Baker & McKenzie is set to launch its third Australian office, extending its Australin offering North of Sydney and Melbourne to Brisbane. The move was unanimously supported by the partners in Sydney and…
Herbert Smith Freehills has announced the appointment of Hong Kong-based Julian Copeman as Greater China Managing Partner. Julian succeeds Justin D'Agostino, who left…
Herbert Smith Freehills has announced a pay rise for newly qualified and junior associates in London, bringing its junior salaries in line with those paid by
Ashurst has set targets to increase of the number of women in its partnership and senior staff. The firm intends to ensure that 40% of promotions to partnership will be female by 2018,…
Australian law firm Herbert Smith Freehills is set to lift pay freezes imposed since last year. The firm’s Australian managing partner Jason Ricketts explained that…
Herbert Smith Freehills and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have taken leading roles in a deal for the $1 billion…
Herbert Smith Freehills has promoted 23 associates to the firm's partnership, up from 19 last year. The appointments were made across nine offices globally, with 11…
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has said that it does not intend to follow other international law firms into the Australian or Korean markets, preferring instead…
Herbert Smith Freehills has appointed a new head of the global dispute resolution practice, tapping Hong Kong based partner Justin D’Agostino for the role.…
Herbert Smith Freehills has announced a plan to boost progress toward gender equality with a goal of 30 per cent female partnership. In 2012/13 19.3 per cent of the…
Singapore’s Ministry of Law has renewed the Qualifying Foreign Law Practice licences for Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance,
Freshfields and Baker & McKenzie have reported high trainee retention figures: keeping on 80% and 88% of newly qualified lawyers…
Herbert Smith Freehills has lost the head of its Southeast Asia dispute resolution practice to rival firm Hogan Lovells.…
UK firms are announcing their trainee retention rates for the March 2012 intake, with Clifford Chance, Herbert Smith Freehills…
Stonewall has announced its top 100 employers of lesbian, gay and bisexual staff, with ten law firms making the cut. Simmons & Simmons was the highest placed law firm for…