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How technology will shape the legal profession over the next decade

Tara Waters, partner and head of Ashurst Advance Digital, discusses how law firms are embracing tech and what it means for future lawyers

Oct 21 2020 12:44pm
Hogan Lovells announces new partner diversity targets

Global partnerships to be 15% ethnic minority and 4% LGBTQ+ by 2025

Oct 20 2020 1:30pm
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Why diversity and inclusion must become a ‘critical business priority’

RPC employment partner Kelly Thomson explains how, as businesses plan for the future world of work, it is important they hold onto the lessons learnt during the pandemic

Oct 20 2020 11:16am
US law firm wooed magic circle partner with incredible annual package worth £5.3 million

Whopping sum guaranteed for three years, according to report

Oct 20 2020 10:18am
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The ‘exciting and unusual’ caseload of a private wealth partner

Taylor Wessing’s Ronald Graham explains how the private wealth practice area is driving the COVID-19 recovery

Oct 19 2020 12:28pm
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My life as an employment lawyer

Luke Bowery, partner at Burges Salmon, considers some of the current issues at play for employment lawyers in the wake of COVID-19 and recent widespread social movements

Oct 15 2020 11:33am

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The day-to-day life of a private equity partner explained

Willkie Farr & Gallagher’s Gavin Gordon considers the opportunities for private equity clients post-COVID-19

Oct 14 2020 11:54am
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What lies ahead for the banking and finance sector?

A cross-disciplinary team of lawyers and lawtech experts at Norton Rose Fulbright discuss the transition away from LIBOR

Oct 13 2020 12:10pm
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From eSports to influencers: The hot new practice areas law students need to know about

Bird & Bird lawyers discuss the innovative industries that will shape the post-COVID world

Oct 9 2020 11:16am
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Allen & Overy lawyers on the global remote working revolution

Partners from New York, Brussels, Amsterdam and London share their thoughts

Sep 28 2020 1:39pm
Over half of City law firm partners went to private school

Solicitors from lower socio-economic backgrounds take around 18 months longer to make partner, major report focusing on 10 top outfits finds

Sep 25 2020 11:38am
Magic circle gets its first woman leader

Georgia Dawson takes top role at Freshfields

Sep 25 2020 11:01am

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From Brexit to Bond: My life as an IP lawyer

Bird & Bird partner Sally Shorthose talks to Legal Cheek’s Micayla Colman about her work — and how it’s being shaped by the pandemic

Sep 22 2020 3:50pm
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What it means to be an environment and climate change lawyer

Linklaters partner Rachel Barrett shares her career journey and discusses what her work entails

Sep 15 2020 2:06pm
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The global pandemic through the eyes of a tech lawyer

Allen & Overy’s William Samengo-Turner considers what’s next for the booming tech industry

Sep 14 2020 11:57am
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Clifford Chance lawyers on how COVID-19 is changing law and business

Four partners and a senior associate share their experiences advising clients on the frontline

Sep 11 2020 12:21pm
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Life as a restructuring lawyer during a global crisis

Weil partner Matt Benson on helping businesses tackle the financial fallout from COVID-19

Sep 8 2020 2:45pm
Hogan Lovells restarts lawyer salary reviews following COVID-19 suspension

Firm also reverses US associate pay reductions

Sep 7 2020 9:10am

Herbert Smith Freehills sets ethnicity goal for London NQ lawyers

Proportion of minority rookies retained to ‘at least equal’ proportion of minority rookies in each intake, says firm

Sep 4 2020 10:06am
Let junior lawyers use your office if you’re not around, Freshfields partners told

New policy to coincide with move to 100 Bishopsgate

Aug 13 2020 2:47pm
Macfarlanes to cut NQ pay by £5,000 as it reveals 88% autumn retention score

Silver circle player’s partner profits up 10% to £1.91 million

Aug 3 2020 12:11pm