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America thirst: Brit lawyers hunt for mergers to tap into booming US market

City legal firms have long wanted a share of the world’s largest fee pool, but Trump’s win has made an American tie-up look even more appealing

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HSF leaders: Kramer Levin merger ‘just the start’ for US ambitions

By James Booth

2024-11-13T13:14:00Z

4 min read

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Why Linklaters binned its partner pay clawback, and HSF’s boss talks coming out at work

By Edin Imsirovic

2024-06-05T13:29:00Z

4 min read

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FN100 Women in European Finance 2024

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Bilal Jafar

Brevan Howard’s Claire McCathie: ‘Achieving results commands respect’

Crypto hedge funds continue to rally as bitcoin approaches all-time high

Citadel’s Drew Gillanders: ‘Our peers have a restrictive risk framework… we take a longer-term view’

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Herbert Smith Freehills boss champions WFH: Doing the school run twice a week ‘is life-changing for families’

By James Booth

2023-10-02T04:01:48Z

3 min read

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For partners and staff at international law firms in Russia a once comfortable existence has been turned upside down by Putin’s attack on Ukraine and the subsequent western backlash

Russian lawyers rush to set up new firms amid exodus and fears for future

Moscow lawyers scramble to set up new firms amid western exodus

Linklaters, Hogan Lovells, Baker McKenzie, White & Case, BCLP and Sidley Austin all told FN they were reviewing or cutting ties with some Russian clients

Law firms face fierce pressure from MPs to shutter Moscow offices

‘Choose a side,’ MP tells law firms

Filippo Modulo, managing partner at Chiomenti

Revealed: Emea’s top private equity and financing lawyers

Kirkland, Freshfields, Weil, and Clifford Chance partners feature in the annual deal rankings

‘Agile working in a profession that has been built on a training-on-the-job process will be the most enduring change,’ said Linklaters senior partner Aedamar Comiskey

Talent wars and bumper deals — law firm leaders on their 2022 challenges

Senior partners from Linklaters, Freshfields and Norton Rose Fulbright look ahead to what next year holds

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London lawyer dies after drinking toxic alcohol in Laos

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Lib Dem leader Ed Davey quits Herbert Smith Freehills consultancy job

By James Booth

2021-11-17T09:19:55Z

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A Liberal Democrat spokesperson said late on 16 November that Davey had resigned from both roles the previous week

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Robert Jenrick’s wife Michal Berkner leaves McDermott Will & Emery

Tributes paid to ‘talented’ lawyer who died in Laos poisoning

London lawyer dies after drinking toxic alcohol in Laos