Bingham McCutchen saw both revenue and profits rise in 2008, the firm reports. Gross revenue for the Boston-based firm totaled $767 million in 2008, a 3.2% increase over 2007; profits…
In the past few years, international law firms have been opening up offices in Dubai. Now, US firms, like Weil Gotshal Manges, and Kilpatrick Stockton, have announced plans to open…
Denton Wilde Sapte has joined the ranks of London firms launching redundancy consultations, with up to 80 jobs at risk across the firm’s London and Milton Keynes offices. The firm…
London-based Magic Circle firm Allen & Overy is the second to announce a redundancy consultation, with 10 lawyers in its Hong Kong office expected to lose their jobs. The news…
Clifford Chance has launched a redundancy program in its London headquarters, with the Magic Circle firm set to cut up to 80 lawyers. The consultation does not include business support…
Above the Law quotes an unnamed source at Clifford Chance, that partners will have to actually pay the firm to keep their jobs: [A]s a Christmas “bonus” this year, partners…
Allen & Overy has announced its year-end bonuses for its US associates, with lawyers seeing half of what they recieved last year. The Magic Circle firm’s US lawyers will take…
Linklaters LLP, the second-largest London law firm by revenue, paid its top earner £3.4 million pounds ($5 million in real money) in 2008. This ranks the unnamed Linklaters’ partner among…
In a move to copy their across-the-pond counterparts, London-based Clifford Chance has slashed the bonuses of their US associates in half. This means that instead of receiving last year’s $32,000…
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