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The Lawyer Podcast

Hosted by editor Catrin Griffiths and litigation editor Christian Smith, every second Thursday The Lawyer Podcast brings you our take on the top stories, trends and views moving the legal market.For more news, analysis and data, go to www.thelawyer.com. The Lawyer Podcast can be contacted at podcast@thelawyer.com.

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25:00

When litigation gets big, who you gonna call?

The Lawyer Podcast ·

2025/01/16

Send us a textThe Lawyer Podcast is back with for 2025!Every January for the past 15 years, The Lawyer has published its Top 20 Cases to look out for in the coming year. Each year’s list boasts of the skill and depth of the legal market, and the high drama of the English courts.So what makes this year different, and what can it tell us about the current state of law, business and politics? Well to kick off the New Year, Catrin and Christian are joined by senior litigation reporter Annabel Tin...

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30:30

Christmas Special: Is someone you know a workaholic?

The Lawyer Podcast ·

2024/12/19

Send us a textIt's less than a week until Christmas and across the country, fires are blazing, trees are twinkling and pigs in blankets are roasting. But in offices, lawyers still have their noses to the grindstone. For those who celebrate it, the Christmas break can be a time to put your feet up and relax. But many still need to work over the festive season, and many still find it difficult to stop. So for our final podcast of the year, The Lawyer looks at workaholism and why lawyers so...

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32:39

Five smaller firms to watch for good or for ill

The Lawyer Podcast ·

2024/12/05

Send us a textIn our latest podcast celebrating the 20th edition of The Lawyer’s UK 200, editors Catrin Griffiths, Christian Smith and Richard Simmons are back to reveal the five firms in the second hundred of the UK 200 they are watching in the coming years – for good or for ill.Tune in as we discuss firms from around the country: RBG, Lawrence Stephens, Enyo Law, FBC Manby Bowdler, and Simpson Millar.And please remember to like and subscribe on your favourite podcast platform.

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31:00

The HSF merger: Two firms do not a transatlantic...

The Lawyer Podcast ·

2024/11/14

The announcement that Herbert Smith Freehills would merge with US firm Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel has got chins wagging across the transatlantic market.But is this a new mega-firm in the vein of A&O Shearman, a shrewd building block for HSF to make advances in the US, or a bit of an anti-climax?What is clear is that HSF will need to prove to markets on both sides of the Atlantic why the Kramer Levin deal makes sense.Tune in to the new episode of The Lawyer Podcast as Catrin and C...

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25:03

How Kirkland is shaking up the European order

The Lawyer Podcast ·

2024/10/31

It is a moment of change for the European legal market.With firms like Kirkland and Paul Hastings making major recent moves in the EU, US firms are starting to seriously disrupt the European order.This is most visible in Germany, France and the Nordics.So on this episode of the The Lawyer Podcast, our international editor Alex Taylor joins us after a recent visit to Oslo to discuss how US firms are impacting their local rivals, and what UK firms need to do to avoid being forgotten.Listen to o...

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30:10

UK 200 Special: What we really think of Freshfields,...

The Lawyer Podcast ·

2024/10/17

In part two of our two-part podcast series, celebrating the 20th edition of The Lawyer's UK200, editors Catrin Griffiths, Christian Smith, Matt Byrne, Katy Dowell and Richard Simmons are back to reveal the five firms they are watching in the coming years – for good or for ill.With a list of 200 law firms, it’s not difficult to find some which pique our interest…but why have they?Tune in as we discuss Freshfields, Hill Dickinson, BDB Pitmans, Osborne Clarke and BCLP.And please remember to like...

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28:26

UK 200 Special: UK law firms fight back

The Lawyer Podcast ·

2024/10/03

If this year's UK200 is anything to go by, the majority of UK law firms are in robust health. Indeed, they are finally fighting back against the growth of US competitors.So why are so many upending their partnership models?In part one of our two part podcast series celebrating the 20th edition of The Lawyer's UK200, editors Catrin Griffiths, Christian Smith, Matt Byrne, Katy Dowell and Richard Simmons sit down to discuss what this year's UK200 report tells us about the health of UK law firms ...

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30:56

Is the A&O Shearman honeymoon over?

