Merger negotiations between King & Wood Mallesons and Singaporean firm WongPartnership have failed just days before the firms were scheduled to announce their merger plans to the public. King & Wood Mallesons had…
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…
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 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.…
Singapore-headquartered law firm Rajah & Tann has lost five international arbitration partners to rival Allen & Gledhill because of…
Intellectual property law firm Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner has lost four partners and an of counsel, who have left the firm to launch…
J Sagar Associates has elected its new executive committee, choosing five partners out of the nine that contested the election. The firm re-elected four incumbernts to…
Macfarlanes has promoted four lawyers to the partnership, in its annual promotions round, down from last year’s five promotions. Transactional and advisory corporate lawyer…
Australian firm Johnson Winter & Slattery has hired three new corporate law partners in Sydney from rival firm Corrs…
With law firms announcing the results of their annual promotions rounds, the people at RollOnFriday have taken a tally to calculate which UK firms offer trainees the best chance at partnership. The report takes into…
The suit against Ropes & Gray by one of the firm’s former IP litigation partners, Patricia Martone, is one step closer to determination after a hearing before U.S. District Judge…
Herbert Smith Freehills has launched a new office in Berlin, with corporate partner Ralf Thaeter set to lead the office alongside current duties as head of the firm's…
DLA Piper has a significant PR problem on its hands, after leaked emails showed associates joking about the size of legal fees. “THAT bill shall know no limits,” wrote one DLA…
The Dewey & LeBoeuf estate has filed suit against 18 former partners who refused to contribute to a settlement plan. The claim describes the former partners’ attempt to claim moneys owed to them (profit…
Roll On Friday reports that Withers and Speechly Bircham are set to announce a merger on Monday. Speechly Bircham has a partner…