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• Major law firms step up efforts to retain and promote women

  Mar 23 2012 Herbert Smith, Hogan Lovells, Simmons & Simmons and Addleshaw Goddard are among large number of law firms that are launching new initiatives aiming to retain and... more

• UK firm Addleshaw Goddard raises pay for NQs

  Oct 13 2011 UK firm Addleshaw Goddard has effected a pay increase for newly-qualified lawyers, raising the salary by 4 per cent in the firm's regional offices and by 2% in London.... more

• Addleshaw Goddard loses Singapore head ahead of launch

  Oct 03 2011 Berwin Leighton Paisner has scooped up partner Kent Phillips from Addleshaw Goddard, just before that he was due to launch and lead a new Singapore office for his... more

• Addleshaw Goddard appoints four partners to unitary board

  Jun 23 2011 Addleshaw Goddard has appointed four partners to its new unitary board, which was created recently to streamline the management of the firm by combining the governance... more

• More scandal over financial irregularities in London firms

  Jun 14 2011 Last month, it was discovered that the former Hogan Lovells partner Christopher Grierson had embezzled a total of £1m in false expenses over a four year period. Now... more

• Forty redundancies at Addleshaw Goddard

  May 24 2011 Addleshaw Goddard has announced plans to make 40 redundancies in its business services division support staff, as part of a major restructure. The cuts follow reports... more

• Addleshaw Goddard shifts routine legal work away from associates

  Feb 08 2011 Addleshaw Goddard is the latest firm to announce that it will send low-level legal work to a transaction services centre. The firm’s stated aim is to free associates... more

• The next step in gender equality at law firms

  Nov 01 2010 Women graduates make up about 60% of the trainee intake at large London law firms, and have accounted for over half of the intake at these firms for over a decade.... more

• Addleshaw Goddard unfreezes salaries and introduces performance-based bonus scheme

  Oct 11 2010 Addleshaw Goddard has ended a two-year salary freeze and has reintroduced a bonus scheme for non partners. The new bonus arrangements introduce a discretionary... more

• UK firm Addleshaw Goddard boosts London banking practice with new hire

  Sep 08 2010 Addleshaw Goddard has boosted its London banking practice with the hire of leveraged finance partner John Cutler, a former DLA Piper partner. David Handy, a senior... more

• UK Firm Addleshaw Goddard called in £15.6m in partner contributions

  Sep 06 2010 Addleshaw Goddard partners contributed a massive £15.6 million to the firm in the last financial year, according to recent reports. The news highlights the... more

• Addleshaw Goddard borrowed £14.5m in 2009-10

  Sep 02 2010 UK firm Addleshaw Goddard took out a £14.5 million loan and asked partners to contribute £15.6 million to the business in the last financial year, according to the... more

• Addleshaw Goddard reports profits slightly down, PEPs slightly up

  Jun 04 2010 Addleshaw Goddard has reported a slight drop in revenue this financial year – falling by three per cent from £173.1m to £167.5m. In the same period the firm's equity... more

• Two senior litigators leave Addleshaw Goddard to build new firm

  Apr 26 2010 Two senior litigators from Addleshaw Goddard have revealed plans to leave the firm to set up their own litigation boutique. Simon Twigden (the national litigation... more

• South Korea opens legal services market to European firms

  Apr 12 2010 The European Union and South Korea have signed a trade deal under which Korea has agreed to open key commercial sectors to European business. The legal services sector... more

• Addleshaw Goddard chooses Monica Burch for Chairman

  Mar 31 2010 Addleshaw Goddard litigation partner Monica Burch has won the partnership’s backing to succeed senior partner Paul Lee following a contested election. Addleshaw... more

• Addleshaw Goddard makes up four new partners

  Mar 23 2010 Addleshaw Goddard has promoted four managing associates and a legal director to the partnership in its annual promotions round. Managing associates Aster Crawshaw... more

• Linklaters and Addleshaws head up building society merger deal

  Dec 02 2009 Linklaters and Addleshaw Goddard have taken the lead roles on the proposed merger of Yorkshire and Chelsea building societies. Linklaters advised Yorkshire, with City... more

• Addleshaws woos White & Case trade partner

  Nov 30 2009 Addleshaw Goddard has hired a White & Case partner in a bid to grow its trade and commodity expertise. Claire Denison will join as a partner on 1 February 2010,... more

• UK trio win out in Standard Life Investments panel review

  Oct 27 2009 Dundas & Wilson, Herbert Smith and Addleshaw Goddard have all been reappointed to Standard Life Investments' real estate funds panel. The firms successfully... more

• Addleshaws, Latham advise on listing of litigation funder Burford

  Oct 17 2009 Latham & Watkins partner Nigel Campion-Smith has advised commercial litigation investor Burford Capital on its listing on the Aim. The listing, which is believed to... more

• CMS Cameron replaces Linklaters, Addleshaw on BT panel

  Oct 01 2009 BT has unveiled its new global legal panel, with CMS Cameron McKenna winning an appointment along with BT's regular advisers Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Bird &... more

• Addleshaw hires litigation duo from Winston & Strawn in London

  Aug 20 2009 Winston & Strawn's litigation partners Kent Phillips and Jamie Harrison will join UK firm Addleshaw Goddard as partners in its London office. After the defections,... more

• Addleshaw Goddard axes 19 partners

  Jan 21 2009 Addleshaw Goddard, the national UK law firm, is set to slash one in ten partners because of the downturn in demand for legal services. The leading City firm has... more

• Official - Law Firms Best Places To Work

  Mar 18 2008 Law firms made a dramatic impact in this year's Sunday Times 100 Best Companies To Work For, with no less than twelve of them making the grade. Manchester-based... more