COVID-19
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Eversheds Does Not Expect to Ever Return To Full Time Office Work in Ireland
By Varsha Patel | October 27, 2020
Several top Irish law firms have issued fresh remote working guidance following heightened lockdown rules in the country.
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International Edition | Analysis
Two Thirds of Top Firms Reduced Partner Promotions This Year
By Varsha Patel | October 26, 2020
Research demonstrates the sharp contraction of partnership opportunities amid the financial fallout of COVID-19, while experts say there are also other factors at play.
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International Edition | Expert Opinion
We Cannot Let the Current Crisis Drag Us Backwards on Diversity
By Wim Dejonghe, Allen & Overy | October 26, 2020
A&O senior partner Wim Dejonghe argues that lessons must be learned from the global financial crisis when considering how COVID-19 could reverse progress made on diversity.
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Linklaters and Clifford Chance End COVID-19 Salary Freezes
By Simon Lock | Paul Hodkinson | October 23, 2020
The firms both initially froze salaries as part of a package of financial measures to counter the impact of the pandemic.
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Reed Smith To Restore Partner Monthly Draws, Staff Pay in Full
By Meganne Tillay | October 23, 2020
The firm is rowing back its COVID-19 financial measures like many of its peers.
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'We're Through the Worst of It': KPMG's Global Head Sees Promising Future
By Christopher Niesche | October 22, 2020
Stuart Fuller says that the Asia-Pacific region, in particular, is strong and that legal work in Europe and in the Americas has been increasing.
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Are Women Leaving Big Law Because of COVID?
By Vivia Chen | October 22, 2020
More than one in four women are thinking of leaving the workforce or downshifting their careers—an unthinkable thought just six months ago, says the latest McKinsey/LeanIn study.
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Norton Rose EMEA Plots Post-Brexit Future, Rolls Out Ethnicity Targets
By Meganne Tillay | October 22, 2020
The firm is aiming to hit specific racial diversity targets in the U.K. by 2025 and has also implemented new career support programmes across EMEA.
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DLA Piper to Allow Staff, Partners to Remote Work Two Days a Week Post-Crisis
By Simon Lock | October 22, 2020
The firm has also recently restarted partner profit distributions, following a suspension earlier in the year due to COVID-19.
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Clifford Chance Moves Towards Cash Accounting Model With Revamped Distributions System
By Hannah Roberts | October 22, 2020
A distributions system that calculates expected outgoings and collections signals a wider change in the firm's accounting model, insiders say.
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