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SURVEYS AND RANKINGS
Partners applaud Budget benefits for UK business but question personal tax burden
City partners believe Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget will boost business confidence and activity levels, despite concerns that taxation in the UK is too high and that more needs to done to boost London’s position as an international finance ce...
30 Mar 2012 | 00:00 | 
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Partners believe fragmented legal industry is set for intense merger run
"Definition of law firm merger - poorly managed; driven largely by overpaid incumbent management with little real support from grass roots; justifed rarely on good logic but instead on catch words like 'scale', 'footprint' and 'globalisation'...
16 Mar 2012 | 00:00 |
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Briefings at their brightest - the best legal articles of the last three months
Jon Levene rounds up the best legal articles of the past three months on Legal Week Law
16 Mar 2012 | 00:00 |
Regulation clampdown - a senior executive wish list for future regulation
Eversheds recently polled senior executives in the City to compile a wish list for future regulation. Michael Wainwright reports
16 Mar 2012 | 00:00 |
Rejecting the partner mould - associates give their views on career progression
"The partnership business model is based on Victorian legal principles and is rapidly becoming useless for international and modern law firms..."
09 Mar 2012 | 00:00 |
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A&O and Linklaters top slim 2011 EMEA capital markets rankings as volumes dip
Allen & Overy (A&O) and Linklaters have topped Thomson Reuters’ EMEA rankings for bank roles on debt and equity capital markets (ECM) transactions in 2011 – a year in which the volume of debt issues fell more than 7%. A&O advised managers on 47...
27 Jan 2012 | 00:00 |
A&O leads for Asia M&A while Linklaters and Freshfields dominate lean Euro market
Allen & Overy (A&O) has emerged as the top-ranked UK M&A adviser in 2011 in the strategically key Asia-Pacific market, securing an apparent vindication for its sustained push in the region. Figures from Legal Week’s exclusive data provider Merger...
13 Jan 2012 | 00:00 |
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Client Satisfaction Report 2011 - what the people say
Profiles of the top rated firms according to Legal Week Intelligence's Client Satisfaction Report
01 Dec 2011 | 00:00 |
Companies push for early settlement to contain costs as global disputes on the rise
Major clients are reacting to the post-crunch rise in disputes by pushing for faster settlements and expanding their in-house litigation capacity, according to new research. A major research project by Legal Week Intelligence on the global litigation ...
01 Dec 2011 | 00:00 |
The laws of happiness - how content are law firm employees?
Overall employee satisfaction has increased among lawyers – however, dissatisfaction over bonus schemes has reached a new low. Vanessa Ip reports
24 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
City elite give a little ground on fees but some firms still hiking rates
Charge-out rates at the City’s top firms have remained broadly static throughout 2011, with leading firms coming under pressure to reduce rates. New research carried out by costs lawyer Jim Diamond shows magic circle firms have reduced partner ch...
24 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
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US pair excel as 1,000 clients give verdict on major firms
A select band of US-based law firms – including Weil Gotshal & Manges and Reed Smith – have outperformed key UK rivals according to a major research project based on responses from more than 1,000 clients. Legal Week Intelligence’s eighth ann...
17 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
Juggling tech - how Legal Week research rates law firms' IT
Can you keep all the people happy? Charlotte Edmond reports on how Legal Week research rates law firms’ IT
10 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
Ambitious but pressured - the global market reaches a crunch point
The international market is going through a period of flux, as forces that have been bubbling away for years gradually twist the industry into different shapes. Looking at the results from this year’s Global 100 gives some indication of how this is ...
13 Oct 2011 | 00:00 |
Global 100: Strong dollar helps US leaders set the pace as City firms face fierce competition
Rising profits at expansive US law firms and continued weakness in sterling look set to sustain competitive pressure on globally ambitious UK firms for years to come, according to new research. This year’s Global 100 – a joint initiative from T...
13 Oct 2011 | 00:00 |
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