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Ashurst Cutting Staff Hours

Biglaw firm Ashurst is cutting staff hours. The firm has invited staff to take up to fifteen days unpaid leave,…

Stone King Sewell Lays Off 16

Stone King Sewell, which employs 200 people across four offices, has made a total of 16 redundancies, including 10 staff…

Baker & McKenzie Bribes Trainees to Delay Start Dates

Baker & McKenzie has become the latest law firm to ask its incoming trainees to postpone their start date by…

Allen & Overy Appoints Employee Reps for Redundancy

Allen & Overy is appointing 15 employee representatives to consult on the sweeping redundancy that is set to claim more…

Hammonds to Cut 20 Partners

London's Hammonds LLP is set to cut about 10% of its partnership. The top 50 UK law firm is cutting…

Slater & Gordon Sees Double-Digit Net Profit Increase

Australia's Slater & Gordon, the world's first publicly traded law firm, reported a 22.4% increase in net profit for the…

Trowers & Hamlins Lays Off Lawyers

Trowers & Hamlins held a second round of redundancies this week, with four jobs in the firm's UK offices affected.…

UK’s Ashurst Luring 10 McKee Nelson Partners

London's Ashurst is in advanced talks to recruit at least 10 finance partners from McKee Nelson which, if finalized, would…

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…

Norton Rose Offers Trainees Cash to Defer Start Dates

Norton Rose has offered trainees due to join the firm in 2009 and 2010 up to £10,000 to defer the…

Hausfeld Poaches Four UK Lawyers From Former Firm

Hausfeld LLP, which launched in November after Cohen Milstein Hausfeld & Toll voted out name partner Michael Hausfeld, announced this…

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…