Leading City independent ups NQ salary from £140k alongside pay bumps for trainees that sees it exceed the Magic Circle
Deal expands US food distributor’s footprint into restaurant cash and carry business
Latest cohort is down from nine in 2025, with the new partners spread across disputes, private client, finance and employment
Representative arm will help UK firm target US private capital and private wealth markets
Macfarlanes, Slaughter and May and Linklaters score roles in deal set to create one of UK’s biggest wealth management and private banking businesses
Oliver Jeffcott, who joins from Macfarlanes, will initially focus on helping lawyers “understand the use cases” for AI
Head of tax Damien Crossley will succeed Sebastian Prichard Jones in March 2026
Top UK and Spanish independent firms guide seller Sabadell as A&O Shearman counsels buyer Santander
Majority-female round follows top City independent posting double-digit revenue and profit growth for FY24
Latham and Linklaters also among raft of firms called in for investment platform's takeover by private equity consortium