Tag: Freshfields

A&O and Clifford Chance dish out bonuses to US lawyers
Year-end and special cash rewards

Ex-Freshfields partner wins High Court appeal against misconduct finding
The SDT’s decision to fine Ryan Beckwith £35,000 has been quashed

Ex-Freshfields partner ‘caught on the shifting sands of attitudes towards sexual behaviour’, High Court told
Ryan Beckwith appealing £35,000 fine over drunken sexual incident with junior colleague

Over half of City law firm partners went to private school
Solicitors from lower socio-economic backgrounds take around 18 months longer to make partner, major report focusing on 10 top outfits finds

Magic circle gets its first woman leader
Georgia Dawson takes top role at Freshfields

9 City law firms named top LGBT employers
Stonewall list recognises efforts to create inclusive workplaces

11 photos of Taylor Swift dressed like law firms
Legal lookbook includes the magic circle

Let junior lawyers use your office if you’re not around, Freshfields partners told
New policy to coincide with move to 100 Bishopsgate

Freshfields posts 84% trainee retention score
Declines to say if any NQs are on fixed-term deals

The opportunities for future City lawyers in a post-COVID world
Three associates from the London offices of Freshfields, Baker McKenzie and Reed Smith join a ULaw careers expert to share advice

Partner profits at Freshfields dip to £1.82 million as revenue creeps up 3%
Magic circle player cites 'challenging economic climate'

Freshfields launches in Silicon Valley
Magic circle player moves into thriving San Fran tech hub

Virtual Pride 2020: Law firms move celebrations online in light of COVID-19
Bingo, discos and virtual 'voguing' -- a lot is going on(line) in recognition of the LGBTQ+ community and their allies

Top paying magic circle firm keeps NQ pay at £100k
Freshfields freeze; fellow big payer HSF also declines to cut

Freshfields lawyers aghast after senior partner refers to ‘Blacks’ in firm-wide email
Boss Edward Braham apologises and says he is 'committed to learning from this'

SQE latest: City Consortium’s non-law trainees will need to complete GDL-style conversion course
Exclusive: Influential group of six also hope future rookies will sit both parts of super-exam prior to starting TCs

Freshfields and Taylor Wessing summer vacation schemes will go ahead — online
City law firms continue to switch to virtual programmes amid virus disruption

Will success of home-working prompt firms to rethink their plush City offices?
Pandemic puts question mark over corporate law's love-affair with swanky spaces

Top City firms freeze junior lawyer pay in response to virus pandemic
HSF, Freshfields and A&O among outfits to introduce belt-tightening measures

Magic circle firms reveal gender pay gap results
As government confirms reporting requirements scrapped in light of COVID-19 outbreak

Freshfields lawyer exits following internal investigation
Second disputes partner to depart in three months