Mayer Brown’s Gillian
Sproul on the EU
Court of Justice
ruling that could
alter the role of inhouse counsel
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NEWS FOCUS
ATTENTION
ON RETENTION
A breakdown of
trainee retention at top
30 UK law firms
PAGE 5
BIG...
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Mayer Brown’s Gillian
Sproul on the EU
Court of Justice
ruling that could
alter the role of inhouse counsel
page 11
18 March 2010 £6.
00
www.
legalweek.
com
NEWS FOCUS
ATTENTION
ON RETENTION
A breakdown of
trainee retention at top
30 UK law firms
PAGE 5
BIG QUESTION
IT’S STILL COLD
OUTTHERE
Some City partners think
assistant pay should be
frozen again in 2010
PAGE 7
LAWYER’S LIFE
LOW INTEREST,
HIGH OPPORTUNITY
RBC’s Michael Kay explains
how to take advantage of
rock bottom interest rates
PAGES 8-9
DEAL WEEK
A QUESTION
OFVISIBILITY
Is Macfarlanes out and
about enough in the
deal market?
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Eversheds is considering
taking shares in client companies in exchange for fees as
growing numbers of law firms
look at more innovative pricing
options including fee rebates.
The top 10 UK firm is in the
early stages of considering
shares for fees – a practice that
has not
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