A consultation process has begun in Dechert’s London office, as part of a global redundancy round that will affect 5 per cent of its workforce. In total, 98 individuals globally are impacted split between 55 lawyers and 43 business services professionals. While the firm did not provide a London breakdown of expected job cuts, a […]
Goodwin Procter has kicked off a redundancy round that is to affect fee-earners, paralegals and other business services staff in its US offices. In an internal firm document viewed by The Lawyer, sent by chairman Robert Insolia and managing partner Mark Bettencourt, the firm attributed a slowdown in demand coupled with “staffing levels too high” […]
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Reed Smith has concluded a mammoth review of its administrative function, with a spate of voluntary redundancies happening in both the US and UK. The firm has parted ways with a total of 66 secretaries. In the US, 44 employees took voluntary redundancy, with 22 leaving in the UK. The consultation was part of a […]
Clifford Chance has concluded a redundancy consultation around its support functions, with 52 professionals set to depart the firm. Forty-three of them will leave as a result of voluntary redundancy. They pertain to teams such as secretarial, mail room, and document production. The process was first started in April. At the time, about 44 to […]
Dechert has concluded a review of its secretarial function in London, with nine individuals taking voluntary redundancies. The nine people who took the opportunity included six part-time individuals and three full-time ones. They received an enhanced package and outplacement support upon leaving the firm. Meanwhile, the firm’s City office has restructured the secretarial function. The […]
Reed Smith is to review its admin function, in a process that will entail voluntary redundancies across its network. The firm has started a firmwide project called “Connectivity Initiative” that was launched in November 2020 to examine the effectiveness of its support function. As part of the process, the firm is offering a voluntary redundancy […]
Dentons has completed its business services consultation, resulting in over 60 voluntary redundancies. The consultation was launched at the beginning of the year and impacted up to 87 roles. Dentons confirmed that 67 employees (35 secretaries and 32 business services staff) opted for voluntary redundancy while two roles were cut. In addition, six secretaries and 14 […]
Baker McKenzie is making redundancies across its business services functions, The Lawyer understands. It is understood that the firm is in the process of parting ways with a number of senior regional heads across functions such as business support, operations and marketing. On the loss of the London comms roles, a Bakers spokesperson said: “In […]
Clyde & Co has cut a number of its UK secretarial roles as it moves to a new ‘hub’ operating model, adding itself to the list for firms rethinking the legal support function. The firm has dispensed with the services of 29 out of 235 secretaries, marking a 12 per cent decrease, as a result […]
Dechert has kicked off a voluntary redundancy scheme in its London office, as part of a wider restructuring of the secretarial function. The US firm is reviewing its secretarial support arm in the City and plans to turn the function into a hub model that will entail a set of specialist skills for its employees. […]
Clifford Chance is to run a redundancy scheme in London, in a move affecting a number of its support functions. The firm will offer a mix of voluntary and compulsory redundancies between now and June across its legal support secretary, document production and mail room groups in London. Around 44 to 73 roles are likely […]