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  • May 25, 2011 |

    Edwards Angell hires 2Birds partner to launch City banking team

    Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge is launching a London banking practice with the hire of City finance veteran Charles Proctor from Bird & Bird. The US law firm said the move had come in a bid to sustain its growing transactional practice, including in private equity and venture capital as well as its insurance practice, as Proctor also has substantial regulatory experience.

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  • May 25, 2011 |

    Partnership prospects on the up as promotions at UK top 50 rise 38%

    Partner promotions across the UK's 50 largest law firms by revenue increased by more than a third this year, buoyed by growing market confidence and a cluster of 
transatlantic mergers. Total partner promotions across the group stood at 495 globally in 2011, compared with 358 the previous year – an increase of just over 38%.

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  • May 25, 2011 |

    Back in black - key trends and figures from The Am Law 100 results

    After watching partner profits sink in 2008 (down 4.3%) and crawl back into positive territory in 2009 (a mere 0.3% increase), The Am Law 100 collectively exhaled last year as profits per equity partner (PEP) jumped a healthy 8.4%. Major US law firms certainly didn't let the economic crisis go to waste. They cut overhead, principally by trimming headcount at all levels, and reined in expenses. (Lavish retreats in exotic locales gave way to pedestrian events at the home office.) As the economy revived, the country's highest-grossing firms were able to convert modest revenue gains into profits thanks to their prudence. Here are a few other key stats from our rankings:

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  • May 18, 2011 |

    Bird & Bird gains six-lawyer team in Poland

    Bird & Bird has bolstered its Central European banking and finance practice with the acquisition of a six-lawyer boutique in Poland. The team, which…

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  • May 13, 2011 |

    Hare Court silk appointed to lead World Cup bribery probe

    The Football Association (FA) has appointed James Dingemans QC of 3 Hare Court to investigate allegations of misconduct by FIFA officials surrounding England's 2018 failed World Cup bid. Dingemans was appointed on Thursday (12 May) to review claims made by former FA chairman Lord Triesman to a Parliamentary select committee this week relating to allegations that four FIFA officials had sought "bribes" to back England's bid.

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  • May 11, 2011 |

    Bird & Bird lands first-time Hewlett-Packard Euro panel role

    Bird & Bird has been handed a first-time appointment to Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) EMEA panel, following a review of the technology giant's roster of legal advisers. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Baker & McKenzie have also been appointed, with the full line-up comprising fewer than 10 firms

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  • April 27, 2011 |

    Bird & Bird's construction and engineering co-head exits firm

    Bird & Bird has lost a construction and engineering partner in London with Colin Hall set to join Winckworth Sherwood next week (1 May). Hall, joint head of construction and engineering at Bird & Bird, was one of the partners that joined the UK top 15 firm as part of its merger with City boutique Lane & Partners in 2008.

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  • April 19, 2011 |

    Bird & Bird to launch new base in Hamburg with hire of local team

    Bird & Bird is set to launch a six-lawyer office in Hamburg next month. The office, which will open on 1 May, will be the firm's fourth in Germany and its first new base in Europe since September 2008, when the firm launched in four Central and Eastern Europe countries. Joining the office will be a six-strong team from local boutique Recore Business Lawyers which specialises in real estate, corporate, M&A and restructuring work.

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  • April 15, 2011 |

    Bird & Bird promotions round sees just two additions to partnership

    Bird & Bird has made up just two partners in a significantly diminished partner promotions round for the firm. Both of the new partners are based in the firm's City HQ and are both female. Sophie Eyre, a member of the international dispute resolution group who joined the firm via its merger with City boutique Lane & Partners in 2008, and corporate lawyer Helen Gavin-Brown, who has worked at the firm for six years, will join the partnership as of 1 May.

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  • April 8, 2011 |

    Freshfields leads array of firms advising on German float

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Dechert are among a raft of advisers to pick up roles on the €386m (£340m) initial public offering (IPO) of German industrial parts maker Norma Group on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Freshfields and Dechert jointly advised the issuer - a portfolio company of private equity house 3i - with teams led by Frankfurt capital markets partner Andreas Koenig and Munich corporate partner Berthold Hummel respectively.

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