Sentences with phrase «at magic circle firm»
From advising on a tranche of Thatcher - era privatisations to helping the Government steer through the banking crisis, recently retired Slaughter and May partner Charles Randell has had an eventful 33 years at the magic circle firm.
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Linklaters is moving away from individual financial targets for partners, in a bid to improve teamwork at the magic circle firm.
The firm is taking on Ben Rodham, who is a managing associate at the magic circle firm, where he has worked with clients including Bridgepoint, Carlyle, Hg Capital, Montagu and Terra Firma.
Slaughter and May is set to lay off as many as 28 secretaries in a rare redundancy round at the magic circle firm.
A managing partner at a magic circle firm told me, «I've seen more change in the past two years than in the past 20.
The group itself was very diverse, ranging from a FTSE100 GC to a very recent convert to in - house life, after six years at a magic circle firm.
He was also responsible for a similar work allocation trial at magic circle firm Clifford Chance back in 2012.
Magic circle litigation heavyweight Ian Terry set to depart for the chambers after spending his entire career at the magic circle firm
He trained at Slaughter and May and spent seven years at the magic circle firm before moving in - house.
He has spent more than a decade at A&O, making partner at the magic circle firm in 2013.
The US firm has hired Linklaters competition partner Wolfgang Deselaers, who has been a partner at the magic circle firm since its 2001 merger with Oppenhoff & Raedler.
Marisin was formerly Moscow head of disputes and local managing partner at the magic circle firm.
Lloyd (pictured) was previously a partner at the magic circle firm in Hong Kong for five years before moving to Sidley in 2010.
Allen & Overy (A&O) chief technology officer (CTO) Ian Storer has resigned to join Swiss bank UBS, after more than a decade at the magic circle firm.
Kensell departs after campaigning unsuccessfully to become senior partner at the magic circle firm earlier this year.
Wood, described by awards chairman Ed Sparrow as a «polymath», has spent a long career at the magic circle firm, including 29 years as a partner from 1973 to 2002 and 10 years as head of its banking department.
The corporate star has been a partner at the magic circle firm since 2001, and recently co-led CC's team that advised the controlling shareholders of AB InBev on its $ 275bn (# 177bn) merger with rival SABMiller.
He spent almost 10 years as a partner at the magic circle firm, where he was one of the firm's global telecommunications, media and technology sector leaders.
«Clarity on what it takes to make partner is something that differs between associates, but I also think that until you reach a certain point, it's more important to focus on what you're doing as an associate and how to improve yourself in that role than looking too far ahead,» says a three - year PQE associate at a magic circle firm.
All the qualifying trainees that were offered a place at the magic circle firm accepted the offer
Not exact matches
Douglas is set to join the magic circle firm after seven years at Ropes in London.
The top 30 law firms made up fewer partners this year, while there was a worrying dip in the number of women promoted at the magic circle.
The magic circle firm's annual corporate responsibility report values the time invested in pro bono work at # 19.2 m. Lawyers at the firm spent a total of 55,348 hours on pro bono matters during 2012 - 13, up from 50,324 hours in the previous year.
Revenue at the U.K.'s magic circle firms suffered a decline of 11 percent for the fiscal year ended April 30.
Banding systems and combined pay and bonuses mean rates across the magic circle are harder to compare than at most US firms, but Clifford Chance, for example, last year pushed NQ rates up to # 85,000 including bonus.
Wood (pictured) was previously a partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and was posted to the magic circle firm's Tokyo office between 2007 and 2011, spending more than two years as managing partner there.
All five magic circle firms have pledged to use Rare's contextual recruitment system (CRS) aimed at boosting social mobility.
Bates, who has been London finance head for the last seven years, will take up a four - year term at the helm of the magic circle firm's City office on 1 January next year.
Keck, who spent more than 25 years at A&O before leaving the magic circle firm in 2014, will oversee a three - person legal team including an assistant company secretary and two governance coordinators.
He joined Monckton Chambers in 2012 following 10 years of practice at the Advisory Centre on WTO Law (an international organisation which represents States in WTO disputes) in Geneva and within the international arbitration group of a magic circle law firm in London.
Sum has spent eight years at Linklaters having trained at Allens, the magic circle firm's Australian alliance partner.
As a lawyer at one of the «magic circle» of leading corporate legal firms, Matthew Courtney was expected to work 16 hours a day, seven days a week.
Strauss, who is set to make the move on 8 September, was previously an of counsel at Simpson before being brought directly into the equity at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in 2010, in what was an unusual move for the magic circle firm.
Billable hours will no longer be the deciding factor in determining associate bonuses at the London office of magic circle firm Clifford Chance...
Their exit, at that time considered among the most dramatic departures ever seen from the foreign network of a magic circle firm, marked the start of a new trend in Asia.
Ellis, who was a partner at MoFo between 2007 and 2008, has rejoined her old firm this week to work alongside corporate partner Thomas Chou and M&A partner Jeremy Hunt, who joined the firm last year from magic circle firm Allen & Overy.
The magic circle firm looks set to benefit from the fallout at Ashurst, with partners expected to vote on Berkovich's hire in the coming days.
Vivian Yiu due to depart after 10 years at the firm as the trend of magic circle Asia partner exits to US firms continues
Allen & Overy (A&O) has become the second magic circle firm to reveal its gender pay gap data, with the firm's report providing more hard evidence of the disproportionate number of women in lower - paid roles at large law firms.
The phrase «value for money» appears more frequently: «Very good value for money if you know the right individuals»; «Better value than magic circle»; «They add exceptional value at every stage in the process»; and from one very happy client about his advisers: «They are the best firm in the City: they are extremely good technical lawyers, they know my business and are extremely good value for money.»
Bagshaw (pictured) and Youle, who have been key in helping to build the magic circle firm's private equity practice have been partners at Linklaters since 2007 and 2006 respectively.
The magic circle firm will fund its programme of weekly one - to - one tutorials, workshops and career events at Islington's Central Foundation Boys» School for a further three years when the current two - year arrangement comes to an end in the summer.
The magic circle firm's newly elected management team is working to change how partners at A&O are appraised
From the magic circle to the elite US firms in London, a look at the new generation of M&A partners making their mark in the wake of the financial crisis
A tie - up would unite the two biggest brands in the legal insurance market, and in revenue terms constitute the largest union ever executed between two UK law firms (the deal that created Clifford Chance happened at a time when magic circle firms were about as big as Howard Kennedy).
John Terzaken, co-head of the global competition practice at Allen & Overy (A&O) and head of the magic circle firm's investigations and litigation practice in Washington, is poised to join Simpson Thacher & Bartlett as a partner.
Paralegal experience at any law firm, especially magic circle firms, can be very financially rewarding.
He is widely praised for his user - friendly approach, which many sources attribute to his prior career as a solicitor at a magic circle law firm.»
«A highly rated commercial chancery specialist who is able to draw upon his previous experience as a corporate solicitor at a magic circle law firm.
One of the concerns that other friends completing training contracts at «magic circle» firms often have is that they will be a small, unrecognisable cog in a big wheel.