Pannone, Freeth Cartwright and Cripps Harries Hall have dropped out of the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to work for list, leaving only five law firms featured in the rankings.

Develop your commercial awareness with the help of this weekly round-up of key business stories from LawCareers.Net.

It might be freezing cold outside at the moment, with parts of the US experiencing temperatures of up to -37C this week, but this collection of commercial news stories is sure to keep you warm and light a fire of business excitement within you (LCN cannot be held accountable for physical warmth caused by business news). So pull up a chair, grab a cup of tea, and catch up with the financial world.

Today’s collection of commercial news stories is as varied as the weather at the moment and much more likely to help you in your search for a legal career. It’s important to maintain a holistic view of the world of business and to stay up-to-date with the issues that might affect your future employers, and their clients. Use these four stories as a starting point for your research.

LCN talks to Mark Deem, commercial litigation and TMT partner at Cooley, about the big issues in his practice - cyber security and big data.

The number of firms adopting contextual recruitment practices is growing, but structural inequality and a lack of representation at senior levels mean that Black candidates continue to face additional barriers to becoming lawyers.

On 22 May 2014 the LawCareers.Net Training & Recruitment Awards celebrated their 11th year with over 200 recruiters, partners, trainees and other friends joining the LawCareers.Net team for a glamorous presentation at Merchant Taylors’ Hall in London.

Merchant Taylor’s Hall in the City of London crackled with excitement on 18 May as representatives from over 60 top law firms convened to find out who would be the winners of the prestigious LawCareers.Net Training & Recruitment Awards 2017.

It was a different kind of awards ceremony last night as hundreds of viewers stayed at home to watch the 17th annual LawCareers.Net Training & Recruitment Awards streamed live on Facebook and Instagram.

Social mobility advocates, a new group of barristers from across England and Wales, have joined the Bar Council’s award-winning social mobility campaign – #IAmTheBar.

In September 2020, 10 new barristers from across England and Wales joined #IAmTheBar – the Bar Council’s award-winning social mobility campaign, which is now in its third year – as social mobility advocates.

Technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) is one of the fastest-developing sectors of the legal market, particularly with the continuing advancement of AI.

The phrase “despite the impact of covid-19” embodies the overarching theme for M&A deals in 2021 for large international law firms. There has been a complete turnaround where deals, and especially megadeals, are de facto doing better than during pre-covid time. Deals are at a 10 year high in the first quarter of 2021 in the US. 

Following Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s admittance into hospital, in a government briefing earlier this week Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab claimed it is too early to consider how the UK will exit the current coronavirus lockdown. As the UK heads into the Easter bank holiday weekend and nears the end of its third week in lockdown, here are the top news stories from the business and legal world.

How is corporate social responsibility driving nature markets in the UK?

With coronavirus updates still dominating the news, this week’s commercial news round-up is designed to summarise the pandemic’s impact on the business and legal world. So, while we await Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s briefing on Sunday, where he is set to reveal the UK’s lockdown exit strategy, take some time to top-up your commercial awareness.

The UK has officially taken its first big step toward joining one of the most ambitious international ocean protection efforts in decades, the High Seas Treaty, also known as the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement.

Does a duty of good faith restrict a party’s contractual discretion?

Happy Thursday, it’s nearly Friday! As you wait patiently for the weekend, why not grab your coffee, put your feet up and relax while we provide your daily dose of commercial awareness.