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
The property sector flies into a frenzy with a £3 billion pitch for Capital Shopping Centres from Simon Property Group and the capital’s biggest deal of the year from Hammerson... more
London bankers are heading east again as Poland launches its second wave of privatisations, with the Warsaw stock exchange planning to float on its own market... more
Advisers to Cable & Wireless’s £3.7 billion demerger will pick up fees of £22 million as the telecoms giant splits its British and international businesses... more
Eight metre-high models of sculptures have gone on show at Allen and Overy in Spitalfields before the public vote for the one they want made permanent... more
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
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 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
It was not just the newspapers that had a field day last month when a High Court judge described fees charged by one of the top five "magic circle" law firms as "astonishing"... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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