Tag: Macfarlanes

Aspiring solicitor barred after accessing case study and model answers before Macfarlanes assessment day
Worked as a paralegal at City firm

Inside high-stakes law: The realities of life as a restructuring lawyer
Macfarlanes senior associate Timothy Bromley-White discusses his work with Superdry and the complexities of guiding clients through financial challenges

City law quartet post strong financial results
2Birds, Macs, Simmons and Taylor Wessing

Macfarlanes enters City pay war, boosts NQ lawyer salaries over 20% to £140k
Also confirms 84% retention score

Macfarlanes future trainees fear for careers amid firm’s ‘must pass first time’ SQE policy
Follows Clifford Chance terminating TCs

Macfarlanes retains 6 of 7 spring qualifying trainees
Firm also announces switch to single autumn intake in move that doesn't affect TC numbers

My journey to become an investment management lawyer
Macfarlanes associate Tiffany Cox discusses her move into law and her work in the firm's ESG working group

Macfarlanes adopts AI bot ‘Harvey’
Follows A&O

Retention scores: Macfarlanes keeps 25 of 26 NQ lawyers
All permanent deals 🤝

Quartet of top City law firms announce muted financial results
Everyone struggles to keep pace with inflation

Macfarlanes pushes NQ lawyer pay to £115k
7% rise from £107.5k

How Macfarlanes is working to make law firm careers more accessible
Macfarlanes’ early legal careers senior manager Catherine Morgan-Guest speaks about the firm’s initiatives to broaden their recruitment pool

100% spring trainee retention score for Macfarlanes
All six stay on

Revealed: The best law firms for training and quality of work 2023
From top career development to big ticket deals -- which outfits do it best?

Macfarlanes teams up with Brunel Law School to launch scholarship ‘equivalent to the award of a training contract’
Uni fees covered plus paid work experience and placement year

What top City partners would tell themselves if they were starting their TCs now
Legal Cheek asks leading lawyers to share their pearls of careers wisdom as firms across the country welcome new trainees

City pay war: Macfarlanes boosts NQ rates to £107.5k
Also confirms autumn retention score of 92%

What went down at LegalEdCon 2022
Over 200 delegates descended on London's Kings Place to discuss SQE, social mobility and more...

Latest speakers announced as profession gears up for LegalEdCon 2022
Leading figures to descend on Kings Cross as Legal Cheek’s future of legal education and training conference returns this Thursday

Further speakers unveiled ahead of LegalEdCon 2022
High-profile figures from legal education and training among those to join roster as one month countdown begins

Macfarlanes posts 100% spring trainee retention score
All six March qualifying rookies stay on at silver circle firm