Partners
Ashurst appoints first female global chair
London partner Karen Davies takes top role from 1 August
City law firms take nine spots in ‘Top 50 Employers for Women’ list
Recognised for paving the way towards gender-equal workplaces
Squire Patton Boggs targets 25% UK female partners by 2026
Firm sets diversity targets for first time
Freshfields promotes 22 lawyers to partner — 50% women
Six in London
Top Quinn Emanuel partner ‘drove at pedestrian’ during ‘aggressive’ parking row outside daughter’s nursery, court hears
London-based lawyer Boris Bronfentrinker denies dangerous driving
Ex-A&O boss resurfaces at NewLaw firm
Andrew Ballheimer left magic circle outfit in October last year
DLA Piper targets 30% global female partnership by 2025
Linklaters ups gender diversity target after missing previous aim
Trainees slam remote-working
“All the old farts who bang on about WFH being ‘the future’ need to read this”
HSF appoints first female senior partner
M&A specialist Rebecca Maslen-Stannage takes up new role from 1 May
‘I wouldn’t wish this half-life on anyone’: Mumsnet discusses life married to a lawyer
Lawyers’ other halves reveal all
Hogan Lovells gets its first female solo chair
Marie-Aimée de Dampierre is one of a number of women in leadership roles at the firm
- Careers
The post-vaccine world through the eyes of a lawyer
Hill Dickinson’s head of banking and finance, Richard Capper, forecasts the year ahead
SRA rules out Ryan Beckwith appeal
High Court had overturned SDT’s decision to fine former Freshfields partner
Simmons & Simmons sets 30% ethnic minority target for trainees
Aims to achieve greater racial diversity by 2025
Legal profession making ‘significant progress’ on diversity — but top roles remain a problem
Lawyers disproportionately likely to come from privileged backgrounds, report finds
- Careers
What it takes to be an antitrust lawyer
Ropes & Gray partner Ruchit Patel on working with some of the biggest players in pharma and his role as the London office’s graduate recruitment partner
Magic circle partner gives ‘child-friendly’ insight into life as a tax lawyer
With the help of Jaffa Cakes and jigsaws
Slaughter and May partner leaves firm following internal probe
Regulator notified
- Careers
From army captain to NewLaw entrepreneur
Simmons & Simmons’ Peter Lee reflects on his unusual route to partnership and explains how COVID-19 has accelerated change within the legal profession
- Careers
What it’s like to work at a global law firm
Clyde & Co partners from across the firms’ international offices discuss the strategic benefits which come with being a wholly global law firm
- Careers
Why I became an international disputes lawyer
Milena Szuniewicz-Wenzel, a partner in Clyde & Co’s international arbitration group, discusses her varied caseload and ways to build client rapport