An alternative to PEP? The UK firms topping the other profit rankings

View in Browser Sep 20, 2016 An alternative to PEP? The UK firms topping the other profit rankings By Anna Ward Freshfields' £300k profit per lawyer figure puts it top of the pack while Linklaters leads profit margin rankings HSF acts as Australian port sold for A$9.7bn to investors including Chinese By Frances Ivens Firm advises alongside Australian firm Minter Ellison on the sale of the Port of Melbourne K&L Gates picks two partners to succeed long-serving chief Kalis By Julie Triedman US firm appoints non-exec chair and global managing partner Debevoise and Freshfields lead as AIG sells Lloyd's of London platform in $1.1bn deal By Rose Walker Pair advise alongside Travers Smith as Canada Pension Plan Investment makes insurance push with Ascot deal Former General Electric GC returns to private practice one year after retirement By Meghan Tribe Brackett Denniston rejoins US firm Goodwin after long in-house career KPMG to set up India support bench for UK legal team By Alex Berry KPMG's UK GC Jeremy Barton is recruiting Indian lawyers to work remotely in Delhi alongside his team in the UK Advertisement Legal Week Law Legal Briefings & Resources   Place your bets: contract, restitution and illegality The Supreme Court ruled that the "illegality defence" would not prevent restitution of money which had been paid as part of an attempted crime which was never carried out. Download  Sponsored Post  GMK seeks a Dispute Resolution PSL for a leading global client Our client is a leading global firm with a well established and structured KM provision. We seek to recruit for them a Dispute Resolution PSL to manage and execute legal content projects, training and knowledge initiatives with and for the Department and as directed by the KM Partner. For more details and to apply please click here Upcoming Events for Legal Professionals   Legal Week Corporate Counsel Forum 2016 Corporate Counsel Forum is the annual meeting place for leading general counsel in the United Kingdom and Europe. LEGAL WEEK JOBS    Job of the Week  In-house commercial / corporate lawyers (8 years PQE+) We are a team of highly experienced in-house lawyers Follow the link and get in touch to find out more. Apply › Private Client Solicitor/Legal Executive Essex | eNL London & South EastApply › Apply › Corporate Lawyer - In House London (Greater) | Axiom Apply › Apply › More from LEGAL WEEK JOBS » AROUND THE ALM NETWORK   $490K Verdict Against Contractor Includes $475K in Attorney Fees Daily Report A Brunswick contractor who told a Glynn County jury he was owed more than $100,000 after being booted off of a job building... Top Women in Law 2016 New York Law Journal Earlier this year, the New York Law Journal's editorial staff set out to select our first group of Top Women in Law,... Ex-Law Dean Sues Berkeley for Racial Bias in Handling of Harassment Claims Law.com The ex-dean of UC-Berkeley's law school has accused the university of racial bias in its aggressive response to sexual... Connect With Legal Week This newsletter was sent to anjeri2010.lawyerinfo@blogger.com Unsubscribe |  More eNewsletters |  About Us |  Privacy Policy Legal Week Limited is a limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered office: Cheapside House, 138 Cheapside, Seventh Floor, EC2, London EC2V6BJ. Registered number: 9901879. Legal Week Limited is a subsidiary of ALM Media, LLC. Copyright © 2011 – 2016 Legal Week Limited All Rights Reserved. 120 Broadway, 5th Floor | New York, NY 10271-1101 | 1-877-256-2472