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Freshfields launches in Silicon Valley

Magic circle player moves into thriving San Fran tech hub

17 hours ago
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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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Top paying magic circle firm keeps NQ pay at £100k

Freshfields freeze; fellow big payer HSF also declines to cut

Jun 17 2020 5:30pm
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Freshfields lawyers aghast after senior partner refers to ‘Blacks’ in firm-wide email

Boss Edward Braham apologises and says he is ‘committed to learning from this’

Jun 5 2020 1:29pm
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SQE latest: City Consortium’s non-law trainees will need to complete GDL-style conversion course

Exclusive: Influential group of six also hope future rookies will sit both parts of super-exam prior to starting TCs

May 19 2020 9:33am
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Freshfields and Taylor Wessing summer vacation schemes will go ahead — online

City law firms continue to switch to virtual programmes amid virus disruption

Apr 29 2020 10:48am
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Will success of home-working prompt firms to rethink their plush City offices?

Pandemic puts question mark over corporate law’s love-affair with swanky spaces

Apr 27 2020 12:50pm
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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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Freshfields lawyer exits following internal investigation

Second disputes partner to depart in three months

Mar 25 2020 11:22am
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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Careers

How to get ahead in the training contract race

A panel of experts share their thoughts

Mar 13 2020 2:45pm

Ex-Freshfields partner Ryan Beckwith launches High Court challenge over tribunal ruling

City lawyer was fined £35,000 and ordered to pay £200,000 in costs for drunken sexual incident with junior colleague

Feb 26 2020 8:36am
SRA won’t appeal Ryan Beckwith ruling

Ex-Freshfields partner was fined £35,000, but not struck off, for engaging in sexual activity with a junior female colleague

Feb 24 2020 5:01pm
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Careers

Why I moved from the magic circle to make partner at a major UK law firm in Bristol

Legal Cheek Careers caught up with Burges Salmon banking partner Rachael Ruane ahead of her appearance at Wednesday’s ‘Secrets to Success’ event in Bristol

Feb 24 2020 2:35pm
Meet Manchester City’s new star defender: Lord Pannick QC

Champions call on Blackstone heavyweight to tackle UEFA ban

Feb 24 2020 11:37am
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Student commercial awareness events in Bristol and Manchester this week — with Burges Salmon, Freshfields, Fletchers, Osborne Clarke, Pinsent Masons, RPC and ULaw

Speakers announced for Bristol on Wednesday 26 February and Manchester on Thursday 27 February

Feb 22 2020 11:41am
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What went down at LegalEdCon North 2020

Last month’s Manchester conference marked the beginning of some important conversations centering around the SQE, Sophie Currie reports

Feb 18 2020 3:18pm

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Dublin’s future as a global legal hub

BARBRI’s Chris Jorgenson sets out his vision for Ireland’s rapidly expanding legal market

Feb 17 2020 2:32pm
Quinn Emanuel follows Freshfields in ditching ‘Dear Sirs’ from lawyers’ emails

‘The idea is to show that we take gender seriously’, says US firm

Feb 17 2020 10:53am
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Freshfields keeps 35 out of 39 spring qualifying trainees

90%

Feb 11 2020 11:10am
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