The Lex 100 News
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Skadden Open Evening – 3 December 2019
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom will be hosting an open evening on Tuesday 3 December 2019. It will be a great opportunity for aspiring lawyers to gain valuable insights about the firm and network with trainees and solicitors from Skadden. The event is aimed at law students in their penultimate or in their final year, …
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Graduate Open Evenings with the Chartered Governance Institute
Join The Chartered Governance Institute for a Graduate Open Evening to explore the breadth of opportunity that a career in governance and company secretarial can offer.
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Burges Salmon Edinburgh Presentation Evening
Burges Salmon is holding a presentation evening on the evening of 28 November at the Edinburgh office for university level students interested in finding out about a career in law. The evening will consist of presentations about the firm, the recruitment process and life as a trainee. There will be the opportunity to network with …
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Baker McKenzie Networking Dinners
The first few months back at university are often a flurry of career fairs, skills sessions, law dinners and society balls, and we imagine your university is no different! We would like to invite you to apply to the annual Baker McKenzie Networking Dinner. The dates and details of the event are shown below. All …
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Norton Rose enters associate pay war putting NQs in line for £114k paycheque
Top-performing newly qualified (NQ) solicitors at Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) will be in line to take home up to £114,000 as the firm becomes the latest to increase its starting rates amid an escalating war for associate talent in the City. NRF confirmed on 9 October a 9% rise to its NQ basic salary to £87,500 effective …
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Global firms lined up to advise as Thomas Cook rescue talks fail
With news this weekend that Thomas Cook is on the brink of collapse and has ceased trading with immediate effect, a number of global elite firms have been lined up to advise on the latest high-profile collapse of a household name. Ashurst is advising the Official Receiver as well as AlixPartners and KPMG, which were appointed …
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Deloitte launches first-of-its-kind SQE training contract
Accountancy leader Deloitte has devised a three-year training contract which aligns with the requirement of the hotly-anticipated solicitors qualification examination (SQE) which is due to launch in the autumn of 2021. The big four accountancy giant announced that it will offer ten training contracts beginning in 2020. Applications are open as of today (10 September). …
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Lex 100 Law Fairs 2019
Look out for us at the following law fairs this autumn and be sure to stop by, say hello and pick up a brand-spanking, shiny (and brightly-coloured) new copy of The Lex 100 2019/20 guide. The University of Law (London) – 4 September The University of Bristol (first day) – 3 October The University of …
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Friday Rundown
A rundown of this week’s top news stories. Boris Johnson seeking legal advice for secret plan to shut down Parliament and force Brexit through [via Politics Home] Pound falls as Queen asked to suspend Parliament [via BBC News] Clyde & Co Edinburgh team moves to Scottish firm [via The Law Society Gazette] Ex-Google and Uber …
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Bird & Bird and Clyde & Co boost NQ salaries
Salaries for newly-qualified (NQ) solicitors at Bird & Bird have increased by 15%. The firm is offering associates £71,000 a year, £9,000 more than the previous rate of £62,000. First year trainees at the international law firm have also received a £2,000 salary bump to £40,000, whilst those in year two will earn £44,000, up …
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