Tag: Partners

Life as a restructuring lawyer during a global crisis
Weil partner Matt Benson on helping businesses tackle the financial fallout from COVID-19

Hogan Lovells restarts lawyer salary reviews following COVID-19 suspension
Firm also reverses US associate pay reductions

Herbert Smith Freehills sets ethnicity goal for London NQ lawyers
Proportion of minority rookies retained to ‘at least equal’ proportion of minority rookies in each intake, says firm

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

Macfarlanes to cut NQ pay by £5,000 as it reveals 88% autumn retention score
Silver circle player’s partner profits up 10% to £1.91 million

Travers Smith partner profits down 20% amid COVID-19 disruption
PEP now 'approximately £1 million', says silver circle player

9 City law firms make gender equality employer list
Recognised for creating workplace environments inclusive of women

Latest financials reveal mixed fortunes for City firms
Pinsent Masons, Simmons & Simmons, Clyde & Co, RPC and HFW among those to post 2020 results

Allen & Overy sets 35% ethnic minority target for trainees
Magic circle firm also wants to retain more black NQs as part of wider diversity push

Magic circle partner reveals how home-working has changed his life for the better
A&O funds lawyer Paul Sampson says he can now have dinner with his wife and read his kids a bedtime story

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

Average partner earnings at Clifford Chance hit £1.69 million
Revenues up too despite pandemic

Clifford Chance announces 40% female, 15% ethnic minority and 3% LGBTQ+ partner targets
Magic circle firm looks to set new industry standard

Female partner goes public with decision to quit ‘toxic’ law firm
‘I’ve been killing myself taking crazy assignments and working intense hours’, writes mystery lawyer in candid Reddit post

Eversheds introduces scheme to vary lawyers’ hours and pay according to workflow
Doesn't apply to trainees

How to make it as an international commercial lawyer
Three White & Case solicitors based in London, Paris and New York, share insights from their career journeys

Disciplinary tribunal against former Baker McKenzie boss restarts via Zoom
Ex-managing partner Gary Senior accused of kissing junior lawyer in hotel room

Clifford Chance defers partner profits and freezes salary reviews in wake of virus
Follows similar financial measures by magic circle counterparts

Private school kids continue to dominate corporate law
'Much more work to be done', says SRA chief

Mayer Brown London managing partner to speak at LegalEdCon 2020
Sales of Early Bird Tickets end this Friday

From partner to pizzeria: ex-Clifford Chance lawyer opens up on life as restaurateur
Katrina Allison moved to Cumbria aged 46 after tiring of commercial litigation