QualitySolicitors Redkite to make redundancies
Wales law firm QualitySolicitors Redkite has entered a redundancy consultation that could lead to job losses for 24 of the firm's 120 staff: twelve jobs are at risk…
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DLA Piper tops list for largest US law firm
The National Law Journal has compiled statistics showing which US firms grew headcount over the past year, and which firms shrunk. At the top of the list ith the most lawyers added over the year is
Ashurst to launch support centre in Glasgow
Ashurst is set to create 300 jobs in Glasgow after being given a £2.4 million regional selective assistance grant to move to the city. The Glasgow base will perform support…
NLJ survey shows marginal growth at top US firms
The National Law Journal’s annual survey of the biggest US law firms shows a small amount of growth over the past year. The survey, which looks at data from the 350 largest law firms in the US, recorded overall growth…
Epstein Becker Green to close Atlanta base
Epstein Becker Green has announced plans to shutter its Atlanta office, with the firm indicating that the office has not been performing well. Less than five years…
BLP announces redundancy plan
UK firm Berwin Leighton Paisner has announced a redundancy plan, with around 100 jobs at risk, including 58 lawyer roles. Around 17 of the lawyer positions at risk are…
Maclay Murray & Spens to make 30 redundancies
Maclay Murray & Spens has announced around 30 layoffs, with unofficial reports indicating that around 20 lawyers and 10 secretaries set to lose their jobs. The…
Clyde & Co makes eight redundancies in London
Clyde & Co has made eight redundancies in the support team following a consultation process. The layoffs arose from a review of back office functions after the firm’s 2011 merger…
King & Wood Mallesons makes layoffs in Australia
King & Wood Mallesons has made a number of staff in Australia redundant across multiple practices. Firm figures have not yet been reported, but Lawyers Weekly suggests…
Dickstein Shapiro makes layoffs in NY and DC
The news of layoffs throughout the global legal industry continues. Dickstein Shapiro has reportedly laid off associates this month, with the majority of New York associates…
Osborne Clarke axes senior lawyers
Osborne Clarke is set to make up to 13 senior lawyers redundant across the firm's London, Bristol and Thames Valley offices. The firm has also indicated that it will be…
BLP set to make over 100 redundancies
Berwin Leighton Paisner is set to make over 100 staff redundant, with 58 lawyers, 44 secretaries and an unspecified number of business support staff at risk as the…
Osborne Clarke set to make redundancies
Osborne Clarke is set to make redundancies, entering into consultation with 13 fee-earners and confirming that a small number of partners are also being shown the door.…
Hill DIckinson likely to make redundancies in the UK
Hill Dickinson looks set to make redundancies, having launched a review of its UK business. The move comes after the firm posted flat revenues for the 2012-13 financial year. At the conclusion of the review, at the…
Clyde & Co makes two lawyers redundant
Roll on Friday reports that Clyde & Co has made two senior associates redundant from its Manchester office in the Regulatory, Safety, Health and Environment practice. A…