January 10, 2024 | International Edition
Quinn Emanuel London Revenue Leaps 47% as Profits SwellThe firm's London senior partner, Richard East, said that the year's success was 'boosted by a material one-off success fee'.
By Charlotte Johnstone
2 minute read
January 05, 2024 | International Edition
Was the Associate Underperforming...or Was it a 'Stealth Layoff'?Recruiters and lawyers are at odds over whether what we're seeing is associates failing to "pull their weight" or quiet cost-cutting measures.
By Charlotte Johnstone
4 minute read
January 04, 2024 | International Edition
'Without It, Some May Have Left': Slaughters Associate Illuminates Firm's Reduced Hours PolicyThe scheme, which goes firmwide this week, offers associates "a real chance to reset their career", said Michael Craig, a disputes and investigations associate.
By Charlotte Johnstone
6 minute read
January 04, 2024 | International Edition
'Without It, Some May Have Left': Slaughters Associate Illuminates Firm's Reduced Hours PolicyThe scheme, which goes firmwide this week, offers associates "a real chance to reset their career", said Michael Craig, a disputes and investigations associate.
By Charlotte Johnstone
6 minute read
December 27, 2023 | International Edition
Slaughters, Latham, Paul Weiss Lead as Sir Jim Ratcliffe Buys $1.3B Stake in Manchester UnitedThe deal sees the INEOS chairman close in on a controlling stake in football operations at the Premier League club.
By Charlotte Johnstone
3 minute read
December 22, 2023 | International Edition
Sachdev to Shawyer: The UK's Most Influential Hires of 2023The year was awash with team hires, star exits and English law debuts, as certain big-name moves even prompted the industry to question one particular firm's very survival.
By Charlotte Johnstone
4 minute read
December 21, 2023 | International Edition
Clifford Chance Scores Landmark Victory for European Superleague Against FIFA and UEFAThe judgment ruled that UEFA and FIFA had 'abused their dominant position' by banning players and clubs from joining the league.
By Charlotte Johnstone
3 minute read
December 21, 2023 | International Edition
Former Freshfields Cum-Ex Scandal Partner 'Totally Failed' as a Lawyer, Court HearsFreshfields had been at the heart of the tax scandal, its offices in Germany having been raided multiple times in recent years before the firm reached an out of court settlement with prosecutors.
By Charlotte Johnstone
2 minute read
December 18, 2023 | International Edition
From Rose-Coloured Glasses to Disillusionment: The Emotions Lawyers Experience on the Partner Track'It's like wading through treacle to get to the promised land and finding that in the promised land there is just more treacle,' said one lawyer in a new academic study.
By Charlotte Johnstone
3 minute read
December 15, 2023 | International Edition
McDermott Bolsters London Partnership with King & Spalding HireThe latest hire follows the arrival of another partner to the firm in September, who joined from Kirkland & Ellis.
By Charlotte Johnstone
1 minute read
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