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Banking Clients No Longer 'Jewel in the Crown' For Law Firms, Partners Say

Banks are offering less transactional work and increasingly being dictated to on which law firms to use, meaning banking panels no longer offer the same riches for law firms.
9 minute read

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Trying Tails of Online Zoom Trials

In another Zoom court hearing gone awry, pandemic puppy Big Puppa put on a show to be remembered during her owner's closing arguments.
2 minute read

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'Review The Reliance on Billable Hours': What GCs Want From Law Firms in 2022

'There is only so much difference mental health support can make whilst associates are measured predominantly on billable hours', said one GC.
6 minute read

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Australia's Law Firms See a Strong 2022, But They Will Continue to Face a Growing Talent Shortage

They are also considering new working models for the future.
6 minute read

International Edition

'Law Is Built For White Men': Why One UK Lawyer Relocated To Trinidad & Tobago

'The feeling of always standing out, always being the only Black person in the room, often the only Black woman in any room - it's not something I wanted my daughter to feel', says associate Rachel Welch-Phillips.
5 minute read

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Asia's Lawyers Gear Up For Lively 2022 Fueled By Capital Markets, Private Equity

Global liquidity, booming tech and biotech spaces, and growing Southeast Asian and Indian markets will keep lawyers occupied throughout 2022, particularly in H1, lawyers say.
4 minute read

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'Corporate Distress Is Inevitable': UK Law Firm Leaders On What to Expect In 2022

Corporate distress, a litigation boom, continued transactional activity, an unsustainable talent war: Leaders at nine major law firms, including Freshfields, HSF and Linklaters, cast their predictions for the next 12 months.
7 minute read

International Edition

How the Latest Cravath Exit Signals a Frenzied US Hiring Market In 2022

"When you change something as dramatic as the comp system, there is going to be fallout," said one recruiter about changes to lockstep pay.
4 minute read

International Edition

How 'Big Law' Firms Looked for an Edge in 2021's Talent Wars

As demand soared and workloads grew, firms were desperate to attract and retain good lawyers.
6 minute read

International Edition

2021 In Review: Turbulent Politics Didn't Stop LatAm's Lawyers Hammering Out Deals

Global liquidity helped stoke investment, despite political upheaval and a mishandled pandemic creating obstacles.
2 minute read

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