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Clifford Chance Leads Rough Year for U.K. Firms

Revenue at the U.K.’s magic circle firms suffered a decline of 11 percent for the fiscal year ended April 30. Leading the…

Billable hours will no longer be the deciding factor in determining associate bonuses at the London office of magic circle firm…

UK-based firm Linklaters , which last year lowered associate pay raises, announced it is returning to full lockstep compensation for…

Allen & Overy attorney Michael Jahnke has lateraled to Howrey. He joins as a partner in the competition practice group.…

British blogs are reporting that Linklaters wants to avoid legal action from a former employee let go during a massive…

A survey conducted by Legal Week says Slaughter and May has the most satisfied associates of any UK firm. Legal…

Allen & Overy has announced its revenue for the last fiscal year was up 7% to more than £1.09 billion…

Linklaters , which announced in April salary cuts for starting lawyers and reduced salary increases, is now the UK's largest…

Magic Circle law firm Clifford Chance LLP LLP saw average profits per equity partner drop 37% to £733,000 ($1.2 million)…

Berwin Leighton Paisner, CMS Cameron McKenna and Norton Rose are the top three UK firms for lawyer satisfaction, according to…

We have been reporting on the saga of Clifford Chance's US litigation practice. Group head Mark Kirsch jumped ship to…

Clifford Chance, which has been bleeding litigation partners, just lost two more. Securities litigators Joel Cohen and George Schieren will…