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February 10, 2025
Milbank's Revenue Soars, London Office Sees Big Gains
Milbank LLP said on Monday that it achieved record-breaking financial results for 2024, with firmwide revenue rising 23% to $1.86 billion and its London office posting a 40.8% surge to $329.2 million
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February 10, 2025
Herbert Smith Unveils Career Program For Black Lawyers
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP announced Monday the launch of a program to help Black lawyers advance their legal careers at the firm as studies continue to show that they are underrepresented across the legal sector.
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February 10, 2025
DLA Piper Trims UK Innovation Team, IT Could Be Next
DLA Piper has made cutbacks to its innovation team and is entering into a collective consultation with its information technology teams in moves to streamline certain parts of its business in the U.K.
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February 10, 2025
SSB Group Ltd. Administration Extends To 2026
The administration of SSB Group Ltd. has been extended by one year as litigation funders and other creditors look unlikely to recover their money from the failed Sheffield-based claims firm.
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February 10, 2025
Solicitor Struck Off For Secretly Working For Multiple Firms
An ex-employee of London firm Connect 2 Law was struck off the roll of solicitors Monday for misleading the firm about the hours she worked and for being paid by multiple firms for the same hours, with a disciplinary tribunal saying her behavior was "a clear breach of trust."
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February 10, 2025
Proskauer Hires Tax Pro In Paris From Addleshaw Goddard
Proskauer Rose LLP added a tax professional in Paris from Addleshaw Goddard LLP who advises private equity funds and multinational groups on mergers and acquisitions.
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February 10, 2025
Willkie Boosts New Lawyers' Pay In London To £170K
Willkie Farr & Gallagher said on Monday that it has hiked the salaries of freshly qualified lawyers at its London office to £170,000 ($211,000) and that it has also raised earnings for trainees, as the salary war in the English capital continues to heat up.
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February 10, 2025
Property Boss' Brother Denies Dodging £13M Fraud Recovery
The brother of a property tycoon who funneled £13 million ($16 million) out of his family business has hit back at claims that he transferred his shares from an investment venture to escape attempts to recover funds dissipated from the fraud.
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February 10, 2025
Fladgate Picks Up 25 Memery Crystal Pros Amid Turmoil
Fladgate said on Monday that it has hired a team of 25 lawyers and staff from Memery Crystal as the firm prepares to shut its doors after its owner filed for administration.
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February 07, 2025
HFW Hires New COO From Deloitte With An Eye On Expansion
Holman Fenwick Willan LLP has appointed a new chief operating officer from Deloitte as the firm looks to continue its global expansion to maintain strong financial results.
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February 07, 2025
UAE Prisoner Subpoenas Ex-Dechert GC Over Torture Claims
A Jordanian lawyer imprisoned in the United Arab Emirates has subpoenaed Dechert's former general counsel in the U.S. over what the law firm's top brass knew of alleged human rights abuses said to have been committed by a former partner.
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February 07, 2025
Lawyer Struck Off For Misleading Clients In Property Dispute
A former partner at a Plymouth law firm has been barred from working as a solicitor after the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found he falsely informed two clients that he had lodged their legal complaint in court.
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February 14, 2025
Willkie Hires 3 Pros To Continue Expansion In Germany
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has recruited Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's office managing partner in Hamburg and two other lawyers as it continues to make major investments in its business in Germany.
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February 07, 2025
The Revolving Door: Clifford Chance, Travers Make Key Moves
Over the past week, Travers Smith LLP appointed a seasoned partner to head transactions, a newly created role for the firm, Clifford Chance LLP rehired a private capital lawyer from Blackstone following a flurry of appointments to the team and Addleshaw Goddard LLP snapped up an insolvency expert from Burness Paull.
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February 07, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Investec Bank PLC sue two diamond tycoons, London florist Nikki Tibbles file a claim against an "imitator company," a direct descendant of the Cartier family launch a claim, and a Coronation Street actor hit footballer Joe Bunney with a defamation claim. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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February 07, 2025
A&O Shearman Retains 84% Of London Trainees For Spring
A&O Shearman said Friday that more than 80% of its latest group of trainees in London will continue their careers at the firm as newly qualified lawyers in the spring as it boosts its pipeline of junior talent.
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February 06, 2025
Mental Health Calls From Lawyers Hit New High In 2024
A mental well-being nonprofit for the U.K. legal industry said Thursday that the number of people reaching out for support hit record levels in 2024 amid pressures that include long working hours and heavy workloads.
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February 06, 2025
Two-Thirds Of Legal Pros Harassed On LinkedIn, Survey Finds
New research has shown that 65% of professionals in the legal sector have faced harassment and trolling on LinkedIn, with almost half reporting that the harassment was of a sexual nature, experts warned Thursday.
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February 06, 2025
Claims Firm Files For Administration
A Manchester-based claims firm has filed for administration after becoming unable to pay its debts, the latest claims specialist to struggle to stay afloat.
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February 06, 2025
Ex-Bank Exec Fired For Hotel Spend Can't Sue CEO, GC
A Manchester bank's former chief commercial officer can't revive her claims against the chief executive officer and two other senior officials after already agreeing to withdraw them, an employment tribunal has ruled.
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February 06, 2025
HSF To Keep 88% Of London Trainees, Linklaters 75% Overall
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP said Thursday that it will retain nearly 90% of its trainees in its London office when they qualify as lawyers in the spring after Linklaters LLP confirmed a firmwide figure of 75%.
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February 06, 2025
Hill Dickinson Sets Ball Rolling On New Manchester Office
Hill Dickinson LLP has put the wheels in motion for its move to an upgraded office in Manchester, kicking off work on its new premises with a summer finish in mind.
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February 06, 2025
Solicitor Fined £15K Over Law Firm's AML Failings
A consultant has been fined more than £15,000 ($18,700) for allowing a law firm's client account to be used as a banking facility and not taking steps to shield the business from the risk of being exposed to money laundering, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has said.
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February 06, 2025
Mastercard Deal Battle Goes Through The Looking Glass
The landmark class action brought by Walter Merricks against Mastercard has entered "Alice in Wonderland" territory, as the credit card giant is now backing the class representative who sued it in his dispute with his litigation funder over the terms of the controversial settlement, analysts say.
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February 06, 2025
Slaughter And May Appoints New Managing Partner
Magic Circle firm Slaughter and May said Thursday that it has elected a top corporate lawyer as its managing partner, taking over from a leading litigator in the role.