Sentences with phrase «than the magic circle»

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.»

Yes, the hours are generally less hectic than the magic circle, but hugely so, life changingly so?

I think it is a fair point that most lawyers doing publicly funded law will earn considerably less than the magic circle firms will pay newly qualified solicitors but can have a good work - life balance if they regularly work a 40 hour week and have a sufficient income to provide a comfortable living.

Not exact matches

It is the deceit and secrecy about the origins of the Iraq War that have been most damaging to Blair's reputation with the connivance of those civil servants, intelligence officials and senior military who were drawn into his magic circle or remained silent rather than challenge his policy.

In 1975 Thatcher unexpectedly beat both Heath and the likely magic circle candidate, Willie Whitelaw, and went on to be a dominant vote - winning leader until her own backbenchers — much more ruthless than Labour — pushed her out via a leadership challenge in 1990.

As we all contemplate the prospect of Jeremy Corbyn as Britain's next prime minister, it's worth remembering it is little more than 50 years since Sir Alec Douglas - Home emerged as the new Tory party leader and claimed the keys of No 10 on the basis of a secretive process denounced at the time as «the magic circle».

Considering co2 is less than 5 % of the total GHG impact even in warming circles without the magic (make believe) human co2 compounding talking point just how much relative impact could human co2 have??

«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.

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.

So far, more than 20 law firms have signed up, including the entire magic circle.

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.

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.

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.

The firm is the first of the magic circle to report its gender pay gap data, ahead of an April reporting deadline for all companies employing more than 250 people.

CMS Cameron McKenna has landed a lead advisory role opposite magic circle firm Allen & Overy (A&O) on the proposed merger between United Business Media (UBM) and business data provider Informa - with the deal set to create a media giant with a combined value of more than # 3bn.

He has spent more than a decade at A&O, making partner at the magic circle firm in 2013.

Clifford Chance followed the lead of magic circle rivals Linklaters and Allen & Overy by rolling in base pay and bonuses for junior lawyers to create a package that, while on the face of it is only # 1,000 more than the maximum available last year, guarantees virtually all of its NQ lawyers a salary of # 85,000.

Currently on a training contract at a magic circle and definitely less than 10 % of my intake are STEM grads.

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.

Linklaters and Slaughter and May are both keeping on more than 85 % of their September - qualifying trainees, with the magic circle pair increasing their retention rates on last year.