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  • April 27, 2007 |

    Partnership track results: Associates waiting longer to make partner

    Associates at the UK's top firms are generally taking longer to make partner, according to new research conducted by Legal Week. The figures show that it took 8.7 years on average for lawyers to make partner this year, compared with 8.1 years in 2004. This is despite the fact that several firms, including Ashurst, Lovells and Herbert Smith, saw a significant drop in the time it took to make partner this year.

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  • April 26, 2007 |

    Student news round-up - solicitors

    War for talent pushes retention rates past 90% with Freshfields looking to keep more The UK's top firms are keeping a tight grip on their trainees, with…

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  • April 26, 2007 |

    Know your firm: Firm foundations

    Proving you have researched the firm you want to work for is crucial come interview time. Legal Week Student offers an insight into the top 10 UK firms - their top partners, their cultures and their biggest clients

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  • April 26, 2007 |

    LPC update: Decisions, decisions

    Choosing an LPC just got harder. Derek Bedlow reports on the fast-changing legal education debate

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  • April 26, 2007 |

    Solicitors: Generation game

    Career flexibility, work-life balance and a lively social scene are all key issues for firms aiming to make an impression on the current generation of students, as Derek Bedlow reports

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  • April 25, 2007 |

    A&O tops market but avoids all-out pay war

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has resisted a wholesale hike in associate salaries, effectively ending the prospect of a salary war at the top of the City's legal market.

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  • April 25, 2007 |

    Slaughters partner track shortest of City top 10

    Slaughter and May has the fastest partnership track of the top 10 City firms with associates taking an average of seven years to make partner.

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  • April 25, 2007 |

    Travers reaps rewards of 3i links with deal windfall

    Travers Smith's longstanding ties with 3i are paying dividends as the City firm landed the pole advisory position on the majority of the buy-out house's transactions in the past year, according to new research.

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  • April 25, 2007 |

    Commentary: Who needs M&A? Ashurst carves out a new niche

    Are investment banks really that bothered about M&A? It is a question that Ashurst, of all firms, has been asking itself of late, thanks to feedback from institutional clients.

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  • April 25, 2007 |

    One foot(ball) in the Algarve

    Finally, an early heads-up for next month's European Lawyers' Football Cup, which is being held from 24-29 May in the bastion of feigning injury and diving - sorry, fair play and fluid passing - that is sunny Portugal.

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