Lawyers

Thursday 21 January, 4pm to 6pm, taking place virtually; open to all students, trainees, and junior lawyers Skadden’s co-head of private equity will be joined by a Brussels/London-based competition and antitrust partner from Latham & Watkins, alongside a New York ...

34 out of 37 trainees kept on Allen & Overy’s London office Allen & Overy (A&O) has become the first law firm to reveal its spring 2021 trainee retention result. Of the 37 trainees due to qualify in March this ...

In an expansive start to the new year, UK firms Kennedys , TLT  and Clyde & Co have established new frontiers at home and abroad. Kennedys has opened its 42nd global office, and its 12th in the UK, with a Leeds launch via the acquisition of Langleys’ insurance team. ...

28 January virtual event marks super-exam launch year; speakers include key figures from law firms and legal education The speakers for Legal Cheek‘s The SQE Sessions virtual event have been unveiled today. The speakers, who include key figures within law ...

Firms have doubled down on their recruitment efforts in the new year as the likes of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP), K&L Gates, Mishcon de Reya, Morrison & Foerster and Keystone Law all made hires. Shakespeare Martineau, Burges Salmon, Lewis ...

Change is afoot at City leader Macfarlanes as Luke Powell has been lined up to succeed Julian Howard as managing partner, while the firm has appointed its first chief operating officer. At the same time, it was announced the much-admired former senior ...

Innovative, Covid-driven transactions have continued to emerge in recent months, with the first working week of 2021 proving no exception. As many embark on ‘Veganuary’ after the meaty excesses of the holiday season, a timely deal has been the acquisition ...

Legal profession’s stock market performance was poor last year but 2021 could bring a recovery Since the Legal Services Act allowed law firms to go public, listed law firms have hardly set the world alight. Last year was a particularly ...

The Equality Act has been in force for over a decade. Has it lived up to expectations? Source link

Traditionally, this is the time when people make predictions for the year ahead – but in 2021 predictions seem somewhat hollow. Nobody anticipated 2020’s global pandemic, although it has been flagged up as a possibility multiple times in recent decades. ...