James Booth
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Anxious, underpaid and scared of bosses: FRC staff reveal life at the audit watchdog
Forty-nine FRC staff said they had seen someone else being bullied or treated unfairly at the regulator in the previous 12 months → Read More
Linklaters poaches private equity partner from Travers Smith
Magic Circle firm boosts London private equity team → Read More
Shearman & Sterling senior partner to step down after failed merger talks
David Beveridge set to be replaced by managing partner and disputes head Adam Hakki → Read More
Shearman & Sterling partner exits to Paul Hastings after failed merger bid
Shearman & Sterling’s merger talks with Hogan Lovells collapsed last week → Read More
Hogan Lovells and Shearman & Sterling merger talks collapse
Deal to create $3bn revenue law firm will not go ahead, joint statement confirms → Read More
Cravath’s London raid on Shearman signals law’s private equity revolution
Alongside another US titan, Shearman & Sterling, Cravath is trying to find a way to adapt to a changing legal landscape → Read More
Senior White & Case London partner quits for industry role
White & Case’s global energy industry co-head resigns to join client → Read More
‘Digital robots’ could eventually decide legal cases, says top UK judge
‘Chat GPT... is all for the good,’ said Sir Geoffrey Vos, England’s second-most-senior judge → Read More
KPMG settles Carillion collapse claim
Big Four auditor puts an end to legal claim with confidential settlement → Read More
City support for Labour grows: ‘The Tory party is no longer the voice it once was for business’
Sir Mike Rake: The City views the government as 'not listening and dysfunctional' → Read More
KPMG UK says it has no plans to cut jobs as US firm lays off 700 staff
KPMG is slashing nearly 700 roles in the US, equivalent to nearly 2% of its staff in the country → Read More
‘Our goal is to be number one in everything’: Why Paul Hastings is marching on London
The US law firm has big plans following its London hiring spree → Read More
Fired law firm boss used racial slur over dinner, tribunal hears
Rosenblatt’s ousted chief executive used racial slur, tribunal told → Read More
Meet Europe’s top 10 M&A and finance lawyers
Partners from US, Magic Circle ,and European law firms make the rankings in a tough year for deals → Read More
Ex-PwC partner grilled over alleged leak in Quindell deal
Former PwC partner says he was ambushed by ex-Greenhill & Co banker in alleged leak meeting → Read More
How Shearman & Sterling fell behind the US legal elite: ‘We were arrogant’
Shearman’s merger talks with Hogan Lovells signal a firm in decline, according to those close to it → Read More
Ex-PwC partner: I would have been ‘bloody stupid’ to break client confidence in leak case
Former PwC partner denies leaking information to a banker around deal discussions → Read More
KPMG UK boss Jon Holt says firm will not follow EY: ‘We are not splitting our business’
KPMG's UK boss rules out following EY’s separation plan → Read More
KPMG UK partner pay jumps 10% to £757,000
Big Four firm says it is committed to its multidisciplinary model → Read More
KPMG’s Jonathan Boyers joins Alvarez & Marsal to spearhead UK corporate finance push
KPMG's ex-UK corporate finance head jumps to rival consultancy → Read More