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Slaughter and May boosts junior lawyer pay to £150,000

Slaughter and May newly qualified lawyers to get 20% pay bump

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Linklaters and Freshfields fire £150,000 salvos in salary battle

By Edin Imsirovic

2024-05-17T17:13:00Z

7 min read

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JPMorgan, Goldman and UBS advise on Nationwide’s £2.9bn Virgin Money deal 

2024-03-07T13:46:41Z

2 min read

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Nationwide agreed to buy Virgin Money for £2.9bn

Magic Circle under strain to transform: ‘The coolest club… has lost its sheen’

By James Booth

2023-08-07T04:01:27Z

6 min read

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The term 'Magic Circle' has more currency in the UK than overseas, with one ex-A&O partner calling the name 'a joke' in New York
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Citigroup’s co-head of Iberia Revuelta to depart the US bank 

UniCredit hikes Commerzbank stake to 28% as CEO Orcel ups ambitions

Alantra strips out 20 managing directors in investment bank business shift 

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Slaughter and May wants to up working-class lawyer numbers

By Justin Cash

2023-07-24T06:54:02Z

2 min read

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Elite law firm could turn to bursaries and apprenticeships to score young talent from wider backgrounds
The Big Four firm is mulling separating into two firms. Should the UK's legal elite follow suit?

Magic Circle should consider EY-style spin-offs, ex-Slaughter and May senior partner says

Top law firms should examine spin-offs to 'add pace' in race against US rivals, says Christopher Saul

Pay and bonus progression set to become more frequent in a bid to avoid rank 'compression'

Slaughter and May ups pay, introduces work-life balance code in post-pandemic overhaul

The raises follow a 'period of intense home working' says the firm's senior partner Steve Cooke

New research warns that London's Magic Circle law firms face being overtaken by US rivals firms

Magic Circle law firms must merge or move to mid-market in fight against US firms, says report

'They probably don’t have the right answer because they are a room full of millionaires that refuse to believe that their business model is in trouble'

Linklaters and Slaughter and May have picked up lucrative mandates, Financial News learns

EY ropes in Magic Circle law firms to advise on potential break-up

The Big Four firm turns to top lawyers as it weighs a split between its audit and consulting arms

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By James Booth

2022-05-04T10:40:40Z

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