London’s Howard Kennedy has launched a redundancy consultation targeting 40 partners, associates and support staff across the firm’s property and corporate practices. Howard Kennedy laid off 20 fee earners and…
UK law firm LG, which seems to have misplaced the rest of its name, has laid off 15 lawyers and 18 staff, four short of the 37 targeted for redundancy.…
Eversheds has launched a redundancy consultation targeting 10 lawyers in its real estate practice. The firm may find new positions within Eversheds for some of those affected. Eversheds has laid…
Maclay, Murray & Spens, one of the “big four” Scottish law firms, will cut 6% of its workforce, including some lawyers. CEO Magnus Swanson says 38 positions will be made…
One of the world’s leading international offshore law firms, Harney Westwood & Riegels, has laid off two lawyers and six staffers. Another employee’s contract was not renewed. The decision was…
London Magic Circle firms Clifford Chance and Allen & Overy have delayed their 2009 partner promotions. Clifford Chance will defer this year’s promotions process until the firm completes its restructuring…
Speaking of The Netherlands, leading Dutch law firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek has launched a support staff redundancy consultation, set to affect up to 90 jobs over a two-year period.…
Today Reed Smith laid off 26 attorneys and 74 staff across its US and UK offices. Seven of the lawyers are in the US, and the firm has targeted 9…
Denton Wilde Sapte has cut 37 lawyers and 39 staff. The redundancy process was completed last week, after a consultation with 80 staff members in the firm’s London and Milton…
Edinburgh’s Dundas & Wilson, Scotland’s largest law firm, will cut up to 50 jobs across its three offices as work dries up in the economic meltdown. Dundas & Wilson, which…
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