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Global law firm Baker & McKenzie announced 85 partnership promotions
June 29th, 2016
Combining this year’s promotions and new lateral talent, the Firm added 150 partners. Premier global law firm Baker & McKenzie announces election of 85 new partners. This latest investment in the Firm’s expertise grows the total number of partners ...
Australian large law firms: Partner numbers shrink as clients cut back
June 27th, 2016
This year’s Australian Financial Review Law Partnership survey has revealed spiralling partnership numbers. Among the large law firms, Norton Rose Fulbright had the highest proportion of partner turnover, followed by Ashurst and Gadens. NRF lost 22 partners, replenished by ...
Would Brexit even be legal?
June 21st, 2016
Top lawyers round on Gove and co’s “illegal” vote leave strategy A number of top lawyers have gone public with their concerns about whether a UK exit from the EU on Brexiteers’ terms would even be legal. As the ...
Traiana goes live with Barclays and UBS
June 14th, 2016
Traiana, the leading provider of pre-trade risk and post-trade processing solutions, announces today that it has gone live with Barclays and UBS on its Harmony CCP Connect for Equities platform. These new banks will further enhance the netting benefits ...
Brexit poll: 57% of lawyers want Britain to REMAIN in the EU
June 1st, 2016
The biggest stay vote came from lawyers in Scotland With the EU referendum less than a month away, a new Brexit poll has suggested that more than half of lawyers want Britain to remain part of the European Union. ...
Cambridge, Oxford, LSE, King’s and Queen Mary top latest law school league table
May 24th, 2016
Annual comprehensive rankings produced by The Guardian examine standards of teaching, level of feedback and overall quality of the course The latest law school league table has thrown up a list of the usual suspects, with the University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, ...
All five magic circle law firms named in new ‘Panama Papers’ database
May 11th, 2016
Top City firms named as a result of Mossack Fonseca leak and further investigations by press All five magic circle law firms have been named in an online database that reveals the identities of thousands of companies connected to the Panama ...
Statistics: Growth potential for in-house lawyers
May 9th, 2016
Law Society figures show growth potential for in-house careers According to the Society’s number crunchers, as of 31 July 2015, there are now over 5,000 commercial businesses out there taking on practising solicitors, an increase of 4.4% in only twelve ...
FSMA added new companies on its list of unauthorised investment firms in Belgium
May 5th, 2016
The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) has issued an announcement to inform that the Authority has updated its list of providers of/intermediaries in binary options and forex products, “recovery rooms” and “boiler rooms”, all operating unlawfully in Belgium. Below is ...
Shares in London Stock Exchange crashed this afternoon
May 4th, 2016
Shares in London Stock Exchange Group (LON:LSE) crashed this afternoon as the owner of the New York stock exchange pulled out of a potential rival bid. It now paves the way for the potential £21bn merger of LSE and the German Deutsche Börse AG ...