More redundancies, internal restructurings and some tough questions from MPs – the best of Legal Week last week

Legal Week | Editor's Comment May 24, 2016 More redundancies, internal restructurings and some tough questions from MPs – the best of Legal Week last week The best news and analysis from Legal Week during the past seven days Like buses, job cuts seem to be coming at once. Swiftly following DLA Piper's announcement it was cutting up to 200 support staff, came news of further redundancies at both Norton Rose Fulbright and Dentons last week. Both firms announced sizable expected job losses and relocations as they move to centralise their business services functions, with 170 of Norton Rose's support staff roles moving to Manila and 50 of Dentons' UK roles moving to Warsaw. Certainly, law firms' HR functions are going to be kept busy – as our feature last week highlighted. Alongside support function reorganisations, last week also saw news of several restructurings on a practice basis at firms across the City. Freshfields is reviewing its finance practice as part of its ongoing profitability drive; Bird & Bird is reconsidering its sector focus; and on the client side, incoming ringfencing reforms have led to Barclays reconfiguring its in-house legal function. Elsewhere, Linklaters, Nabarro and Olswang are expected to face MP questions this week about their role in the sale of stricken clothes business BHS. And in more positive news, it would appear that efforts to see beyond the traditional pool of talent law firms fish in is paying off, with contextual recruitment company Rare reporting that students from disadvantaged backgrounds are 50% more likely to be hired by top firms. Other stories you may have missed: Eversheds hit with £2.7m legal claim from Canon Europe Linklaters signs up to AI service Facebook fails in its latest bid to sue DLA Piper and others KWM delays partner profit distributions again Myanmar: should firms be investing now?   Addleshaw Goddard and Hunton & Williams in merger talks: UK firm management to talk to partners later today Magic circle trio land roles on $1.5bn Argus Media deal Linklaters grilled by MPs over due diligence failures on BHS sale 'He was born to the role' - partners react to Charlie Jacobs' election as Linklaters senior partner DLA Piper hires first South Africa partner from Linklaters' ally as HSF hires Bowman Gilfillan partner More stories from Legal Week Legal Week Conferences & Events The client engagement dichotomy: Why law firms are missing the opportunity Webinar Wed 25th May 2016 - London, UK Legal Week Innovation Awards 2016 Awards/Rankings Fri 27th May 2016 - London, UK Legal Week Banking Litigation and Regulation Forum 2016 Conference Tue 14th Jun 2016 - London, UK More Legal Week Conferences & Events Legal Briefings & Resources The Market Abuse Regulation – the nightMAR(e) becomes a reality A guide to bitcoin and blockchain: how it works, regulatory concerns and an A-Z of key terms The first steps in a commercial dispute - a point-by-point guide More Legal Briefings & Resources Legal Jobs Nottingham Trent University: Legal Advice Centre Supervising Solicitor x 2 £26,537 to £30,738 p.a. plus £6,000 market supplement Chase Portland: *** Corporate PSL *** £££ Chase Portland: Asset Finance NQ- 1 Solicitor Top City Rates More Legal Jobs

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