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  • May 27, 2011 |

    BLP partners to see PEP rise 56% to £712k

    Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has announced strong financial results for 2010-11, with profits per equity partner (PEP) set to soar by an estimated 56% to £712,000. The firm's estimated PEP figure, up from £455,000 in 2009-10, comes against a 20% rise in turnover to £229m, against £191m during the previous financial year.

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  • May 25, 2011 |

    Fat chance - debunking ideas about Am Law 100 profit margins

    Grow your way to the top? Some common ideas about Am Law 100 profit margins don't hold up, a five-year analysis shows. Amy Kolz reports

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  • May 18, 2011 |

    Mayer Brown corporate partner joins Charles Russell's London practice

    Charles Russell has bulked up its City corporate arm with the hire of Mayer Brown partner Lauri-Lynn Pursall. Pursall joined Charles Russell earlier this month from Mayer Brown's London corporate practice. She had been at the transatlantic firm since 2001 and was made up to partner in 2007. She specialises in equity capital markets and M&A work in the mining, media, construction and 
retail sectors.

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  • May 11, 2011 |

    BLP adds financial services partner to City base with Mayer Brown hire

    Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has hired Mayer Brown financial services partner Nick Kynoch in a bid to strengthen its City practice. Kynoch joined the UK top 20 firm's financial services and markets group last week along with two associates, after 10 years at Mayer Brown. He has been a partner since 2007, and his client portfolio includes Bank of New York Mellon, Northern Trust, Danske Bank and RBC Dexia.

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  • May 4, 2011 |

    Mayer Brown adds partner to City regulatory team with BP hire

    Mayer Brown has strengthened its London financial services regulation & enforcement (FSRE) group with the hire of a senior regulatory lawyer from BP's in-house legal team. Mark Compton, who is joining the firm as a partner, has a particular focus on advising on market abuse, anti-money laundering, economic sanctions and bribery, as well as compliance with the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

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  • April 21, 2011 |

    Kickbacks – does the Bribery Act deserve to be mired in controversy?

    "Talk of golf days being banned and arrests at Wimbledon – that was all hype," says Barry Vitou, Pinsent Masons partner and co-author of thebriberyact.com, discussing the much-touted anti-corruption legislation that will finally come into effect later this summer. And the implementation of the Bribery Act has certainly been noticed; arguably not since the Human Rights Act 1998 has a piece of primary legislation with wide implications for companies attracted such sustained political controversy. In the wake of a fierce lobbying campaign from business groups claiming, in one case, that the Act would be like equivalent US legislation "on acid" – leading to extreme claims that even basic corporate hospitality would be banned under the legislation – the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) announced in January that the Act's implementation would be delayed from its target of April 2011.

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  • April 14, 2011 | International Edition

    Asset finance - increasingly not for every banking team

    Recent weeks have seen no less than five asset finance partner moves announced, with Berwin Leighton Paisner, Ince & Co, Mayer Brown, and, most notably, Hogan Lovells all moving to strengthen their City practices. While the timing of the appointments is more down to coincidence than any single driver in the market, the moves illustrate the differing approaches to asset finance across large law firms.

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  • April 14, 2011 |

    Asset finance - increasingly not for every banking team

    Recent weeks have seen no less than five asset finance partner moves announced, with Berwin Leighton Paisner, Ince & Co, Mayer Brown, and, most notably, Hogan Lovells all moving to strengthen their City practices. While the timing of the appointments is more down to coincidence than any single driver in the market, the moves illustrate the differing approaches to asset finance across large law firms.

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  • April 7, 2011 |

    Dealmaker: Dominic Griffiths

    Mayer Brown's finance chief says he's the annoying optimist at the office - and he wears mustard cords...

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  • April 7, 2011 |

    Volume disputes set for huge upheaval as MoJ backs Jackson on civil litigation reform

    Success fees look set to be ushered in for complex commercial cases, ironically just as the Government unveiled reforms expected to severely restrict their widespread use in volume personal injury claims. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) last week revealed its long-awaited proposals for civil litigation reform - confirming that it was to implement most of the blueprint put forward in a report last January by Lord Justice Jackson.

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