Clyde & Co has commenced two separate redundancy consultations, as part of ongoing changes at the firm. The firm is planning on cutting secretarial roles, as well as staff from across nine teams. The potential job losses to the secretarial teams were pre-planned and non-Covid related, the firm said, and as part of plans to […]
Dentons has commenced a redundancy consultation affecting lawyers as part of its ongoing shift to virtual working. A number of lawyers and partners within the firm’s real estate practice will now continue to work from home permanently, following the creation of “Arc”, a purely virtual team covering areas such as corporate real estate, real estate […]
Fieldfisher has concluded a consultation process among its staff, with 20 roles being cut. The firm started the process in October with the aim of cutting roles across its secretarial functions, though at the time it did not say how many positions would be affected. Fieldfisher has now confirmed that 20 roles have been made […]
Irwin Mitchell has announced the loss of 46 roles, after originally stating that 110 positions were at risk in a redundancy consultation. The national outfit confirmed that 46 roles were no longer needed in the business, while adding that 64 jobs had been saved due to a redeployment programme. The firm said this allowed “colleagues […]
Squire Patton Boggs has concluded its UK redundancy round, with 19 administrative roles cut. The firm launched a redundancy consultation process in September following the adoption of new ways of working amid the coronavirus pandemic. It confirmed that it has cut 19 administrative roles across its four UK offices. SPB added: “It is a difficult […]
According to McKinsey, globally women’s jobs are 1.8 times more vulnerable to the crisis than men’s jobs.
BLM has concluded its second redundancy process, which will see 71 people leaving the firm. Most of the roles pertain to BLM’s legal support and corporate services across England, Wales and Scotland; it is the outcome of an exercise started in August. It marks the second round of headcount cuts the firm has embarked on […]
Slater & Gordon is embarking on a redundancy consultation, this time targeting a segment of its fee-earner population. The move is understood to affect up to ten roles across fee-earners and business services staff working in areas such as employment and family claims, as well as property, wills and trusts advice across its UK offices. […]
JMW has made 19 redundancies, including seven fee-earners in its property team. The firm said that 19 roles had been redundant, including six Manchester fee-earners in real estate commercial, and one in London. It did not specify which departments the remaining twelve roles were in. Their employment completes on 31st October. JMW said that the […]
Shoosmiths is embarking on a redundancy consultation, with over 50 roles at risk across the firm. The firm confirmed that 52.5 positions are at risk, mostly within support roles. Shoosmiths said that the redundancies represent a change in working practices and are not a cost-cutting exercise. In April the firm asked staff to volunteer to […]
Clyde & Co has been making cuts to business services positions in the Middle East since May, it has emerged. The firm’s offices in the regions have seen a total of around 10 departures across business support teams as a result of the Covid-19 fallout. The departures happened across the firm’s offices in Abu Dhabi, […]
BDB Pitmans has cut roles across its business services functions as part of a redundancy consultation sparked by the financial consequences of the pandemic. The firm, which was born out of the merger of Bircham Dyson Bell (BDB) and Pitmans late in 2018, has parted ways with what is understood to be a group of […]