Allen & Overy attorney Michael Jahnke has lateraled to Howrey. He joins as a partner in the competition practice group. His practice focuses on tobacco, food, energy and telecommunications corporations.…
British blawgs are reporting that Linklaters wants to avoid legal action from a former employee let go during a massive redundancy consultation that targeted 400. The firm confirmed that it…
A survey conducted by Legal Week says Slaughter and May has the most satisfied associates of any UK firm. Legal Week Intelligence’s 2009 Employee Satisfaction Survey questioned more than 4,000…
Allen & Overy has announced its revenue for the last fiscal year was up 7% to more than £1.09 billion ($1.77 billion), despite a large number of layoffs. Profits fell…
Linklaters, which announced in April salary cuts for starting lawyers and reduced salary increases, is now the UK’s largest firm by revenue, reporting income of £1.3 billion ($2.13 billion). But…
Magic Circle law firm Clifford Chance saw average profits per equity partner drop 37% to £733,000 ($1.2 million) in the last fiscal year. Revenue fell 5% to £1.26 billion, which…
Berwin Leighton Paisner, CMS Cameron McKenna and Norton Rose are the top three UK firms for lawyer satisfaction, according to a survey by Legal Week of 4,000 solicitors below partner…
We have been reporting on the saga of Clifford Chance’s US litigation practice. Group head Mark Kirsch jumped ship to Gibson Dunn, leaving the fates of 29 New York litigation…
Clifford Chance, which has been bleeding litigation partners, just lost two more. Securities litigators Joel Cohen and George Schieren will depart the firm’s New York office. At the end of…
Mark Kirsch, head of Clifford Chance’s US litigation practice, has left the firm, leaving the 29 associates in the firm’s New York litigation group under threat of layoffs. The group…
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