EXCLUSIVE Rancour over NQ salaries dominates as staff rate their firms for pay ...

"Not only did they refuse your offer, but they reported you to the police. And you've been charged." A solicitor has been struck off after he was convicted of blackmailing a fellow director. Michael ...

A barrister who was sent to prison for raping a woman he met on Tinder, has been barred by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. In September 2022, Robin Jacobs was found guilty of one count of rape ...

A tycoon has extracted even more cash from Dechert thanks to a former partner who was allegedly involved in hacking his emails. The US-headquartered firm paid Farhad Azima £3m earlier this year to ...

Freshfields is the latest firm to have a rebrand, ditching 'Bruckhaus Deringer', to emerge as...(drum roll) Freshfields. The Freshfields name was adopted at the turn of the 19th century, after a ...

Eversheds originated as a tie-up in the 1980s between four small firms in Norwich, Birmingham, Cardiff and Newcastle. It expended to become a national stalwart, then in the 2000s added international ...

I went to the opening of Sael last week, Jason Atherton’s new London spot. ‘Sael’ is old English for ‘season’, apparently - better than Ye Olde Rose and Crown or The Fisted Badger, I suppose. And ...

An international giant, Sidley Austin - where alumni include, inter alia, Michelle Obama and her husband - is traditionally a structured finance-heavy firm. Currently running at about 100 lawyers in ...

Kapdi, done over by those pesky Gupta Bros. Dentons has said it is co-operating with South African authorities as they investigate historic allegations that public money was used unlawfully. South ...

The former chair of the Criminal Bar Association is facing allegations of sexual harassment by four women. Jo Sidhu KC was the criminal bar chief when the barristers went on strike over legal aid fees ...

Jones Day made its big move into London in 2003 when it took over Gouldens - a traditional mid-sized City firm known for its high profits and stellar salaries. Despite initial wobbles, it is one of ...

LegalX, Spectre, Balan, overturning the established legal order. An unqualified lawyer with a murky client and an optimistic view of his worth is advertising his firm’s services for sums which put the ...