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Debevoise results ‘steady’ despite revenue dip
Profit per equity partner falls by more than £170,000.
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Wales-based law firm awarded £400k government grant
CJCH Solicitors awarded £432,000 to create ‘global anti-piracy’ HQ.
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Lack of career progression ‘driving women to competitors’
International firm highlights business case for better gender balance.
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News'Super-firm' trio reveal combined retention rates
CMS UK, Nabarro and Olswang to appoint 38 trainees ahead of combination in May.
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NewsLinklaters misses gender target in new partner round
Seven out of ten of the new appointees are based outside the UK.
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NewsPublic warned about bogus firm posing as Linklaters
SRA continuing with efforts to combat growing problem of attempted scams in the legal profession.
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CMS, Olswang and Nabarro to cut 300 support jobs
News follows consultation across the firms embarking on a three-way merger.
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NewsBrowne Jacobson eyes top 50 with Beale merger
Combination with Beale & Company would create £82m firm.
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Welsh legal giant emerges
South-west Wales firm JCP Solicitors is to merge with specialist practice Glamorgan Law in a move that is set to create the largest law firm with offices solely in Wales. The new UK top-200 firm will have turnover in excess of £10m.
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NewsMarketing and startup specialist to chair complaints body
Wanda Goldwag named as preferred candidate to chair Office for Legal Complaints.
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NewsNew lenders in control at Slater and Gordon plan 'solvent restructure'
Firm believes ’debt for equity lender scheme of arrangement’ is in the best interests of stakeholders.
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News'Panic' over legal aid contract deadline
Law Society says many firms have not received new 2017 crime contracts.
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NewsConsolidator Metamorph snaps up Hampshire firm’s private client team
Bernard Chill & Axtell had been seeking to grow but is now subject to a takeover.
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NewsFirm paid £333k to fraudster who hijacked client’s email
London practice says it has changed procedures and increased training since 2015 transaction.
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NewsBarclays among creditors owed £33.5m after KWM collapse
Administrators recover £6.7m from sales of parts of the former business.
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NewsDLA Piper profits bounce back on slipping revenue
International firm kicks off results season by posting 6% rise in net profits.
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NewsJobs threatened as Minster Law closes home base
Redundancies likely as Yorkshire operation centralises to cut overheads.
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Women own more than a third of law firms
Figure well ahead of the 21% average for female ownership across small businesses as a whole.
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Bolton law firm hit by wasted costs orders
Asons Solicitors has been embroiled in controversy since it emerged that it had received a £300,000 grant from Bolton Council.
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Legal ‘Siri’ gives insurance customers instant access to support
‘Grace’ is described as a ‘learning-driven’ app designed for business customers and powered by IBM Watson technology.