Analysis

Partners' Pay Gap At UK Law Firms Widens To 26%

By Adele Redmond

Male partners at the highest-earning law firms in Britain were typically paid 26% more than their female colleagues in 2025, despite progress in closing the pay gap for employees.

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Analysis

Law360's 2026 Review Of Gender Pay Gaps At UK Law Firms

By Adele Redmond

The gender pay gap at the U.K.'s highest-earning law firms is 25% on average — but disparities within a single firm can vary from zero to more than 100%.

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Roundup

The Revolving Door: Paul Weiss Hires Freshfields Finance Pro

By Ashish Sareen

Over the past week, Paul Weiss recruited a longtime partner at Freshfields LLP as its new head of European structured finance and securitizations, Mayer Brown LLP hired three new partners from Baker McKenzie for its banking and finance practice in London and Holman Fenwick Willan LLP took on a private wealth expert from Withers LLP. Here, Law360 looks at those and more of the week's most notable lateral hires across the U.K.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Poppy Grainger

The past week in London has seen institutional investors file new claims against British American Tobacco and Entain, Jellycat sue multiple British retailers in the patent court, and Shoosmiths LLP targeted in a claim by a property developer.

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Norton Rose Hires Latham Pro To Boost India M&A

By Dawood Fakhir

Norton Rose Fulbright has hired a former Latham & Watkins LLP counsel as a partner in its corporate, M&A and securities practice in London to expand the firm's India practice and support increasing cross-border deal activity.

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