Headcount has remained fairly steady in the firm's two UK offices. Cambridge is a smaller hub, which focuses on life sciences and hosts only a handful of lawyers. London, meanwhile, has around 600 lawyers and support staff, taking on around thirteen new trainees each year.
Most UK training contracts Orrick. Fried Frank. King & Spalding. Payne Hicks Beach. Wiggin. Haynes and Boone. Katten. Winston & Strawn.
7 simple ways to impress while doing a training contract Communicate. Have good attention to detail. Take notes. Work hard. Be proactive. Build your network. Go above and beyond.
Top of the PEPs: How much are equity partners earning? Law firmProfit per equity partner Kirkland & Ellis£6,190,000 Dentons £670,000 Withers £670,000 Charles Russell Speechlys £661,00084 more rows •
Extra info Turnover:£267,000,000 (2020) Training programme applications: 667 (2021) Retention rate: 92% (2022) Partner diversity: 55.0% male (2024) 45.0% female Lawyer diversity: 37.0% male (2022) 63.0% female3 more rows
Indeed, thanks to the firm's moderate proportions and a trainee intake of around 15, newbies are able to “take on more responsibility more quickly.”
Although the training contract placements and application counts vary between each firm, the success rate for each firm is almost always between 1%-3%.
Withers is potentially linked to the forgotten god of death, Jergal, as hinted by his location in the catacombs and his mocking remarks towards The Dead Three. Withers' resurrection abilities are the most powerful in the game, suggesting a close connection to the gods or a possible affiliation with them.
Withers' Relationship to The Dark Urge Rejecting Bhaal results in Bhaal taking back his blood and life force from the Dark Urge. As the Dark Urge was created from Bhaal's life essence, this results in the Dark Urge's death. However, Withers is impressed by the Dark Urge's defiance of Bhaal, and restores them to life.
Withers is an international law firm dedicated to the business, personal and philanthropic interests of successful individuals, their families and their businesses. It has acted for 66% of the top 100 UK 'Sunday Times Rich List', and many people on the equivalent US and Asia lists.