Christian Smith

£20m is a number most recently associated with top private equity partners, but that’s the amount a team from Willkie Farr & Gallagher has been paid for its work on the iconic Merricks v Mastercard…

Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your cheat sheet to the litigation market, bringing you the week’s top litigation stories and analysis. This is what litigators are talking about this…

Welcome to The Hearing, your cheat sheet to the litigation market, bringing you the week’s top litigation stories and analysis. This is what’s driving the week. Budget priorities: Last week’s Budget…

White & Case on call for administrators of Air Berlin White & Case is on call for the administrators of Air Berlin in a general commercial contracts and arrangements claim against Big Four accountancy…

The Premier League and Manchester City are both claiming victory after judgment was handed down this week over the legality of the Associated Party Transaction (APT) rules. But with all the spin and…

And just like that, the Olympics are coming to an end. A bit of a comedown for many, but not for the sports lawyers of Northridge Law. Within the space of two Olympic cycles, the sports boutique has…

Lawyers working at immigration firms have told The Lawyer that there is “an element of trepidation” among their teams, as concerns grow over potential attacks by far-right groups.

The associate recruitment market has tightened up over the past year or two. For trainees looking to qualify, it means that finding a home in their preferred practice area has become more difficult…

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Clifford Chance has increased its newly-qualified salary, meaning Allen & Overy Shearman is now the only one of its peer group not to hike pay to £150,000. The £25,000 increase to £150,000…