Clifford Chance: Magic Circle law firm set to monitor lawyers office attendance Magic cirlce Magic Circle law firm Clifford Chance are set to watch their lawyers office days by monitoring their attendance, but the firm has a more liberal hybrid policy compared to others. The firm introduced a hybrid working policy in 2021 which requires staff to be in the office for 50 per cent of their time, which [...]
Clifford Chance: London magic circle law firm brings in long-time Accenture finance boss Law Firms Magic circle law firm Clifford Chance has hired a new chief financial officer from professionals service firm Accenture. Daniel Burton is set to join the law firm mid-June, and will take over from its current global CFO Patrick Glydon who is retiring in July. Glydon was in the CFO role at the magic circle for [...]
Clifford Chance revenues top £2bn for the first time as firm rules out merger LAW FIRMS Law firm Clifford Chance today reported annual revenues of over £2.06bn, surpassing the £2bn mark for the first time. Annual profit, however, came in slightly lower at £781m, down from £783m the previous year. Profit per equity partner was £2m. Charles Adams, Global Managing Partner at Clifford Chance, said the firm delivered another “strong” set [...]
Clifford Chance to leave Canary Wharf HQ for new City offices November 16, 2022 Clifford Chance is set to return to the City after striking a deal to leave its Canary Wharf headquarters in 2028. The Magic Circle law firm has struck a deal with Great Portland Estates (GPE) to rent 321,000 sq ft of office space at the property developer’s 2 Aldermanbury Square project, which is set to [...]
Clifford Chance elects new chief to replace incumbent after just one term December 6, 2022 Partners at Clifford Chance today elected capital markets chief Adrian Cartwright as the law firm’s new top-ranking partner, in overthrowing the firm’s current chief after just one term. Clifford Chance’s global head of capital markets, Adrian Cartwright, won a three-way election to take over leadership of the Magic Circle firm. Cartwright will succeed ESG [...]
City calls: Clifford Chance looks to trade Canary Wharf for the Square Mile October 19, 2022 Magic circle law firm Clifford Chance is looking to give up its tenancy in Canary Wharf and return to the heart of the City of London after a decade. British property development investment fund Great Portland Estates (GPE) has confirmed that it is in talks with the firm for a pre-letting of one of its [...]
Clifford Chance partners see pay packets surge to record highs of more than £2m July 19, 2022 Partners at Clifford Chance are set to see their pay packets surge to £2m for the first time in the law firm’s history after the Magic Circle law firm revenues surged by 8 per cent to highs of £1.97bn. Clifford Chance’s equity partners will take home a record £2.04m this year after the law firm’s [...]
Next stop £195,000? Another law firm hikes junior lawyer pay May 29, 2024 Clifford Chance is the latest magic circle firm to raise its newly-qualified salary in a salary war that has no sign of slowing down
Magic Circle law firm Clifford Chance ups pay for junior lawyers to £125,000 a year May 24, 2022 Magic Circle law firm Clifford Chance has upped pay for its newly qualified (NQ) lawyers to £125,000 a year, in a sign the UK’s most prestigious law firms are facing continued pressure to offer huge salaries to their most junior solicitors in order to recruit and retain top talent. The firm told City A.M. its [...]
Clifford Chance undecided on plans to ditch Canary Wharf HQ and slash size of offices February 8, 2022 Clifford Chance is weighing up plans to slash the size of its London offices, with a view to leaving its Canary Wharf headquarters and moving back into the City. However, City A.M. understands the London law firm has not yet come to a decision on whether to leave its docklands HQ or get rid of [...]