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Will Billing Rates for Elite Firms Rise More in 2020?

Kirkland & Ellis said it typically increases the hourly rates of its professionals twice a year. But in 2020, routine rate hikes by big firms are not certain, observers said.
6 minute read

International Edition

Allen & Overy Rolls Out Ethnicity Targets, Reveals Race 'Stay Gap'

The firm is the first major outfit to announce its ethnicity 'stay gap', analysing how long Black, Asian and minority ethnic lawyers stay at the firm compared to their white counterparts.
3 minute read

International Edition

The Tax Change That Threatens the Flexi-Lawyering Market

Coming into effect next spring, U.K. rules known as the IR35 have the power to upend the flourishing flexi-lawyer sector.
6 minute read

International Edition

3 Jones Day Leaders Can Overrule Others in Pay Decisions, Gender Discrimination Plaintiffs Say

According to plaintiffs in a discrimination suit, there were at least 23 instances in which Jones Day managing partner Stephen Brogan overruled the pay recommendations of local firm leaders. 
4 minute read

International Edition

Ashurst Opts Against Raising NQ Pay

The firm has diverged from its usual approach of upping salaries for newly qualified lawyers in its London office each year.
2 minute read

International Edition

Pay Cuts, Layoffs, and More: How Law Firms Are Managing the Pandemic

Our firm-by-firm guide to how law firms are protecting their bottom lines from the economic fallout of the coronavirus.
48 minute read

International Edition

BCLP UK Cuts to Hit Real Estate and Manchester Office

The firm rolled out several measures, including maintaining a pay cut and shuttering its Beijing office, this week.
2 minute read

International Edition

Dentons Hit by 20-Member Raid In Australia

The group includes four partners and is spread across two of Dentons offices in Australia.
2 minute read

International Edition

BCLP To Cut 40 In London, Keep Global Pay Trim and Close Beijing Base

The pay cut has been lowered so lawyers and staff at the firm earning $40,000 and over will now have their pay cut by 7.5% instead of 15% previously.
3 minute read

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Jones Day Cuts NQ Pay

The firm is one of several to take a decision to trim the pay packet of its associate lawyers in London.
2 minute read

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