The Lawyer has compiled trainee solicitor salaries and newly-qualified (NQ) solicitor salaries from the UK’s largest law firms. Last update: 3 November 2022 The latest salary figures are a reflection of the influence of American firms on the UK market. When Bingham McCutchen became the first firm to offer NQs £100,000 in London back in […]
Meetings between law firm leaders can be casual, just a polite meeting to chew the fat over a cup of coffee, or they can have a serious intent. Last month, when Dickson Minto’s de facto managing partner Jordan Simpson met with a delegation from New York’s Fried Frank, it was the latter. Make no mistake, […]
The Lawyer European Awards is back and ready to crown the crème de la crème of the European legal market next month. Here is the shortlist. This year, 24 prizes are up for grabs as law firms, in-house teams and networks battle for regional accolades, the best initiatives and teams of the year across several practice […]
Slaughter and May’s new wellbeing code is intended to help fee-earners as they navigate a competitive legal environment. But the challenge is making it work when being responsive and available is seen as the gold standard.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is advising Blackstone on its £700m takeover of UK multi-let industrial estates property company Industrials REIT. Terms of the offer would give Industrials REIT shareholders 168p per ordinary share in cash – up 42.4 per cent from the company’s closing on 31 March of 118 per share. An official announcement of […]
Foot Anstey has recruited an intellectual property team from Clarke Willmott to open its first office in the north of England. The Bristol-headquartered firm has taken on IP partner Roy Crozier and four other IP experts, who will be based in the Tootal buildings in Manchester. Crozier has been head of IP at Clarke Willmott […]
April is the busiest month as the end of the financial year looms. As firms rush to get bills out and paid, The Lawyer takes a deep dive into key financial hygiene and behavioural issues. Weightmans and Burness Paull have joined a growing list of firms that have confirmed they will be changing their financial year-end date […]
The High Court has refused the judicial review application sought by British Gas Trading (BGT), ScottishPower and E.ON regarding Octopus Energy’s acquisition of Bulb Energy. After a year-long tender process, Bulb was sold to fellow provider Octopus last October and thereby rescued out of special administration. CMS advised Octopus, while Linklaters had been on call for Teneo […]
Shearman & Sterling has taken another hit in the City, with a member of its leveraged finance team set to leave the firm. Rahul Chatterji has spent nearly two years at the firm. He previously spent more than two years at Milbank as a special counsel and spent nearly 11 years at Allen & Overy. […]
This report includes: an overview of HMRC’s basis period reform and the new rules for the transition year the impact of this change on firms and their equity partners analysis of the extent to which a consensus has been reached on the most effective ways of preparing for the new rules.
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The battle for infrastructure private equity talent this year has entered a second wave, as Sidley Austin hired James MacArthur and Ed Freeman from Weil Gotshal & Manges, prompting the latter to bring in Latham & Watkins’ infra M&A expert Brendan Moylan. Earlier this year, Paul Hastings jumped on the bandwagon and enticed Linklaters’ Jessamy […]
There is a beautiful sort of symmetry that can be found in Slaughter and May’s investment cycle. Either someone in Bunhill Row has done the maths, or by now it just comes naturally. A strict eye on partner headcount, coupled with a very, very slow revolving door, means that growth in each practice area mirrors […]
According to a recent study by Irwin Mitchell, Exeter is projected to be the UK’s fastest growth city in the next few years. It’s rather a shame for Irwin Mitchell that the closest it gets to Devon is an office in Bristol, but there are other firms that are champing at the bit. With little […]
Wondering why your divorce instructions have dried up? Stowe’s arrived in town
Alas, poor Shearman. The news hasn’t been kind of late. However, the preliminary M&A rankings for 2023 will make for happy reading at the firm. According to data provided by the London Stock Exchange, the firm has so far worked on 36 public M&A transactions globally, valued at $31.3bn. That makes it the sixth most […]
If the UK wants to get serious on white-collar crime, it needs to spend more
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is advising Blackstone on its £700m takeover of UK multi-let industrial estates property company Industrials REIT. Terms of the offer would give Industrials REIT shareholders 168p per ordinary share in cash – up 42.4 per cent from the company’s closing on 31 March of 118 per share. An official announcement of […]
Foot Anstey has recruited an intellectual property team from Clarke Willmott to open its first office in the north of England. The Bristol-headquartered firm has taken on IP partner Roy Crozier and four other IP experts, who will be based in the Tootal buildings in Manchester. Crozier has been head of IP at Clarke Willmott […]
April is the busiest month as the end of the financial year looms. As firms rush to get bills out and paid, The Lawyer takes a deep dive into key financial hygiene and behavioural issues. Weightmans and Burness Paull have joined a growing list of firms that have confirmed they will be changing their financial year-end date […]
The High Court has refused the judicial review application sought by British Gas Trading (BGT), ScottishPower and E.ON regarding Octopus Energy’s acquisition of Bulb Energy. After a year-long tender process, Bulb was sold to fellow provider Octopus last October and thereby rescued out of special administration. CMS advised Octopus, while Linklaters had been on call for Teneo […]
Shearman & Sterling has taken another hit in the City, with a member of its leveraged finance team set to leave the firm. Rahul Chatterji has spent nearly two years at the firm. He previously spent more than two years at Milbank as a special counsel and spent nearly 11 years at Allen & Overy. […]
Tune in for the the latest episode of The Lawyer Podcast, hosted by editor Catrin Griffiths and litigation editor Christian Smith. In the latest episode, we speak to a law firm leader about their partnership with Scottish ballet, while international editor Alex Taylor joins to discuss his recent trip to Norway. Finally, there’s a success […]
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