Ropes & Gray
And the winners of the Legal Cheek Awards 2023 are…
Who won what: revealed
Revealed: The law firms with the best perks — 2023 edition
From gym subsidies to concierge services, which firms do it best when it comes to those little extras?
Revealed: The best law firms for training and quality of work 2023
From top career development to big ticket deals — which outfits do it best?
- Careers
From paralegal to junior lawyer at a top US firm
Legal Cheek‘s Will Holmes sits down with Emilio Fabrizi, private equity associate at Ropes & Gray, to learn more about the challenges he overcame to break into the legal profession
Revealed: Law firms’ average start work and finish times 2023
Legal Cheek’s exclusive research sheds light on the working habits of trainee and junior lawyers as firms continue to fine-tune their WFH policies
Ropes & Gray lawyer roasts Netflix hit show’s portrayal of City law life
“I couldn’t help but laugh over much how they got wrong on the practice of corporate law”
What top City partners would tell themselves if they were starting their TCs now
Legal Cheek asks leading lawyers to share their pearls of careers wisdom as firms across the country welcome new trainees
Ropes & Gray launches social mobility work experience programme
Two lucky participants will go on to receive £20k scholarship, vac scheme place and long-term mentoring courtesy of US law firm
Ashurst and Ropes & Gray reveal spring trainee retention scores
Strong results of 85% and 100%
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?
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
- Careers
‘Commercial awareness is more than reading the FT and using buzzwords’
A panel of lawyers and legal experts from Ropes & Gray, Gowling WLG, Irwin Mitchell and ULaw consider the hot commercial themes of 2022 and how students can prepare for the changing world of work
Ropes & Gray raises London NQ lawyer pay to £147k
Trainees handed extra £7.5k
- Careers
Navigating the shifting sands of competition law at a global firm
Ropes & Gray senior counsel Lisa Kaltenbrunner discusses upcoming regulatory changes and how she came to specialise in this exciting area of law
Revealed: The extreme working hours of big-paying US law firms in London
Some junior lawyers are finishing work after 11pm most nights
Get jabbed before coming to the office, US firms tell lawyers
Davis Polk and Ropes & Gray to disable ID cards of unvaccinated employees, reports claim
THIS WEEK: The Legal Cheek Summer Virtual Vacation Scheme
Featuring magic circle, US and international law firms
Ropes & Gray set to ditch 5-day in-office week for UK associates
US player latest to adopt more flexible approach to lawyering
City law firms push ahead with return to office plans
Legal life slowly returns to (a new) normal
First speakers announced for LegalEdCon 2021
Two-day virtual conference to explore future of legal education and training
