Allen & Overy
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A&O opts against NQ lawyer pay rises citing ‘challenging’ economic conditions
Rates remain at £107.5k
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A&O and Travers Smith launch LGBTQI Legal Aid Fund
City duo to support organisations in countries where same-sex relations and trans identities are criminalised
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A&O to help fund disadvantaged students through Queen’s University Belfast
Magic circle player to provide 45 bursaries
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Top City firms help establish Black British civil rights group
The Black Equity Organisation aims to ‘address issues of structural racism’ through six key mandates
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Gender pay gap narrows slightly at A&O
‘Changes continue to be small’, says magic circle player, ‘but the overall trend is moving in the right direction’
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A&O and Clifford Chance complete magic circle departures from Moscow
Host of top international firms have shuttered offices in response to invasion
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Magic circle firms A&O and Freshfields latest to review Russia client links
City response continues
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Careers
How to make it as a legal tech lawyer
Experts from magic circle firms share their career journeys and advice to students interested in pursuing similar paths
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Simmons launches in Silicon Valley as A&O enters Boston
City outfit opens first US office whilst magic circle player continues expansion across the pond
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14 law firms named on LGBTQ+ employer list
Stonewall rankings recognise businesses efforts to create inclusive workplaces
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A&O records 87% spring trainee retention score
Magic circle player keeps 33 out of 38 NQs
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Revealed: Best law firms for legal tech 2022
How tech savvy are your favourite firms?
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Revealed: The law firms with the best perks 2022
From on-site swimming pools to freebie tickets; which corporate law firms offer the best perks?
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Revealed: The best law firms for training and quality of work 2022
The results are in! Legal Cheek’s exclusive Trainee and Junior Lawyer Survey can reveal the law firms with the highest scores for training and quality of work
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A not so magical Xmas: Linklaters and Slaughter and May cancel festive parties for second year
Magic circle firms opt for smaller bashes instead
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Allen & Overy picks new City HQ
Move date of 2027
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Top City law firms come together to run diversity ‘hackathon’
Legal CORE aims to increase representation of BAME individuals in private practice through collaborative forums and crowdsourcing ideas
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Magic circle pay war: A&O matches Linklaters with £107.5k NQ lawyer salary
Trainee pay also up
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Careers
From trainee to private equity partner at a magic circle law firm
Allen & Overy’s Peter Banks talks to Legal Cheek’s Sky Martle about his career journey
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Top City law firms feature on ‘family-friendly’ employers list
Annual charity-compiled index looks at flexi working polices and parental support
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Solicitor accused of injecting blood into supermarket food previously worked for A&O, Milbank and HSF
Leoaai Elghareeb arrested last week