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'It's Cut-Throat': What Elite Barristers Really Think About Their Instructing Solicitors

Law.com International spoke with silks and senior juniors at the major London commercial sets about the 'beauty pageant' of selection, getting 'screwed' on fees, and the evolving barrister-solicitor bond.
10 minute read

International Edition

Stephenson Harwood's Top Partners to Receive Up to £2M as Firm Increases Top of Equity by 40%

The move means the firm's highest paid partners will receive towards the upper end of what UK Top 50 law firms tend to pay out, ahead of many other mid-market firms.
3 minute read

International Edition

How Travers Smith Stopped the Partner Exodus

Former insiders spoke of issues around the firm's inflexible lockstep and a perceived lack of global ambition—but the firm's managing partner Edmund Reed explains how these and others matters are being addressed.
8 minute read

International Edition

Paul Weiss' 'Shocking' Raid on Kirkland: How it Unfolded and What it Means

The firm's aggressive hiring strategy has so far seen 12 arrivals from Kirkland & Ellis, and one from Linklaters.
5 minute read

International Edition

Paul Weiss' Trio of Kirkland Hires Could Each Score $20M Yearly

Their potential pay may not be the highest for partners at high-end Am Law 25 firms, where annual compensation for a handful is more than $25 million.
5 minute read

International Edition

Where Have All the London Rainmakers Gone?

U.K. firms need to rethink their star culture if they want to compete on a global scale—A&O's tie-up with Shearman will be the first big test.
4 minute read

International Edition

Comp Likely to Top $10M Each for 3 Kirkland Laterals Jumping to Paul Weiss

The hires of U.K. partners Neel Sachdev and Roger Johnson and U.S. partner Eric Wedel mark the latest foray in the trans-Atlantic Kirkland-Paul Weiss lateral war that saw Kirkland recruit Alvaro Membrillera, previously Paul Weiss's London head.
4 minute read

International Edition

'Is the Answer to Sue?': A List of the Partners and Barristers Owed Millions by the Ince Group

'I have never experienced such unprofessional behaviour,' Ince's former head of corporate said of the firm's implosion that has left many out of pocket.
4 minute read

International Edition

More Firms Up NQ Salaries Despite Easing Pay War

Though steady increases are being made by several large law firms, there is little indication that the pay war will return this year.
2 minute read

International Edition

Want to Drive an Electric Vehicle? In Australia, Law Firms Aim to Retain Talent With Appealing Perks

The crazed competition for talent at Australian law firms has died down since last year. But firms are now focused on retaining talent.
4 minute read

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