The Legal 500 Future Lawyers News
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News round-up, 5 September
Need help with commercial awareness? The Lex 100 rounds up some interesting news stories from around the web. 1. Amazon’s market value tops $1tn [via BBC News] 2. Debit card …
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Sidley Austin LPC maintenance grant skyrockets to £11,000
Sidley Austin has become the latest firm to hike Legal Practice Course (LPC) maintenance grants for its future trainees. The US firm will now pay its soon-to-be trainee solicitors £11,000 …
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Deal watch: Magic Circle scoops £300m Funding Circle IPO as Linklaters advises on £2bn wind farm financing
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters have scored lead mandates on the proposed initial public offering (IPO) of small business lender Funding Circle, while Linklaters advised on the £2bn financing of …
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Urban Lawyers Careers Conference 2018
Urban Lawyers are excited to announce the third Careers Conference for aspiring barristers and solicitors. This year’s conference will take place on 17 November at Herbert Smith Freehills’ London office and …
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International round-up: Latham hits DLA’s Madrid outpost again for antitrust partner as Kennedys opens innovation back office in India
Latham & Watkins has dealt yet another blow to DLA Piper’s Spanish ranks, hiring its first Madrid-based antitrust partner, while Kennedys has joined the growing number of firms beefing up …
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Deal watch: Slaughters leads on Wonga collapse and joins Skadden, Ashurst and CC on £3.9bn Costa deal
Slaughter and May has landed key roles on the high-profile collapse of payday lender Wonga and Coca-Cola’s £3.9bn acquisition of national coffee house Costa, joined by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher …
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Magic Circle duo goes full throttle on Aston Martin’s landmark London listing
City heavyweights Slaughter and May and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have taken the driving seat on the proposed initial public offering (IPO) of Aston Martin, a float reportedly valuing the luxury …
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Ashurst, Norton Rose Fulbright and Travers Smith raise trainee and NQ salaries
Trainees and newly-qualified (NQ) solicitors at several City law firms continue to enjoy salary increases as the legal industry’s major players vie to attract and retain their top talent. Recent …
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Incoming White & Case trainees to receive £10,500 LPC maintenance grant
Soon-to-be trainee solicitors at the London office of US firm White & Case will receive a LPC maintenance grant of £10,500, a 40% increase from the previous £7,500 figure. The …
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Slaughter and May increases trainee pay…. again
For the second time this year, legal powerhouse Slaughter and May has bumped up the salary packet for its trainee solicitors. The increase of 2% and 4% for first-year and …
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