Allen & Overy Archives - Legal Cheek

9 City law firms make gender equality employer list

Recognised for creating workplace environments inclusive of women

Jul 30 2020 11:36am
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Allen & Overy sets 35% ethnic minority target for trainees

Magic circle firm also wants to retain more black NQs as part of wider diversity push

Jul 29 2020 1:49pm
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Magic circle partner reveals how home-working has changed his life for the better

A&O funds lawyer Paul Sampson says he can now have dinner with his wife and read his kids a bedtime story

Jul 27 2020 9:09am
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‘I’m torn between two magic circle TC offers in the Middle East’

I need readers’ advice

Jul 24 2020 10:39am
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Allen & Overy posts 93% autumn retention score

38 out of 41 trainees stay on

Jul 22 2020 10:56am
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Magic circle duo release financial results

Effect of COVID-19 shows up in Linklaters and Allen & Overy figures

Jul 17 2020 11:49am
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Allen & Overy cuts NQ solicitor pay by 10%

COVID-19 response measure follows Slaughter and May salary decrease

Jun 22 2020 11:23am
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Virtual Pride 2020: Law firms move celebrations online in light of COVID-19

Bingo, discos and virtual ‘voguing’ — a lot is going on(line) in recognition of the LGBTQ+ community and their allies

Jun 19 2020 9:09am
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Allen & Overy reopens City HQ on ‘permission-only basis’

Distancing measures put in place

Jun 17 2020 10:10am
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A&O-O’Melveny mega-merger scuppered by plummeting pound, former magic circle managing partner reveals

Andrew Ballheimer was told bad news while holidaying in Spain

Jun 1 2020 10:58am
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A&O follows Clifford Chance, Freshfields and Slaughters with virtual vacation scheme

Mayer Brown, White & Case and Travers Smith summer internships also move online

May 13 2020 9:09am
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Top City firms freeze junior lawyer pay in response to virus pandemic

HSF, Freshfields and A&O among outfits to introduce belt-tightening measures

Apr 8 2020 9:23am
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Magic circle firms reveal gender pay gap results

As government confirms reporting requirements scrapped in light of COVID-19 outbreak

Apr 7 2020 12:02pm
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Norton Rose Fulbright asks lawyers to work four-day week in response to virus crisis

Global giant adopted similar measures during 2008-9 financial crisis

Apr 2 2020 7:55pm
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Slaughter and May postpones spring vacation scheme amid virus pandemic

As magic circlers Freshfields and A&O postpone first-year spring schemes

Mar 17 2020 9:04am
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There’s an ‘Allen & Over It’ Instagram account poking fun at City law

Follows similar ‘Slaughtered and Dismayed’ meme page

Mar 12 2020 12:04pm
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Linklaters and Allen & Overy launch new trainee-hosted podcasts aimed at aspiring magic circle lawyers

‘Linkubator’ and ‘Allen & Overy Launch: The Careers Podcast’ are available to stream now 🎧

Mar 10 2020 9:02am
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Careers

It’s possible to combine your passions with a career in law

Three A&O Peerpoint lawyers explain how

Mar 9 2020 2:47pm

Revealed: The best law firms for tech 2020

‘We use bitcoin technology to purchase coffees’

Mar 6 2020 11:30am
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Allen & Overy rounds off magic circle spring retention season with 81% result

30 out of 37

Mar 6 2020 8:55am
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‘I’ve got first year scheme offers from A&O, HSF and Slaughters — which should I pick?’

They all run on the same dates

Feb 19 2020 10:35am
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