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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 | 
Clarity and strength needed for Part 36 of the CPR to maintain its popularity
Since its introduction, Part 36 of the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) has evolved to become a significant weapon in the litigator’s armoury. It is a prescriptive set of rules, however, and some recent cases have highlighted the potential pitfalls if th...
17 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
Unsung heroes of the City – why London’s businesses should listen when lawyers speak
CLLS’ Alasdair Douglas makes the case for why corporates in the City should give weight to lawyers’ advice
28 Jul 2011 | 00:00 |
Lessons from a rollercoaster - what deal professionals can learn from private equity's years of turbulence
Travers Smith's Philip Sanderson asks what lessons deal professionals should take from private equity's years of turbulence
29 Mar 2011 | 05:57 |
That certain frisson that still comes with a Debevoise hire...
There is still something of a frisson - a sense of the unusual - about seeing the name Debevoise & Plimpton attached to a notable London appointment. The firm's recruitment last month of Travers Smith's David Innes was no exception. The reason is o...
06 Oct 2010 | 09:36 |
Tax and pensions: Facing reality
He often makes it hard, but you have to feel at least a little sorry for Alistair Darling. Even in better times, Chancellor to Prime Minister Brown had the makings of being one of the worst jobs in the world. Now Mr Darling finds himself neck deep in ...
21 May 2009 | 03:30 |
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Steven McNab: Time to go green and mean it
The use of potentially excellent green technologies in the wrong locations is a serious problem - damaging the reputation of the equipment and giving a good process a bad name.Misuse of green technology gives credibility to those who object to renewab...
11 Sep 2008 | 01:00 |
Commentary: Travers rides the cycle down - but no change of lane
For a crude barometer of market activity, you can do worse than Travers Smith. Naturally aligned to UK corporate M&A, the City firm's profitability is closely tied to activity in upper-mid market private equity and the Alternative Investment Market (A...
31 Jul 2008 | 03:34 |
Sian Keall: Bonuses face equality test
The new Equalities Bill proposes to ban so-called 'gagging' clauses in employment contracts as part of proposals aimed at closing the gender pay gap.
17 Jul 2008 | 01:00 |
Mid-Market M&A Team of the Year Winner: Travers Smith
Travers Smith has impressed through the sheer amount of credible mid-market mandates it has landed
07 Dec 2006 | 00:00 |
Commentary: Calculated risk - firms hope to avoid online gaming claims
Though the end of the online gaming boom has long been predicted, advisers in the sector will surely have spent recent nights worrying about the fallout hitting them in some way. With Hammonds' £142m dispute with the Football League still fresh in ma...
02 Nov 2006 | 00:00 |
Good Neighbours
The proportion of a UK law firm's work that has an international dimension has rocketed in recent years. For firms without their own-branded network of offices, meeting the client demand for international coverage is hard but rewarding work, argues C...
25 May 2006 | 01:00 |
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