Women partners are not "absent Mums"; and Hogan Lovells won’t merge with Shearman & Sterling

The Lawyer Podcast is back for 2023.In the first episode of the year, The Lawyer's editor Catrin Griffiths and litigation editor Christian Smith are joined by deputy editor (City) Rachel Moloney to discuss all the rumours surrounding Hogan Lovells’ merger talks with Shearman & Sterling.We also speak to Hill Dickinson partner Jessica Neary about being accused of being an “absent mother” at the school gates.Deputy editor (national), Richard Simmons, is also in the studio to discuss what Gen...