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Bar exam results are on the rise in 2024

5th September 2024
Bar exam results are on the rise in 2024 Those who took the bar exam in July 2024 are set to see a higher average in results than seen previously. The MBE is a 200 multiple choice question section which is taken over 6 hours. This is the only portion of the 2 day exam […]
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How Are Women Breaking Barriers in Law Today?

5th September 2024
How Are Women Breaking Barriers in Law Today? Kings Chambers’ - Constanze Bell Kings Chambers’ Constanze Bell has a varied public law, planning and environmental law practice. She is noted for her planning law expertise (Band 2, Chambers & Partners 2024) and as a ‘leading junior’ in regulatory and licensing law (Legal 500 2024). Constanze […]
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The most stressful occupation in the U.S.

5th September 2024
  The American Bar Association reports the main cause of stress in the legal field is the pressure to perform to an extremely high standard at all times as well as, strict deadlines, long working hours, demands from clients, colleagues and the court system. This makes working in the legal industry the most stressful occupation […]
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Kirkland & Ellis Advises Warburg Pincus on Inaugural $4 Billion Capital Solutions Fund

5th September 2024
Kirkland & Ellis Advises Warburg Pincus on Inaugural $4 Billion Capital Solutions Fund Warburg Pincus, a leading global growth investor, announced that the Capital Solutions Founders Fund ("WPCS FF") has successfully closed, achieving total commitments exceeding $4.0 billion. The fund is focused on exploring thesis-driven investment opportunities within carefully selected structured transactions, drawing on the […]
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DLA Piper advises Triton Pacific on sale of BioMatrix

4th September 2024
DLA Piper provided legal counsel to Triton Pacific Healthcare Partners (Triton Pacific) and ACON Investments in the transaction involving the sale of BioMatrix Specialty Infusion Pharmacy (BioMatrix) to Frazier Healthcare Partners. BioMatrix, headquartered in Florida, is a leading independent provider of specialty infusion services in the US. The company focuses on delivering patient-centric care through […]
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Future Trends in Italian Insurance Regulations: What to Expect

4th September 2024
Future Trends in Italian Insurance Regulations: What to Expect It is not about skills. It is about rhythms, about desperate totemism of the value of work that is a means and not an end, of a generalised habit of certain circles to let those who enter the legal market delude that one day they will […]
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Clifford Chance - Bas Boris Visser Dies Unexpectedly

4th September 2024
Clifford Chance - Bas Boris Visser Dies Unexpectedly Bas Boris Visser, who held the position of global head of innovation at the firm, had twice assumed the role of managing partner in Amsterdam throughout his extensive career with the U.K. firm.  The firm did not specify a cause of death. His passing was announced merely […]
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White & Case launches disputes practice in Tokyo

4th September 2024
The international law firm White & Case LLP has enhanced its global disputes practice by adding Shinsuke Yakura as a partner in its Tokyo office. White & Case partner Abby Cohen Smutny, Co-Head of the International Arbitration Practice said "Our global disputes practices have long focused on Japan as an important market for clients with […]
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DLA Piper advises GigCapital7 in US$200 million IPO

4th September 2024
GigCapital7 IPO - DLA Advise DLA Piper recently provided legal counsel to GigCapital7, a blank check company incorporated in the Cayman Islands, during the successful completion of its initial public offering, which raised US$200 million by issuing 20 million units priced at US$10 each. These units are set to be listed on NASDAQ and will […]
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Equal Pay Claim For Same Job

30th August 2024
Equal Pay Claim For Same Job - Is it illegal in the UK? This week more than 3,500 current and former workers at leading high street retailer Next have won the final stage of a six-year legal battle for equal pay. Next could now face costs in excess of £30m+ with thousands of pounds payable […]
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