Global

PARTNER PROMOTIONS

CMS promotes 17 women to partnership although gender split declines after record 2019

Forty-one per cent of 2020 partner intake at global firm are women with a 50/50 split in London

COMMENTARY

Looming decisions over associate pay and bonuses are a factor in the timing of UK law firm Coronavirus measures

COMMENTARY

Rob Millard foresees large law firm mergers and accelerated digitisation in the wake of Covid-19

LAW FIRM STRATEGY

UK merged into new EMEA grouping as firm's centre of gravity shifts away from London ten years after transatlantic merger

IN-HOUSE APPOINTMENTS

Marco Santori joins top bitcoin exchange; Eastman Chemical and Emirates Airlines also make key legal appointments

CORONAVIRUS

MoFo poll of 110 GCs finds them making unprecedented decisions as HR issues dominate

CORONAVIRUS

Global firm's EMEA arm asks staff to take hours and pay reductions of up to 20% and defers partner distributions

DISPUTES

AIM-listed litigation funder says aftermath to pandemic will mirror that of financial crisis, generating opportunities

CORONAVIRUS

New leaders take reins at Boyes Turner, TLT, Freeths and Torys in teeth of Covid-19 crisis

CORONAVIRUS

Consultant Tony Williams advises law firm leaders to avoid knee jerk decisions and go into communication overdrive during the Covid-19 crisis