Linklaters has announced a formal redundancy consultation with up to 120 lawyers and 150 business support staff in London expected to lose their jobs.

The firm today (29 January) said that all UK staff except trainees are involved in the consultation, which is likely to see between 100-120 lawyers - representing up to 17.5% of the firm's UK non-partner fee earners - and 130-150 business services staff losing their jobs.

The level of cuts will make the redundancy one of the heaviest yet seen at a major commercial law firm in response to the global recession. Linklaters has around 680 lawyers in the UK excluding partners and trainees, though the firm also has a number of UK-qualified lawyers based in foreign offices. The firm has 1,197 support staff in the UK.

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