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Baker McKenzie goes on record to give its Brexit/Trump predictions, and it...
International giant makes its forecast, as Law Society warns UK solicitors might be less desirable to US firms One of the largest law firms in the world has predicted what impact Brexit and Donald...
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How to become an IP & technology lawyer
Ahead of ‘Global Commercial Law in 2017: What’s next for the world’s legal capital?’ on Wednesday, Travers Smith’s Dan Reavill views the opportunities today as even brighter than the dotcom boom years...
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‘C U Next Tuesday’: Leaked emails reveal incredible bust-up between KWM partners
EXCLUSIVE: The blame game begins A series of leaked emails has revealed an explosive row erupting between two top partners at King & Wood Mallesons (KWM). In an email (screenshotted below) sent to...
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From vacation scheme to NQ solicitor
Rob Hobson made a late decision to go into law, but he’s just about to start life as a Mayer Brown lawyer The people were great — really helpful and welcoming. They took time out to get to know me, at...
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Managing partner says he’s ‘very sorry’ as he reveals KWM will file for...
Firm’s stricken European arm will change its name to QSP Residual Recoveries LLP King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) will finally file for administration today, this according to an email received by its...
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Alan Blacker LOSES High Court strike-off appeal
Self-styled Lord Harley was booted out of the profession last year Alan Blacker, aka Lord Harley, has lost a High Court appeal against his striking off. Appearing before Mr Justice Davis in Court 18 of...
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Cardiff graduate sent home from Eversheds office because employer could not...
Temp adamant she was safe, but law firm’s print company supplier had “no time or resources for a risk assessment” A graduate was left humiliated when she was sent home from Eversheds’ Cardiff office...
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King & Wood Mallesons Global launches in London – a day after UK arm goes under
New firm “not presently” taking old firm trainees The tragic tale of the UK arm of King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has ended with a bizarre twist: the ‘global’ incarnation of the firm has established a...
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The scenic route to the magic circle
Between interning for a Democrat senator in Washington DC and working for Twitter’s legal team in Dublin, Hannah McCarthy qualified as a New York attorney — and in September started a training contract...
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Revealed: the law firms that trainees and junior lawyers most admire
Magic circle tag still carries kudos, but what about the rest? ‘Which law firm other than your own do you most admire?’ That was the question we asked to over 1,500 trainees and junior lawyers at 56...
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Research: London-based NQ pay packets rocket by 23% to £65,000 average in...
Twenty-six thousand pounds more than their North West counterparts The average salary of a London-based newly qualified (NQ) lawyer working in commercial law has risen by a whopping 23% to £65,000 in...
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Mishcon de Reya to tap into legal-tech market with launch of new start-up...
The tech hype continues Mishcon de Reya is embracing the weird and wonderful world of law-based technology with the launch of its very own start-up “incubator”. Punting for the rather catchy name ‘MDR...
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17 City firms secure places on LGBT employer power list
Strong showing from the legal profession in 2017 Stonewall rankings Seventeen City law firms have landed places in this year’s lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender (LGBT) employer power list....
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ULaw strikes LPC training deal with Howard Kennedy
Single office City firm will continue to pay is trainees fees The University of Law (ULaw) has put pen to paper on a new training deal that will see it become the exclusive Legal Practice Course (LPC)...
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KWM partners under fire for leaving office like a ‘student flat’ with client...
The firm’s administrator is remaining tightlipped over the accusations King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) partners are under fire amid allegations clients’ confidential files were left scattered on the...
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Event: What the Northern Powerhouse means for the next generation of lawyers
Commercial Awareness Question Time comes to Newcastle With Theresa May’s Brexit government promising to boost investment in the North of England, potentially generating a surge in legal work across the...
View ArticleLegal Cheek talks… the story behind those KWM leaked emails
Oh, and peanut allergies In our latest live Facebook broadcast, Legal Cheek’s resident journos Katie King and Tom Connelly discuss the story behind the incredible leaked King & Wood Mallesons’...
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Barristers will have a better grasp of the law than solicitors under proposed...
SRA super-exam takes another bashing Law academics think the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) proposed changes to legal education are “fundamentally flawed” and will mean barristers are better...
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What we learned from the Legal Cheek vac scheme open thread
The essentials to consider as application deadlines draw near Following on from giving their advice to students during Legal Cheek’s vac scheme open thread earlier this month, RPC trainees Sophie Tuson...
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Updated ‘Our History’ page on KWM’s website glosses over administration woes
It says the firm has “reduced its lawyer numbers in Europe” King & Wood Mallesons Global (KWM) has given the “Our History” section of its website an update, and it glosses over last week’s...
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