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  • May 23, 2007 |

    Top firms maintain lockstep but usher in more power to intervene

    Top commercial law firms are increasingly turning to performance-based pay packages as the UK's legal elite looks to reward its outstanding performers.

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  • May 17, 2007 |

    Overview: A Whirlwind Tour

    The intense focus on pay rises at the top London firms may have stolen the headlines of late, but the truth is that there is just as much happening in the regional, offshore and international legal markets as in the City - as Legal Week's editorial team demonstrates in this round-up of events from Nottingham to New York.

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  • May 17, 2007 |

    Dentons and DLA square up for Tevez dispute

    Denton Wilde Sapte and DLA Piper have bagged roles on the high-profile dispute between Sheffield United Football Club and the FA Premier League after the club today (16 May) filed arbitration proceedings against the league. Dentons dispute resolution partner John Rosenheim is advising Sheffield United, while DLA Piper and former Dentons sports law partner Mark Gay is acting for long-term client the Premier League.

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  • May 9, 2007 |

    City elite set to unveil explosive fee growth for 2007

    The UK's top firms are set for a record year of financial results on the back of double-digit hikes in revenue.

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  • May 9, 2007 |

    EasyJet to launch first panel review as nationals land EasyGroup roles

    EasyJet has announced that is to embark upon its first-ever panel review in the same week as it emerged that easyGroup has reviewed its advisers, naming mostly national firms on its new roster.

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  • May 9, 2007 |

    Jones Day's City arm ties up Dana pensions restructuring

    Jones Day's London office has completed a controversial restructuring of car part manufacturer Dana's UK pension liabilities.

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  • May 3, 2007 |

    HBOS to kick off review of European advisers

    HBOS is set to review its European advisers with the banking giant expected to centralise its management of outside counsel. The banking and insurance giant refused to comment on the process, which is believed to be overseen by HBOS head of group legal operations Brian Fisher.

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  • May 2, 2007 |

    Forsters takes Center stage on holiday village proposal

    Property boutique Forsters has scored its first major instruction for Center Parcs, advising on the company's proposed £160m development of a holiday village in Bedfordshire.

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  • May 2, 2007 |

    Matters of fact

    Remember how, when you were little, your bigger, meaner sibling would have to out-do even your most minor achievement just to show you who was boss?

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  • April 27, 2007 |

    Legal Week Student firm guide: DLA Piper

    Such has been the rapid growth of DLA Piper, few remember how the international giant actually originated in Yorkshire. Since branching out from its northern heartlands in the 1990s, the press-savvy firm has become synonymous with the legal industry's domestic and international expansion of the last 10 years.

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