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Revealed: 60% of lawyers think visible tattoos are not acceptable in their...
Could we see a discrimination case in the near future? The majority of lawyers think tattoos are still not acceptable in their firms and chambers. Of the 622 Twitter users who responded to our poll,...
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Seven law firm partners named on 2017 ‘ethnic minority role model’ power list
Lawyers at Freshfields, Linklaters, Slaughter and May, Clifford Chance and BLP all make the cut A new power list celebrating the achievements of BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) business leaders...
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The reality of taking the CILEx route: ‘I work just as hard as a solicitor...
An anonymous trainee legal exec thinks attitudes to the apprenticeship need to change When you say to people that you’re training to be a lawyer, they usually assume you’re going to be a solicitor....
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Hogan Lovells bumps junior lawyer pay packets by 5% to £75,000
Trainees will take home an extra £1,000 Global practice Hogan Lovells has boosted the pay packets of its newly-qualified (NQ) London lawyers to £75,000. The firm — which offers around 60 training...
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Event: Commercial Awareness Question Time — Inside the acquisition of Visa...
The lawyers who handled one of the biggest M&A deals of last year share their experiences with 50 students On the evening of Wednesday 21 June Legal Cheek is teaming up with elite City law firm...
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Twiddling thumbs: decreasing demand for legal services ‘endemic’ in the...
A quarter of US firms said their associates don’t have full workloads, and this number shoots up when you look at partners It looks like the image of a stressed out, overworked, long hours-suffering...
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Freshfields, Clifford Chance, BLP, Ashurst and DWF lawyers among 300 to offer...
Twenty-two people were killed and dozens injured after suicide bomber targeted Ariana Grande gig Nearly 300 solicitors and barristers have come forward to offer their legal support to victims of the...
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Law, politics and the City
Ahead of the Legal Cheek and Shearman & Sterling General Election debate on Monday, Tim Waterson explains how an early interest in politics set him up for life in the corporate finance fast lane...
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Womble Bond Dickinson: Tie-up creating new £340 million transatlantic law...
Duo cement combination following successful ‘strategic alliance’ National law firm Bond Dickinson and US outfit Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice are set to combine to create a new transatlantic...
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A poem: ‘Oh, I wish I’d looked after me brief!’
Legal Cheek’s resident funny man Wigapedia returns with an ode to barristers’ briefs A case can be won or lost on a brief. Essentially a summary of facts and legal points pertaining to a particular...
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Linklaters kicks off Pride Month with rainbow-coloured reception lighting
London office receives magic makeover to celebrate all things LGBT Linklaters’ reception area Magic circle giant Linklaters has marked the start of Pride Month by installing a new rainbow-coloured...
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How the Norton Rose Fulbright energy law LLM scholarship is helping to take a...
Legal Cheek Careers meets Rodica Procop, a student at Queen Mary University of London’s energy and natural resources law institute Two years ago global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright announced a tie-up...
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Training contract numbers soar to highest level since financial crash
Places up two years on the bounce for the first time since the financial crash The number of training contracts registered across England and Wales has risen by almost 5% since last year, according to...
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The acquisition of Visa Europe — from a trainee’s perspective
Ahead of a deal-themed Commercial Awareness Question Time with Macfarlanes later this month, newly qualified associate Alex Evans looks back on the higlight of his training contract As a trainee in the...
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Senior partner fined £5,000 after branding litigant-in-person a ‘fisherwoman’...
SDT said the comments were ‘completely unacceptable’ A senior law firm partner has been slapped with a £5,000 fine after he, among other things, accused a litigant-in-person of arguing with a judge...
View ArticleShearman & Sterling lawyers look beyond General Election to the main event:...
The real challenges will come once May v Corbyn battle is over Leading solicitors from the London office of US giant Shearman & Sterling took part in a General Election debate on Monday in which...
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Merger down under: Norton Rose Fulbright in late-stage talks with Aussie law...
As Ince & Co’s hunt for a tie-up continues Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has confirmed it is in late-stage merger talks with leading Australian outfit Henry Davis York. In a joint statement...
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RPC lawyer crowned British martial arts champion
Finance solicitor by day, Jiu-Jitsu pro by night RPC’s David Allinson A senior associate at RPC has claimed victory over 1,600 competitors in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) — a more aggressive adaptation of...
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Slaughter and May freezes lawyer pay as UK hit by hung parliament uncertainty
But salaries will remain under review, says elite magic circle outfit Slaughter and May has frozen the pay packets of its London-based lawyers. The news, which we understand was communicated internally...
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Iraq torture case: Leigh Day cleared of ALL misconduct following longest...
Two partners and a junior solicitor faced charges including pursuing false claims against British troops Leigh Day has today been cleared of all disciplinary charges brought against the firm and its...
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