tribute to lawyer killed in Paris attack
Valentin Ribet, a 26-year-old associate at Hogan Lovells, was killed at the Bataclan theatre.
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NewsNegligent global firm must pay extra £375k for contract error
Client had asked for escape clause after 42 months, but firm wrote it down as ‘within’ 41 months.
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NewsClifford Chance Libor documents covered by legal privilege, court rules
A High Court judge holds that lawyers must be able to give ‘candid factual briefings’ secure in the knowledge communications will not be disclosed.
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NewsParabis fire sale: private consortium in exclusive deal
But top-50 firm Keoghs says it will not be acquiring parts of the Parabis business.
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NewsFreshfields and HFW censured by takeover regulator
The two law firms' advice led to a ‘serious breach’ of conduct, the Takeover Panel has ruled.
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NewsGlobal giant Dentons plans two Asia-Pacific tie-ups
The three-way partnership continues the firm’s international expansion.
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NewsRegulators support ‘aspirational’ pro bono targets
Idea floated as the profession decides how best to respond to the lord chancellor’s proposal to get City firms to fill the justice funding gap.
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NewsCity funding gap plans a ‘work in progress’
Meetings between the City and Ministry of Justice this week were ‘just the start’ of a dialogue on how top firms can help plug the justice funding gap.
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NewsHundreds to seek compensation for bank mis-selling
Newcastle firm TLW Solicitors investigating 150 cases against banks for allegedly mis-selling interest rate hedging products.
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NewsCity firms to meet MoJ over plans to plug funding gap
Law Society has described one government proposal as a ‘tax on success’.
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NewsFreshfields signs Manchester lease to double northshoring presence
The new lease will double the magic circle firm’s office space in the area.
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News‘Innovative’ financial list formally unveiled
Legal and financial services industries were given a market briefing on the new Rolls Building list.
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NewsClient pressure putting City firms in danger of collapse – report
Many commercial firms are being forced to accept more risk from their clients, a report commissioned by the SRA shows.
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NewsFirms not responding to digital age, annual snapshot shows
Just 23% of firms have made changes to how they operate to respond to the digital age, a survey compiled by PwC has revealed.
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Russia hits companies’ anti-corruption strategies
Russia’s competition authorities are using competition law to hit foreign businesses that try to eliminate corruption from their supply chain.
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NewsHerbert Smith Freehills opens pop-up support centre
The new centre in Australia adds to the firm’s low-cost centre in Belfast.
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Merger mania – but not for Ince & Co
Senior partner dismisses talk of merger with top-50 rival Watson Farley.
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NewsIBA 2015: go beyond your client duty, Annan tells lawyers
Former UN secretary general urges corporate advisers not to wait for black-letter law.
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OpinionEconomic crime scene
Is it too simplistic to infer that we are back to business as usual in the City?