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1/02/2007
The Diary gained a rare insight into the arcane workings of just how managing partners are appointed at venerable institutions such as Linklaters yesterday thanks to one nervous partner at the magic circle firm.“No white smoke yet,” he confirmed, moments...These charming men
6/02/2007
New York partners are getting increasing hacked off by spiralling associate salaries eating away at their chunk of the equity cake/pie/pizza/other clumsy food-based metaphor.After all, why should the mere rank and file – who already get the privilege of spending...Grad-watch 2007: A&O goes bird-watching
7/02/2007
Last year The Diary highlighted how Linklaters innovators were targeting the cream of the university crop with the use of the new-fangled information super-highway, with blogs by its trainees extolling the virtues of life in the hallowed halls of Castle...Bully beef
8/02/2007
Ever the model of discretion, The Diary was this week forced to invoke the sacred journalist code of never revealing sources except in return for a really, really large bribe.A recent Diary dispatch (see delightfully wry story) told of one...Diary managerial masterclass...with Jonathan Goldstein
9/02/2007
8. Money for old-swang. "People say to me: 'Jonny, you’re a stand-up kinda guy – the kinda man you can trust when the chips are very much down. You’re a can-do, glass-half-full kinda blokey. How can I get things done...LawSoc returns to the dark ages
12/02/2007
The legal profession was plunged into confusion today (12 February) when a number of vital institutions were hit by a dramatic power cut in Holborn (see harrowing report here).But enough of Dave’s Newsagent - also affected were the Law Society...One in, one out
13/02/2007
Some firms have a more relaxed attitude than others to the hiring (and even firing) of new partners. However, while the relaxed approach might go down well with the open-shirt, Friday dress-down brigade, it does not always work to a...War of the worbs
14/02/2007
Briefs were in a twist at Chancery Lane earlier this week after an article in The Times on possible strike action over legal aid offended delicate Law Society sensibilities.In a patchily-proofed letter mysteriously addressed to ‘Time On-Line’, chief executive Des...Lawyers are funny - it's official
15/02/2007
Laugh-a-minute Nottingham firm Freeth Cartwright will tomorrow (16 February) demonstrate its appetite for zany, slapstick anarchy by sponsoring the Leicester Comedy Festival, which is set to feature top comic talent including foppish housewives' favourite Russell Brand and rubber-faced TV ever-present...Pic of the day: vulture club
16/02/2007
Today's News in Pictures comes courtesy of Oxfam, which last week (16 February) held a protest outside the High Court over a controversial case on African debt, involving British Virgin Islands-based 'vulture fund' Donegal International.Donegal bought £2m worth of Zambian debt...The email is more deadly than the mail
20/02/2007
What is it about Clifford Chance (CC) and emails? After all, it is not so very long ago (well, 2002) that the City monolith nearly crumbled to dust after the unfortunate ‘padding-gate’ episode, all due to a rogue memo falling into...Source of Confucian
21/02/2007
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison was on a party footing this week, wishing anyone whose email address it could get hold of a very happy Chinese New Year, which this year fell on 18 February.The famously happy-clappy Manhattan mirth-magnet...Cock-a-hoop
23/02/2007
Swashbuckling US outfit Howrey was in the mood for love earlier this month, spreading warm, cosy feelings around London with a cocktail party for its City lawyers on Valentine’s Day (14 February, in case you work too hard to bother...Finally, I'd like to thank...me
26/02/2007
Anyone who stayed up late to watch the most glittering occasion since the 2006 Legal Week Awards will have been surprised at the apparent sleight to the brightest star in Hollywood’s firmament at last night’s Oscars – German legal outfit...PR prima doner reveals her sauces
27/02/2007
Proof reaches a grateful Diary that the City's small but plucky band of legal PRs have not lost their rock'n'roll edge. One renowned press-room diva - who we'll call Tamara - recently regaled your correspondent with several bottles of wine,...Love is in the air
28/02/2007
The craze for consolidation that continues to excite the world’s offshore elite means a body of merger-based management-speak is steadily building up.Appropriately enough just a fortnight after St Valentine’s Day, the latest transatlantic tie-up - between Mourant de Feu &...
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