Weil’s ‘Titanic’ ordeal rocks firm’s London lawyers

A former Weil London office partner is calling the decision to wind down the 95-year-old firm the “worst succession planning in legal history”, while Gibson Dunn & Crutcher is set to recruit nearly 40 lawyers from the London private funds practice, including eight partners and co-heads James Bromley and James Sargent. More from City AM and Reuters.

Meanwhile, the City of London Law Society and Law Society of England and Wales are preparing to support trainees and junior lawyers. More from The Law Gazette.