Slaughter and May's Salary Bump Paid Members Public
In Short: Slaughter and May has hiked its newly qualified (NQ) solicitor salaries to £150,000, putting it on par with its Magic Circle peers but still trailing some U.S. firms in London’s highly competitive legal market.
Application Insider - Slaughter and May Paid Members Public
How to ace your Slaughter and May Training Contract application.
A&O Shearman Hires Paid Members Public
Double bubble of hires for the new merged firm.
A&O Shearman Hires Paid Members Public
In Short: A&O Shearman has made strategic hires from Sidley Austin LLP in London, bringing on board two high-profile partners, Dan Graham and Paul Dunbar, to strengthen its global private equity practice following its recent merger.
Norton Rose Expands Insurance Practice Paid Members Public
In Short: Norton Rose Fulbright has hired Adriana Cotter in London, an insurance specialist from Eversheds Sutherland, as a partner to meet growing demand in regulatory and transactional matters, boosting its already strong corporate insurance team.
Linklaters and Norton Rose Fulbright Lead Defence in £319 Million Flight Compensation Case Paid Members Public
In Short: A £319 million claim, aimed at getting compensation for delayed British Airways and EasyJet passengers, hit turbulence in court when the judge grounded it, saying it was more about lining the pockets of the backers than helping passengers.
Commercial Awareness Roundup - August Paid Members Public
All the news you need to know from this past month and how they impact law firms.
Latham & Watkins Guides Microsoft Through CMA Investigation Paid Members Public
In Short: The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has concluded its investigation into Microsoft's hiring of key staff from Inflection AI, finding no significant competition concerns due to the small scale of Inflection's operations.