The Lawyer Podcast ·

2024/09/19

Last week, A&O Shearman set out post-merger plans to close its legacy Allen & Overy base in Johannesburg, reduce its partnership by 10 per cent by the end of the financial year, and sell its consultancy business Consulting by A&O Shearman.So is this a sign of things already going wrong, or is this all par for the course for big mergers?In this new episode of The Lawyer Podcast, hosts Catrin Griffiths and Christian Smith are joined by deputy editor (City) Rachel Moloney and Horizon...

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34:50

Why lawyers now control football

The Lawyer Podcast ·

2024/09/05

Football law has typically been the domain of sports specialists. However, in recent years, there has been a growing number of large, elite firms and chambers entering the football market.Clifford Chance and Freshfields act for Manchester City, and Slaughter and May and Linklaters represent the Premier League. Latham and Watkins worked on the Chelsea sale, sports boutiques like Northridge and Onside Law are going gangbusters, and Silver Circle firms Ashurst and Macfarlanes are also getting in...

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26:45

Qualification: the end of your career?

The Lawyer Podcast ·

2024/07/18

The associate recruitment market has tightened up over the past year or two. For trainees looking to qualify, that means finding a home in their preferred practice area is more difficult too.But qualification and, specifically, which team you qualify into, can be one of the most crucial moments in a solicitor’s career. So on the final episode of The Lawyer Podcast before the summer and with editor Catrin Griffiths away, litigation editor Christian Smith is joined by deputy editor (UK) Ri...

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28:31

The Election Special

The Lawyer Podcast ·

2024/07/05

Labour won. Now what?As Sir Keir Starmer walks into Downing Street, The Lawyer Podcast boils up a vat of coffee and brings you an election results show for lawyers.With special guests including former Clifford Chance partner and tax celebrity Dan Neidle, we discuss which lawyers are in and out of Parliament after a night of change, look at what will be on the desk of the new Justice Secretary, and run through what a Labour victory means for lawyers working in different practice areas. Fo...

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31:45

Addleshaws and the myths of the mid-market

The Lawyer Podcast ·

2024/06/20

The doom of the middle market has long been foretold. As global mergers grab attention and smaller, boutique firms blossom, many question whether there is any role for mid-market practices in law’s future. But, on Tuesday evening, Addleshaw Goddard marked a remarkable, decade-long turnaround as it was crowned Law Firm of the Year at The Lawyer Awards. And Addleshaws is not the only mid-market firm to have proven its credentials, with commended and highly commended being awarded...

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27:05

WANTED: A female leader

The Lawyer Podcast ·

2024/06/06

Law firms have long had a problem with gender equality. Partners and senior leaders are weighted heavily towards men, with an average of 2.35 male partner to every female partner in the UK's top 100 firms.However, that number is actually much improved on five years ago, when it was 2.83 male partners to every female. The number of female senior and managing partners is also increasing, with the likes of Freshfields, Linklaters and Slaughter and May having appointed women to senior or managing...

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31:00

Bumble and billables: the woes of dating as a lawyer...

The Lawyer Podcast ·

2024/05/23

O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?Last week, The Lawyer reported that time-poor lawyers are struggling to date in a profession where time is money. Longer hours for junior lawyers, compounded by a waning London dating market, is only adding to the problem.So on this episode of The Lawyer Podcast, editor Catrin Griffiths and litigation editor Christian Smith are joined by reporters Lucy Floydd and Charlotte Lear to discuss what new trends in lawyering mean for romance.We examine the law...

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30:07

Why you should leave Big Law for a boutique (and why...

The Lawyer Podcast ·

2024/05/09

Last week, all eyes were on A&O Shearman, a union hailing Big Law and its future. But in this week’s episode, we consider why so many solicitors are pursuing another future: opening their own firm.A survey from Censuswide on behalf of Harbour Litigation Funding last year found that half of UK firm partners had ambitions to set up their own firm – up 10 per percent on 2021.So as The Lawyer Awards draws nearer, with the prestigious awards litigation boutique and specialist firm of the year ...

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30:00

A&O Shearman’s five biggest challenges - and worst...

The Lawyer Podcast ·

2024/04/25

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32:02

Emergency Episode: The SQE shambles

The Lawyer Podcast ·

2024/04/16

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32:43

Big Law outside London: crumbling offices, crumbling...

The Lawyer Podcast ·

2024/04/11

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31:24

The SQE: Students deserve better than this

The Lawyer Podcast ·

2024/03/28

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29:10

Scream if you wanna grow faster

The Lawyer Podcast ·

2024/03/14

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