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 […]
Freeths has completed a redundancy consultation, with the firm letting 30 people go. The firm entered the consultation in July, stating that 80 roles were at risk. It has now decided to make 30 roles redundant, including 19 lawyers. A further 11 members of staff will lose their jobs across the firm’s 13 offices. A […]
Fieldfisher is the latest firm to carry out a consultation process among its staff, following the likes of Watson Farley & Williams, DWF and Ince. The firm is understood to be cutting roles across its secretarial functions, though it is not clear how many positions will be affected. A spokesperson for the firm said in […]
Simmons & Simmons has parted ways with a number of its service staff and contractors working in its London office, The Lawyer understands. The firm has terminated the contracts of a group of employees – understood to be fewer than 25 people – which provided security and catering services in its multi-tenant headquarters in the […]
South-West firm Thrings has kicked off a redundancy consultation for around 20 roles and deferred the rent payment of two of its offices, part of an extensive set of measures implemented by the firm. The Bristol-headquartered outfit has taken the decision as it faces a fall across its financial metrics. Revenue in 2019/20 dropped 8 […]
Addleshaw Goddard has launched a redundancy consultation in its UK real estate practice, with 22 lawyers’ roles at risk. The firm confirmed that up to 22 roles will be cut across its UK offices, with Brexit and Covid-19 putting an end to any plan of filling spare capacity in its real estate team. Though it […]
DWF has started yet another redundancy round, with the intended cuts this time affecting the firm’s secretarial workforce. Just days after it wrapped a consultation around business services that resulted in the loss of about 10 roles, the listed firm is now looking to cut positions across its secretarial and administrative base. A spokesperson for the […]
Ashfords is the latest firm in the UK200 to announce redundancies as a result of Covid-19, with a number of jobs being slashed among support staff. This latest decision is a consequence of a new strategic initiative entitled “Project Refresh”, which chief executive Louise Workman claims is a means of “future-proofing” the business. Workman, who […]
DWF has concluded a redundancy consultation of its UK operations, as it also joins a growing number of firms to defer tax payments to early next year. While the redundancy process, which started last July, initially put at risk around 15 to 18 professional staff positions across its business services division, it is understood that a […]
Weightmans is to carry out a redundancy consultation as part of a long-term strategy to restructure its business. The consultation will affect both a small number of fee-earners and support staff, with the hope that some individuals can be redeployed elsewhere, while others will take voluntary redundancy. The cuts are not related to the coronavirus […]
Squire Patton Boggs is undertaking a redundancy consultation process in the UK, following the adoption of new ways of working amid the coronavirus pandemic. The process will affect a number of administrative staff in the firm’s City office. A firm spokesperson said: “The recent prolonged period of remote working has resulted in us adopting new more […]
The Ince Group is embarking on a global redundancy consultation that will put about 40 roles at risk, as part of a set of measures launched to offset the negative effects of the pandemic. The process will affect all functions, spanning both fee-earners and business services teams. It is one of the measures that the […]