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Launch of new lobby group to speak for the Square Mile

17.11.09
The City begins its fight back this week with the launch of a lobby group to speak out for the financial services industry and allied professions in the Square Mile ... more

Right and wrong roads to investor clout

17.11.09
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Life of strife, but Halabi is still managing to rub along

23.10.09
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Forget big bonuses - we need to stop the City gravy train

16.10.09
A friend of mine who is something of an internet guru once pitched for a job to revamp a well-known company's website. Later, the managing director sought me out. "Your pal was superb." Then he frowned. "But we can't hire him"... more

Treasury faces huge payout after HSBC's tax case victory

01.10.09
Accountants said the cash-strapped Treasury could have to pay back potentially billions of pounds in overpaid taxes after the Government conceded defeat tonight in a crucial test case... more

City Spy: Au revoir Andy, as he leaves C4 house

17.09.09
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

City Spy: Cheers: let’s drink to the recession

15.09.09
Publication of the report into MG Rover was accompanied, predictably, by an attack on the Government by Jon Moulton.... more

Winners and losers in law's Magic Circle

13.07.09
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

City Spy: Busson's Ark sails through the storm

06.07.09
London's hedge fund community may have had a torrid time last year but at least its favoured charity, Arki Busson's ARK (or absolute return for kids), has shown the way in moneymaking. In the year to August 2008, its income rose from £32.7 million to £40.2 million. Furthermore, hedge fund turmoil is not expected to affect the levels of pledges. ARK acknowledges that "the level of outstanding donor pledges is considered to be one of the charity's key risks" but that all funding pledges "due for payment have been received to date." So hats off to the generous hedgies and let's hope that spirit continues.... more

Linklaters beats rival law firms in bankruptcy bonanza

03.07.09
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 beats rival law firms in bankruptcy bonanza

03.07.09
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

Clifford Chance toppled as world No.1 in profits dive

01.07.09
Clifford Chance lost its crown as the world's biggest law firm to an American rival as it revealed a 37% plunge in profits... more

Introducing... a new Gormley

19.06.09
About a sculptor: Nick Hornby's career hits fever pitch... more

Square Mile workers shun police advice to 'don a disguise'

31.03.09
City bankers defied threats of an attack by G20 protesters as they refused to don a "dress down" disguise... more

‘Magic circle’ has lost its aura as City law firms feel pain of recession

10.02.09
Legal Analysis: What affects our clients affects us, the global managing partner of the world's biggest law firm tells Joshua Rozenberg... more

Linklaters and Clifford Chance in double cuts

06.02.09
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

Jobs under threat as crisis hits Linklaters

29.01.09
Staff at law firm Linklaters are about to find out whether they face the chop ... more

Lawyers charge £900 per hour

27.01.09
London insolvency lawyers have ramped their fees up to £900 per hour as the economic crisis deepens, it emerged... more

Law firm's partners see their pay cut by third ... to nearly £1m

16.01.09
Partners of a top City law firm will take up to a third less pay this year - but each will still receive nearly £1million... more

Clifford Chance cash call to 400 partners

09.01.09
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

Whittard is reason to be cheerful

24.12.08
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

Top City law firms hike fees to £900 a hour in the crunch

17.10.08
City solicitors are increasing their hourly rates despite the onset of recession, with top insolvency lawyers charging as much as £900 an hour... more

Law

08.10.08
London’s practitioners give the lead to the nation and by implication to the rest of the world in every field. ... more

Fixing this crisis is too big for one government

07.10.08
The best bet for saving our ailing banks is for governments to buy into them. But it will also require action at a truly international level... more

Time to act together on rates

07.10.08
A cut by the MPC acting on its own, though welcomed, would quickly be forgotten in the current market climate... more

Builders' song could keep wolf from door

01.10.08
A band of Canary Wharf construction workers are building a new career after writing a single about the credit crunch... more

City lawyers fear good times are over

09.09.08
Legal analysis: James Baxter, editor of Legal Business magazine, sees dark clouds on the horizon, with most law firms expecting to show a drop in profits this year after a decade of rapid growth... more

Six City law firms bag over £1bn

08.07.08
Times are tough for investment banks and fund managers - but not for the Square Mile's top legal firms... more

Six City law firms bag over £1bn

08.07.08
Times are tough for investment banks and fund managers - but not for the Square Mile's top legal firms... more

Bid to recruit more women lawyers, says City boss

08.04.08
Leading London law firms are on the hunt for more women lawyers, according to the head of one of the largest companies... more

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