Sentences with phrase «with magic circle»

Before joining Orrick, Jerry was a partner with a magic circle firm and chairman of the real estate group of a prominent national law firm.

As ever, the upper echelons of the PEP rankings are dominated by US law firms, with the magic circle still trailing their Stateside rivals by some way, despite strong performances from Allen & Overy and Clifford Chance.

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.

Many more lamented the difficulty of making plans during the week and being able to stick to them, with another magic circle insider disclosing:

I did the fast track LPC with a magic circle TC — it was quite honestly a piece of piss.

«Having trained and qualified as a solicitor with a magic circle law firm as well as being a former investment banker Francis brings to a transaction an attention to detail and commercial pragmatism that is both refreshing and welcomed.»

With magic circle - levels of graduate recruitment squarely in the sights of the retail giant, the firm posted losses of # 5 million for the 2013 - 14 financial year, laying waste to their daring training contract plans.

Allen & Overy (A&O) is in merger discussions with US firm O'Melveny & Myers, Legal Week can reveal, with the magic circle firm edging closer to a long - sought transatlantic tie - up.

Carroll rejoined Simmons today (31 July), where he previously worked for 12 years, after spending 18 years with the magic circle firm.

Stewart, who has been a partner with the magic circle firm for almost two decades, is in the running for the position after being put forward for nomination.

I am a multi-jurisdictional capital markets and corporate lawyer with magic circle and investment banking experience looking to transition from the voluntary sector back to fuller employment in the legal field.

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.

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.

Clifford Chance (CC) has become the latest firm to sign a deal with an artificial intelligence (AI) provider, with the magic circle firm partnering with Kira Systems.

Not exact matches

Chances are, you've experienced the crushing frustration of going in automated phone tree circles, trying to the find the magic combination of buttons to press to speak with a customer service representative.

Setting aside all metaphysics, the two terms in each of these pairs are articulated in a quasi - measurable fashion one with the other; with the twofold result not only of at last affording us a unified concept of the Universe, but also of breaking down the two barriers behind which Man was coming to believe himself to be for ever imprisoned — the magic circle of phenomenalism and the infernal circle of egocentrism.

Pretend Soup and Other Real Recipes: A Cookbook for Preschoolers and Up In this sequel to her classic Pretend Soup — considered by many to be the gold standard of children's cookbooks — award - winning author / illustrator Mollie Katzen works her magic with 20 new, child - tested recipes including such delicacies as Counting Soup, Chewy Energy Circles, and Polka Dot Rice.

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.

Uncover the magic of healthy skin with an eye cream formulated to wake up dry, tired eyes and diminish dark circles and puffiness.

Before reading the instructions for this magic circle exercise, notice that in the image above, the instructor, Lisa Hubbard, and class members are doing this exercise with exceptionally good form.

The side - lying leg press with the Pilates magic circle is a great thigh exercise that focuses the workout on the inner thighs.

Blending turn - based strategy with role - playing in a somewhat similar fashion to Heroes of Might and Magic, but with a more fixed progression system and a cast of heroes focues entirely on mages and wizards controlling various «circles» of mMagic, but with a more fixed progression system and a cast of heroes focues entirely on mages and wizards controlling various «circles» of magicmagic.

The preference for traditional employment areas means that such «magic circle professions» are ending up with a workforce drawn from such a narrow pool it seems to be «impending their ability to be effective».

My master teacher at the time was spending time in «magic circles» with students.

Arcade veterans will likely shun spell selection altogether, as magic can be cast with Street Fighter-esque quarter - circle commands.

Fill the circle with the magic liquid to complete the challenge.100 levels, every level is hardest.

These mini-games are learned at the same place skills and magic are obtained (temples and Prometheus statues), and they generally revolve around tapping circles with Roman numerals in them.

Two magic circle firms among those with roles on the deal to sell all shares in Aga Rangemaster for # 129m

Slaughter and May has become the third magic circle firm to announce its March trainee offer rate, with the firm offering positions to 92.5 % of those applying.

Magic circle firms are continuing to reduce UK trainee numbers, with the combined intake down 17 % since 2010.

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.

Magic circle duo introduce new flexible working regimes for London lawyers with two years» PQE and above

Magic circle firm leads for retailer with Chinese investor set to become majority shareholder

German carmaker embroiled in emissions scandal brings in magic circle lawyer as it battles with lawsuits

JS: One element of our focus on diversity is our partnership with LCLD (Leadership Council on Legal Diversity) We were the first, and are still the only, magic circle member of that organization.

The magic circle firm's London - based team was led by corporate partner John Geraghty, with support from tax partner Lydia Challen.

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.

Contrast these comments with what one GC says, witheringly, of the firm he has used most often: «This is a magic circle law firm with great lawyers.

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.

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.

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 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.

Five years after Linklaters turned the trend for firms planting flags around the world on its head with a return to alliance deals, its partner firms — Australia's Allens and South Africa's Webber Wentzel — do not let you forget their ties to the magic circle firm.

Before that, Steven trained with and was a solicitor in the London banking department of one of the UK's «magic circle» law firms.

Meanwhile, magic circle duo Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters will lock horns with Hogan Lovells, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy, Kim & Chang and China's Fangda Partners in the finance category.

Linklaters is advising the bank — the UK's second - largest lender and a long - term client of the magic circle firm — on the issue, announced yesterday (22 April), which comes with RBS set to announce write - downs of # 5.9 bn in sub-prime-related assets.

A proportion of these, together with the handful of firms of solicitors, primarily in London, that make up the so - called Magic and Silver Circles, represent the core market.

Magic circle firm pulls plug on Cologne as it beefs up Duesseldorf with 16 Cologne partners and its Frankfurt based global corporate head Rick Van Aerssen

The magic circle firm has moved down or frozen about 50 % of its German partners in a bid to improve profitability, with only a handful of the firm's 51 German partners now understood to be sitting above 40 points.