
Female partners defy glass ceiling in record numbers
More women are breaking into the top ranks of the UK’s leading law firms than ever before, research for The Lawyer UK 200 Annual Report has revealed.
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Revealed: A&O’s plan to become world's “most successful” elite firm
08-Sep-2008Allen & Overy (A&O) senior partner David Morley has vowed to make the firm the most successful in the world, the firm’s 2008 annual report reveals.
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Location key to female career progression at Clifford Chance
05-Sep-2008Female career progression varies dramatically across jurisdictions at Clifford Chance, the firm’s first corporate responsibility report reveals.
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Eversheds scores NHS Pasa panel coup
Charlton clears vote for Asia head uncontested
Female career progress on Clifford Chance agenda
DLA Piper signs up De Brauw finance partner
Cunningham’s A&O move may finally pay off
Davenport grows via trio of partner captures
Faegre flies in global co-head in UK rescue bid
SJ Berwin wins Samsonite from Skadden
Shared wisdom
The Lawyer UK 200 Annual Report 2008 is out, so in our yearly fantasy stock market update, where should the smart money be placed?
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Detective work: Grant Macpherson, Kroll
1-September-2008Detecting fraud is a way of life for Kroll managing director and corporate counsel Grant Macpherson. And there’s no sign of the work drying up any time soon.
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Employee survey reveals support staff dissatisfied
1-September-2008The Lawyer’s first employee engagement survey, conducted by YouGovCentaur, shows a chasm between lawyers and business services staff, with the latter feeling undervalued, underpaid and out of the loop.
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Mayfair lady: Forsters
Sophie Hamilton’s vision of a private client and property practice failed to convince the City elite, so when she co-founded Forsters she chose London’s hotel district as its home.
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Our UK 200 Annual Report is out, but in our yearly fantasy stock market update, where should the smart money be placed? Meanwhile we review the Slaughters generation game; how to detect fraud with Kroll's Grant MacPherson; how top firms position themselves for India and new special reports on Spanish real estate, on carbon capture regulation; on investment in Portugal and why Spanish firms look to South America to weather the credit crunch.
The UK 200 Annual Report 2008: Forward thinking
The legal sector is undergoing intense change. This year’s UK 200 Annual Report focuses on which firms are best placed to make the most of the opportunities on offer and how the market will shape up afterwards. Globalisation, the downturn, the prospect of alternative business structures. Just three reasons why the legal market is on the cusp of change. This year’s UK 200 takes consolidation as its theme.
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Summer interns secure job offers
US law firms, already battered by the downturn and widespread layoffs, are about to face potentially their biggest staffing challenge since the credit crunch kicked in last year.
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05-September-2008
This time last year Mishcon de Reya’s Anthony Julius was the celebrity lawyer, having notched up hundreds of column inches in the national press. Read more »

DLA Piper joint chief exec Lee Miller re-elected
DLA Piper joint chief executive Lee Miller (pictured) has been elected to serve another four years as head of the firm’s US operations.
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