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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Orrick slims down its executive team
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe bids farewell to three high-ranking executives just a few months after the appointment of new chairman Mitchell Zuklie. The firm is…
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…
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…
Pinsent Masons to cut up to 13 lawyers
Pinsent Masons is set to make up to 13 lawyer redundancies in its UK employment practice. This will be the firm's third round of redundancies since its merger with McGrigors…
CMS Cameron McKenna takes back outsourced work
UK firm CMS Cameron McKenna is taking back part of its facilities services work from outsourcing provider Integreon. Camerons managing partner Duncan Weston explained…
Latham & Watkins offers voluntary redundancies in LA
Above the Law reports info from an anonymous source who says that Latham & Watkins has asked secretaries in their Los Angeles Office to voluntarily resign or there would be…
US firm Winston & Strawn reports flat revenue
US law firm Winston & Strawn has reported revenue growth of just 0.1 percent to $755 million in 2012, while profits per partner increased by 3.5 percent to $1.49 million. These…