Update: Allen & Overy to Cut 450 Jobs
Last week we reported that Allen & Overy, the UK’s fourth-biggest law firm by revenue, would cut as many as…
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A&L Goodbody Cuts 45, Slashes Pay 10%
A&L Goodbody will cut 45 jobs, and the firm’s 555 remaining staff are likely to have their pay cut by…
Allen & Overy Cuts 150 Lawyers, Freezes Pay
Allen & Overy, the UK's fourth-biggest law firm by revenue, will cut as many as 150 lawyers, sever ties with…
Update: Linklaters Makes 30 Redundant
Final details of Linklaters ’ "New World" are starting to emerge, with 14 associates in the firm’s banking practice and…
Thring Townsend to Cut 20 Staff
Bath & Swindon, UK-based Thring Townsend Lee & Pembertons has begun a 30-day period of consultation with employees across its…
L’Estrange and Brett Fires Five
Belfast, UK-based L’Estrange and Brett has made two solicitors and three secretaries redundant. One of the city's oldest and largest…
Japan Goes Ninja on Unregistered Foreign Associates
Japan's Federation of Bar Associations (Nihon Bengoshi Rengokai) has shaken up the island nation's international legal community by declaring that…
Simmons & Simmons to Split from Portuguese Outlet
Law Firm Simmons & Simmons will reduce it's global presence by cutting of its two Portuguese offices, which go under…
Lawyers Dressing Up to Avoid Being Laid Off
The ABA Journal reports that more lawyers are dressing up for work, ditching their causal wear to impress superiors and…
Kilpatrick Stockton Expands IP Practice
Kilpatrick Stockton has added Michelle Graham to its New York office. Graham will serve as Counsel in the Intellectual Property…
Clifford Chance Firing 20 Moscow Lawyers; Other Int’l Layoffs Underway
Clifford Chance LLP LLP will cut 20% of its lawyer head count in its Moscow office in the current financial…
Nixon Peabody Launches Israel Practice
Nixon Peabody has launched an Israeli business practice group, to counsel companies in the Jewish State and those doing business…