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Global top 50: the battle for 'elite' status
By Georgina Stanley | November 13, 2014
Driven by international mergers, the world's 50 largest law firms by revenue saw turnover climb by an average of 7.4% last year to reach a combined total of $63.5bn (£40bn).
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What clients want - in-house lawyers may be demanding more, but law firms are delivering
By Georgina Stanley | November 13, 2014
Ask any partner in a commercial law firm and you'll get a consistent answer.
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Linklaters and Freshfields top tables for UK and Europe M&A as total deal value soars
By Frances Ivens | October 7, 2014
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters have topped the UK and European M&A rankings by deal volume and value for the first three quarters of 2014.
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UK Top 50: all change please, but not just yet
By Georgina Stanley | August 31, 2014
Given the natural conservatism of the legal market both in the UK and globally, when the leader of one of the UK's largest law firms describes the pace of change in the sector as "glacial" it's a definite sign that a dramatic move is long overdue.
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UK Top 50: leading firms put economic woes behind them as revenues hit £14bn high
By Georgina Stanley | August 31, 2014
Revenue across the UK's 50 largest law firms soared to a new high of £14.4bn in 2013-14, with the group seemingly having put past economic uncertainty behind it to achieve a fourth consecutive year of fee income growth.
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Partners divided on reliability of PEP and need for transparency
By Frances Ivens | July 3, 2014
Dentons' decision to cease publication of its annual profits per equity partner (PEP) has its backers within the legal profession: according to a survey of partners, just under half think financial transparency is 'irrelevant' to anyone outside the firm itself.
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New year, new law – the most popular Legal Week Law briefings from Q1 2014
By Ben Wheway | April 28, 2014
New law, future law, tomorrow's law – whatever your opinion on the buzzwords and faddish phrases regularly bandied about by prognosticators and futurologists, most within the profession are in agreement that the downturn has ushered in a new era for legal services.
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IT teams under siege as personal tablet use booms at law firms
By Charlotte Edmond | October 31, 2013
Law firm IT directors are battling to support an influx of personal tablets and other mobile devices in the workplace, with almost a third of lawyers now using tablets in the office. The number of lawyers using devices such as iPads and Android tablets has grown by almost half in the last year, with around 34% uptake at law firms, compared to 23% in 2012, according to Legal Week Intelligence's annual IT Report. The survey, which canvassed the views of more than 2,000 lawyers at leading firms, found that although tablet use has increased significantly, the vast majority of these devices (94%) are personally owned, with law firms still restricting company devices to the senior echelons.
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City limits – are law firms are doing enough to combat work-based stress?
By Georgina Stanley | June 27, 2013
As new research reveals lawyers are finding their jobs more stressful than ever, Georgina Stanley asks whether law firms are doing enough to combat work-based anxiety and other mental health issues Statistics on mental illness speak for themselves. Every year, about one in four people in the UK will experience a mental health problem, with about 10% of the population suffering from depression and anxiety issues. Figures from Mind, a UK mental health charity, suggest that 8% of those suffering from mental health issues in any year will require specialist psychiatric help, while 2% will have problems so severe they require in-patient treatment.
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Cashing in on cachet – why a little prestige in your firm can go a long way
By Charlotte Edmond | May 9, 2013
Apple has it by the bucket load. High-end fashion houses such as Gucci and Prada have it. Ferrari, Aston Martin and Jaguar all have it. But do Clifford Chance and Allen & Overy? According to more than 3,000 students, the answer is a resounding yes. What we're talking about is prestige – which, according to this year's annual Legal Week Intelligence Law Student Report, is one of the biggest factors in attracting would-be solicitors to apply to any given firm.
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Big Law Outpaces Big Biz for LGBTQ Equality
By Meredith Hobbs | November 9, 2017
Law firms were more more likely than other big businesses to earn perfect scores on the Human Rights Campaign's latest survey of how employers treat their LGBT workforce.
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Seven Atlanta Firms Achieve Perfect Score on LGBTQ Equality Rating
By Meredith Hobbs | November 9, 2017
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation's annual Corporate Equality Index gave perfect rankings to 25 firms with Atlanta offices, including seven with their headquarters in the city.
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Law Firms Fail on Cybersecurity, and Corporate Clients Are Cracking Down
By Gabrielle Orum Hernández | October 26, 2017
Tech-services group Logicforce gave law firms a collective 42 percent grade on industry cybersecurity health in a recent report.
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2017 Midlevel Associate Survey
By americanlawyer | August 28, 2017
Midlevel associates at the nation's largest law firms are pleased as punch, according to results from our annual survey of third-, fourth- and fifth-year associates. Smiling from salary increases and interesting work, associates gave their scores high marks this year.
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The Regional Take: Associate Satisfaction by City
By americanlawyer | August 28, 2017
Here are how firms were scored in individual offices around the country. The scores, ranks and number of respondents pertain just to the firm's office in the city indicated, not to the firm as a whole. Only offices with at least five responses are listed.
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Top Firms For Midlevel Associate Satisfaction: The National Rankings
By americanlawyer | August 28, 2017
Overall scores for associate satisfaction ticked up in most categories in our annual Midlevel Associate Survey. Our survey examined several aspects of job satisfaction for third-, fourth- and fifth-year associates. They include compensation and benefits, training and guidance, interaction with partners and other associates, the interest and satisfaction level of the work, the firm's policy on billable hours and management's openness about firm strategies and partnership chances. Midlevels graded their workplaces on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest score. Below, firms with 10 or more responses are ranked by their averages on those questions. The response rate is the percentage of eligible midlevels at the firm who participated in the survey.
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Attorney of the Year Finalists Announced
By MICHAEL MARCIANO | August 25, 2017
The Connecticut Law Tribune today announces the finalists for Attorney of the Year for the publication's 2017 Professional Excellence Awards. The three finalists—Dana Hrelic, a partner at Horton, Dowd, Bartschi & Levesque; Josh Koskoff of Koskoff Koskoff & Bieber; and former U.S. District Judge Alan Nevas were chosen with the help of an outside panel, and the ultimate winner will be announced at the Law Tribune's Connecticut Legal Awards Dinner Oct. 3 at the Bond Room in Hartford.
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Bay Area GCs Aren't Highest Paid, But Don't Feel Too Sorry for Them
By David Ruiz | August 8, 2017
According to a recent compensation survey of GCs in the United States, Bay Area GCs are not among the highest paid, but they are far from the bottom.
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Data Breaches Have Lingering Effect on Stock Prices, Study Says
By David Ruiz | July 11, 2017
A data breach can hurt a company's stock price and slow down future growth for years, according to a new study.
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Baker McKenzie Tops Asia Pacific Law Firm Brand Index
By Anna Zhang | June 29, 2017
Baker McKenzie has once again been named the top law firm brand in the Asia Pacific region, according to a recent survey by London-based market research firm Acritas.
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