Professionals in legal jobs at smaller UK-based law firms may find that their companies are being held back by banks. The Manufacturing Institute has called on British banks to get up to speed with other European countries and do their bit for small businesses. Ed Moss, spokesman for the institute, said the time it took [...]
A team of professionals in solicitors jobs from a Chester law firm has advised a business investment fund on the first expenditure by the group. Aaron and Partners legal firm, which specialises in employment and corporate law, advised The North West Fund on its £100,000 investment into a Manchester-based travel firm called Enterprise Ventures, reports [...]
Teams of professionals in solicitors jobs from two of the United Kingdom’s biggest law firms have taken a leading role in advising a “landmark” energy takeover deal. Linklaters advised BP on their decision to take a 30 per cent stake in a selection of Indian energy company Reliance Industries’ oil and gas contracts, reports the [...]
International law firm Hogan Lovells has promoted seven professionals in legal jobs in the City of London to the position of partner. The latest round of promotions – which totalled 36 around the world – will take effect from March 1st. Some of the other promotions took place in the firm’s offices in Berlin, Moscow, [...]
A spirit of “self-preservation” is pushing UK workers to complete record amounts of unpaid overtime, according a professional in a solicitors jobs. Michael Scutt, partner at employment law firm Dale Langley and Co, suggested that a turbulent economic climate and difficult labour market meant many employees simply opted to keep their heads down and work [...]
A leading United Kingdom law firm is to employ hundreds more professionals in solicitors jobs as it prepares to be joined by two overseas law firms. London-based Norton Rose is to create a large legal group with Canadian firm Ogilvy Renault and South Africa-based Deneys Reitz. On June 1st 2011, the three law firms will [...]
Female professionals in solicitors jobs may still be facing “a glass ceiling effect” in their jobs. According to WomEnterprise, the battle for fair gender representation in the workplace goes on at every managerial level. Marla Nelson, the campaign group’s founder, said a strong female presence on companies’ boards could not be achieved unless women were [...]
A team of professionals in solicitors jobs from the magic circle law firm Allen and Overy have secured an integral advisory role in a billion-dollar African energy deal. Energy conglomerate Vitol Group and investment firm Helios Investment Partners have acquired a majority of Shell’s shareholding in most of its downstream businesses in Africa, reports the [...]
A team of professionals in solicitors jobs at one of the United Kingdom’s biggest law firms has advised engineering company Amec on its acquisition of consultancy firm QEN International. Pinsent Masons – which is the 14th largest law firm in the UK by revenue, according to The Lawyer magazine – advised Amec on all stages [...]
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