London's top law firms have pledged to tackle their exclusive 'old school tie' image by earmarking hundreds of work experience places for state school pupils from poorer families... more
Adair Turner, chairman of the Financial Services Authority, hails plans to force global banks like Barclays, HSBC and Royal Bank of Scotland to hold more capital as a buffer against losses as "a major step forward"... more
Top law firms Clifford Chance and Linklaters emerge as the latest City heavyweights set to cash in on the stock market float of $60 billion commodities giant Glencore... more
ITV chairman Archie Norman says his new chief exec Adam Crozier (who has no broadcast experience) was a far better appointment than "some hot shot" fromm BBC or Channel 4... more
SO farewell to Andy Duncan, who has bowed to the inevitable and stepped down as chief executive of Channel 4 before having to face the elite of the British TV industry at the Cambridge Media Convention... more
Lawyers at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer must be ringing up their Clifford Chance counterparts to gloat. Equity partners at the triple-barrelled legal firm pocketed almost twice as much as those at its Magic Circle rival last year... more
Linklaters today emerged as the highest-grossing UK legal firm as it raked in fees from advising on three of the biggest corporate collapses of last year ... more
Linklaters emerged as the highest-grossing UK legal firm as it raked in fees from advising on three of the biggest corporate collapses of last year... more
Further proof that even the mighty "Magic Circle" City law firms are not immune. No sooner does Linklaters announce cuts than arch-rival Clifford Chance reveals it too is taking a long, hard look at its partners... more
Legal: The credit crunch looks set to hit the City law firms hard after Clifford Chance, the biggest law firm in London — and the world — admitted it had ordered a cash call of £100,000 per partner, and is laying off 80 solicitors... more
Scratching around to find something cheerful to say to match the festive season has been harder this year than most, but it came through last night with confirmation that administrators had been appointed at Whittard of Chelsea and at an associated business that deals in flavoured coffees... more
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