Kirkland & Ellis has dramatically expanded its associate headcount in recent years, reflecting a broader strategic push to deepen leverage across its global workforce. The firm now employs 4,145 lawyers in total,
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The FTSE 100 currently yields around 3%, while the FTSE 250 offers slightly more at 3.3%, making UK equities an attractive hunting ground for income investors. Across both indexes, a number of
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At his first Federal Open Market Committee meeting as chairman, Kevin Warsh kept interest rates steady while sending markets into a tailspin with several unexpected moves. The Fed voted to hold the
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Saba Capital Management, the US activist hedge fund, is tightening its grip on the UK investment trust sector with a second FTSE 250 board now under its control. The New York-based firm
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Royal Ascot reaches its peak on Thursday with the Group One Gold Cup at 4.15pm serving as the centrepiece of the entire five-day festival. Run over a punishing two-and-a-half miles, the Gold
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The Bowls Club in Finsbury Square is the kind of experience that makes you forget you are surrounded by some of London’s tallest skyscrapers. Two formidably dressed judges, described as poshos from
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Kellogg Hansen has announced a new associate pay scale, raising starting salaries to $275,000 effective July 1, cementing its place at the top of the legal market. The firm had already been
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Desmarais LLP, the elite intellectual property litigation boutique based in Silicon Valley, has announced a significant increase to associate base salaries effective July 1. The firm has informed both associates and summer
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As businesses across London rapidly evolve, many are swapping traditional business districts for more specialised hubs with a range of lifestyle perks to reach their potential. Rather than selecting an office, workshop,
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Online shopping has become routine across Europe, but the other side of the transaction has not kept pace. In France, roughly two out of three internet users bought something online last year,
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