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A&O’s hard facts of life
On one hand so bold, on the other, so familiar. Here we are two years on, with Allen & Overy (A&O) announcing another restructuring that borrows ideas from rivals - with booster rockets attached. Consider the history. In February 2009, A&O unveils ...
03 Feb 2011 | 13:14 | 14 comments
A good war for Freshfields and A&O – the big four in the recession
With Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's financial results today confirmed, some judgments can be made about how the UK's big four law firms have fared over the recession and the subsequent slump in commercial activity - a period roughly spanning 2008-09...
08 Jul 2010 | 11:41 | 24 comments
A&O in Oz – on the cards, sort of
February is already shaping up to be an eventful month with the news today that Allen & Overy (A&O) is making its debut in Australia with a 17-partner team coming just days after Latham & Watkins reinforced its international network with a 13-partner ...
08 Feb 2010 | 15:52
Worth another crack at the glass ceiling
Women and law, eh? Same old, same old! Loads enter the profession but most fall off the career track of large City law firms by the time it comes to handing out partnership. By most estimates, more than half of the lawyers entering the profession are ...
21 Jan 2010 | 17:50 | 12 comments
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