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4 days ago | 
law.com | Louis Altmann
Dechert has added a four-lawyer team from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe to its U.K. finance practice, while also seeing the departure of two capital markets partners in London. Partners Sushila Nayak and James Jirtle have joined the firm and Nayak will serve as a “leader of Dechert’s London-based CLO effort,” the firm announced.
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5 days ago | 
law.com | Louis Altmann
The merger of Herbert Smith Freehills and Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel went live on Sunday, creating a firm of about 2,700 lawyers that is set to rank in the Global top 30. It marks the culmination of an intense seven-month period for the transatlantic pair. News of the firms' planned merger was first reported by Law.com International.
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5 days ago | 
law.com | Louis Altmann
Dechert has added a four-lawyer team from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe to its U.K. finance practice, while also seeing the departure of two capital markets partners in London. Partners Sushila Nayak and James Jirtle have joined the firm and Nayak will serve as a “leader of Dechert’s London-based CLO effort,” the firm announced.
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6 days ago | 
law.com | Louis Altmann
The merger of Herbert Smith Freehills and Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel was scheduled to go live on Sunday, creating a firm of about 2,700 lawyers that is set to rank in the Global top 30. It marks the culmination of an intense seven-month period for the transatlantic pair. News of the firms' planned merger was first reported by Law.com International.
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1 week ago | 
law.com | Louis Altmann
A conference and awards event has been launched focusing on leadership, influence and inclusivity in law in the U.K. Formerly known as the Women, Influence & Power in Law U.K., the event is broadening its focus to become the Leadership, Influence & Inclusivity in Law conference, which will be followed by an awards event of the same name. Both will take place at the Intercontinental Park Lane in London on December 4, 2025.
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1 week ago | 
law.com | Louis Altmann
The gender pay gap at the U.K.'s largest law firms is widening, according to Law.com International analysis of publicly disclosed data. The median gender pay difference for both partners and employees has increased on average at Freshfields, Linklaters, Clifford Chance and legacy firm Allen & Overy since 2021, the latest figures show, with women partners now earning 30.9% less than men on average.
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1 week ago | 
law.com | Louis Altmann
Eversheds Sutherland, Pinsent Masons, PwC Legal and Ask Q were among the biggest winners at the European Legal Innovation & Technology Awards 2025, this year hosted in Milan after 10 consecutive years in London. Hundreds attended the ceremony hosted by Law.com International managing editor Krishnan Nair on Wednesday, held at the Hotel Principe di Savoia in the centre of Lombardy's capital.
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1 week ago | 
law.com | Louis Altmann
The gender pay gap at the U.K.'s largest law firms is widening, according to Law.com International analysis of publicly disclosed data. The median gender pay difference for both partners and employees has increased on average at Freshfields, Linklaters, Clifford Chance and legacy firm Allen & Overy since 2021, the latest figures show, with women partners now earning 30.9% less than men on average.
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1 week ago | 
law.com | Louis Altmann
The gender pay gap at the U.K.'s largest law firms is widening, according to Law.com International analysis of publicly disclosed data. The median gender pay difference for both partners and employees has increased on average at Freshfields, Linklaters, Clifford Chance and legacy firm Allen & Overy since 2021, the latest figures show, with women partners now earning 30.9% less than men on average.
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2 weeks ago | 
law.com | Louis Altmann
Hill Dickinson’s naming rights deal with Everton FC has caused a national sensation, hitting sports headlines around the world and, in one sense, making the 215 year-old Liverpool-founded outfit the most famous law firms in the country. Everton’s new stadium will be named the Hill Dickinson Stadium in what the Merseyside club describes as “one of the largest football stadium naming rights deals in Europe”, that will earn the club a reported £10 million a year across a decade.
