In February we reported on a redundancy consultation at Simmons & Simmons, which targeted 69 people — 20 associates and 49 support...
DLA Phillips Fox, an affiliate of DLA Piper, has cut 12 lawyers from its offices in Australia and New Zealand. In addition,...
Blake Dawson has eliminated 23 lawyers and 66 support staff in the wake of its March review of business. Details have not...
Australia’s Minter Ellison has laid off 11 lawyers and 24 support staff from its Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane offices. The redundancies...
Dechert announced today that it has lured away from Chadbourne & Parke five partners to found a Moscow office. The team is...
In February we reported that DLA Piper had launched a second layoff consultation, with up to 140 jobs under threat. Today the...
Most offices of London’s Norton Rose have approved a flexible hours scheme first announced in March. The firm hopes to avoid redundancies...
London’s CMS Cameron McKenna has announced a redundancy consultation at its headquarters, targeting 80 jobs. Twenty fee earners and 60 non-fee earners...
Shoosmiths, which in April asked its 2009 trainees to withdraw from their contract, or defer until 2011, without any financial compensation, has...
Dewey & LeBoeuf has brought on four corporate attorneys. New corporate finance group partner John Cobb joins in New York from Milbank,...
New York’s Curtis has added five lawyers to the firm’s international corporate practice in Frankfurt, Germany. Partners Christian Fingerhut, Jörn Hirschmann, and...
Berwin Leighton Paisner has launched a redundancy consultation targeting 30 lawyers and 55 staff positions at the firm’s London headquarters. The cuts...
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