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Swipe cards were in use for access at all times of day when I worked for a magic circle firm in London, England, in the late 90s.
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He has spent more than a decade at A&O, making partner at the magic circle firm in 2013.
Hogan Lovells partner Andrew Crook and HSF Mark Currell will join the magic circle firm in the new year, although their specific joining dates have not yet been finalised.
Lloyd (pictured) was previously a partner at the magic circle firm in Hong Kong for five years before moving to Sidley in 2010.
He also practiced as a litigator with legacy Herbert Smith in Beijing prior to joining the magic circle firm in 2011.
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.
We are by far the biggest magic circle firm in the Americas.
Corporate partners Pistilli and Simmons — whose former firm Chang Pistilli & Simmons was taken over by CC in 2011 — left the magic circle firm in February and launched their own boutique, Pistilli Simmons, this May.
Not exact matches
Douglas is set to join the magic circle firm after seven years at Ropes in London.
Two magic circle firms among those with roles on the deal to sell all shares in Aga Rangemaster for # 129m
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, which overhauled its three - tier lockstep system in 2015, has long had the ability to reward top - performing partners by moving them above its core 100 - point plateau, but has previously opted against such a move — even for lateral hires in the highly competitive US market.
Fellow magic circle firm Linklaters announced a deal with rival technology company RAVN in May, allowing its lawyers to use RAVN's services for a number of automated tasks.
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.
White & Case's London office and several other firms in the city did the same in May 2016, with magic circle firms Clifford Chance and Slaughter and May adopting «agile working» programmes the following month.
Magic circle firm called in to advise Monaco - based Unaoil over allegations of corruption and money laundering
«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.
The figures are contained within CC's annual corporate responsibility report, which states that the magic circle firm invested a total of 58,368 hours in pro bono and community activities during the year, up 2 % from the figure of 57,071 hours reported last year.
For example, in early April, it was reported that U.K. magic circle firm Allen & Overy had launched a major recruitment drive in order to add up to 20 associates and partners to its United Arab Emirates» office.
Magic circle firm steps up investment in London - headquartered artificial intelligence business
Ian Storer leaves A&O for UBS Allen & Overy's chief technology officer Ian Storer is leaving the magic circle firm for Swiss global financial services giant UBS, we can reveal, as the in - house legal team undertakes a significant transformation exercise.
Having made partner in 2015 after spending 11 years with the magic circle firm, she impressed the judges with her ability to co-lead the Linklaters team with London partner Jonathan de Lance - Holmes advising SoftBank on launching a technology fund that can raise as much as $ 100bn (# 81bn) over the next five years.
National US firms and the magic circle have emerged as winners in The Global 100, which shows both groups making ground on New York's legal elite.
The magic circle firm has recruited three external coaches, known as «black belts» in efficiency, to lead training workshops to help the firm's lawyers identify inefficiencies in the way they work, mimicking cost - cutting initiatives developed for the manufacturing industry.
The UK magic circle saw growth hampered by the faltering euro in 2014 - 15, with Allen & Overy (A&O) the only firm with an international spread to see a marked revenue increase in the last financial year.
Linklaters has become the first magic circle firm to announce its 2016 - 17 results, posting a 7.8 % hike in profits per equity partner (PEP) alongside a revenue rise of almost 10 %.
And though magic circle firms may expect to be in prime position for UK government work relating to Brexit, Hamilton says he expects to win a slice of this regulatory work.
Latham & Watkins has sealed the hire of Allen & Overy (A&O) M&A partner Edward Barnett, in the latest in a series of magic circle recruits for the expansive US firm.
Chik relocates from the magic circle firm's office in Beijing, where his practice focused on advising Chinese companies on listings, offerings and related transactions on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Clifford Chance (CC) has become the first magic circle firm to include equity partners in its gender pay gap report.
In addition to advising on a $ 2bn (# 1.6 bn) power project in Pakistan as part of the China - Pakistan Economic corridor programme championed by the Chinese government, the magic circle firm's energy team has been representing global and Chinese sponsors on several complex projects in Indonesia and SingaporIn addition to advising on a $ 2bn (# 1.6 bn) power project in Pakistan as part of the China - Pakistan Economic corridor programme championed by the Chinese government, the magic circle firm's energy team has been representing global and Chinese sponsors on several complex projects in Indonesia and Singaporin Pakistan as part of the China - Pakistan Economic corridor programme championed by the Chinese government, the magic circle firm's energy team has been representing global and Chinese sponsors on several complex projects in Indonesia and Singaporin Indonesia and Singapore.
The magic circle firm has agreed a deal to work with software provider Kira Systems, which already has similar arrangements in place with DLA Piper and Clifford Chance.
Allen & Overy has made up 21 lawyers in this year's partnership round, including six in the magic circle firm's London headquarters.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has written to all five magic circle firms to warn that it could take legal action if they fail to take appropriate action to prevent and respond to sexual harassment in the workplace.
The rise in NQ salaries makes it the magic circle firm with the highest base salary for NQ lawyers of the three that have so far announced their salaries for 2016 - 17.
The magic circle firm is expected to open in the city in September with an initial team of five lawyers, but this figure is set to increase to 10 within a year.
He was part of the magic circle firm's team that acted for Barclays on ABN Amro's # 80bn merger bid for the bank in 2007, while he also advised Kraft Foods on its # 11.5 bn hostile takeover of Cadbury in 2011.
The magic circle firm has been appointed to handle civil claims in connection with the carmaker's emissions test rigging scandal outsdie the US.
The pair, whose departure from the magic circle firm was announced in February, launched the new firm Pistilli Simmons on 1 May.
The magic circle firm took pole position in the ranking of firms by total deal value for all four quarters of 2015 but has fallen to 18th place for the first three months of this year.
Clifford Chance (CC) has made up 24 lawyers to its partnership around the world, including six in the magic circle firm's City headquarters.
Dinamani is following in the footsteps of Ashurst's former head of corporate Stephen Lloyd, who joined the magic circle firm's corporate group as co-head of its private equity practice after resigning in November.
Allen & Overy (A&O) has made up 24 lawyers in this year's global partnership promotion round, including ten in the magic circle firm's London headquarters.
Associates in the magic circle firm's German offices have been given the option to sign up to a 40 - hour week, on reduced pay, to give them a better work / life balance.
Before that, Steven trained with and was a solicitor in the London banking department of one of the UK's «magic circle» law firms.
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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.
Data from Mergermarket shows that the magic circle firm advised on 39 deals worth $ 38.8 bn to head the UK value table, a position it has regularly held for European M&A in the past but on this occasion lost to White & Case.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's London aviation finance team is leaving to join US firm Holland & Knight, following a review of the magic circle firm's wider finance practice that will result in a number of partners leaving by the end of the financial year.
The five magic circle firms brought in # 5.5 bn last year — an impressive performance and certainly the best average showing across the legal elite in several years.