Elite law firm could turn to bursaries and apprenticeships to score young talent from wider backgrounds

Slaughter and May wants to up working-class lawyer numbers

'We’re sure that there are lots of talented people out there who either don’t think of a career in law or who don’t think of a career here'

Slaughter and May lawyer Hemita Sumanasuriya was promoted to partner earlier this year

Slaughter and May partner Sumanasuriya to join Takeover Panel as secretary

The takeover watchdog seconds top bankers and lawyers for two-years

Women made up just 14.3% of Rothschild’s highest earners in 2022

Rothschild, HSBC worst pay gap offenders as women earn nearly half what men do

Women earn 51p for every £1 that men earn at the City bank with the highest pay gap

Clockwise from top left: Lorna Nsoatabe, Sarah Osprey, Smriti Sriram and David Hay

Slaughter and May promotes 10 to partnership

Magic Circle stalwart promotes largest new partner group in seven years

Pay and bonus progression set to become more frequent in a bid to avoid rank 'compression'

Slaughter and May ups pay, introduces work-life balance code in post-pandemic overhaul

The raises follow a 'period of intense home working' says the firm's senior partner Steve Cooke

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New research warns that London's Magic Circle law firms face being overtaken by US rivals firms

Magic Circle law firms must merge or move to mid-market in fight against US firms, says report

'They probably don’t have the right answer because they are a room full of millionaires that refuse to believe that their business model is in trouble'

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Linklaters and Slaughter and May have picked up lucrative mandates, Financial News learns

EY ropes in Magic Circle law firms to advise on potential break-up

The Big Four firm turns to top lawyers as it weighs a split between its audit and consulting arms

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