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  • November 21, 2013 |

    Travers appoints partners to lead sector strategy

    Travers Smith has appointed partners to head its six key sector groups, two years after realigning the firm along sector lines. The firm's corporate chief Spencer Summerfield will lead the energy and natural resources team, while head of commercial, IP and technology Tom Purton is overseeing the business services sector. M&A partner Edmund Reed will take charge of healthcare and head of private equity Phil Sanderson will head up retail, with private equity partner Paul Dolman leading on leisure and IP partner Richard Brown the new head of media. Travers' senior partner Chris Hale (pictured) leads the firmwide sector-based model, which was first launched in September 2011 and was part of the firm's strategy to both strengthen existing client relationships and attract new work.

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  • November 19, 2013 |

    Links, Kirkland and Travers act on sale of Jammie Dodger maker

    Kirkland & Ellis, Linklaters and Travers Smith have taken the lead roles on Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan's (OTPP) acquisition of Burton's Biscuits, the makers of Jammie Dodgers. Burton's, whose range of biscuit brands also includes Cadbury Fingers and Maryland Cookies, employs more than 2,000 people in the UK and boasted recent annual sales of £340m.

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  • November 14, 2013 |

    Reed Smith rides to victory for Channel 4 in McCririck employment tribunal

    Reed Smith has successfully defended Channel 4 and production company IMG Media in a discrimination case brought against the companies by racing pundit John McCririck.

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  • November 12, 2013 |

    Virgin Group kicks off review of legal panel

    Virgin Group has launched a review its legal panel, which currently runs to eight firms, ahead of possible changes to the roster.

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  • November 7, 2013 |

    The Transfer Window: recent moves including Taylor Wessing, Slaughters and Osborne Clarke

    The Transfer Window is a regular round-up of recent legal moves in the UK and abroad. Please send all announcements to [email protected].

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  • November 6, 2013 |

    Eversheds and Baker Botts lead as Siemens spins off turbine unit

    Eversheds and Baker Botts have landed key roles on Siemens' joint venture with energy services company Wood Group, which will create a $1bn (£624m) oil and gas rotating equipment business. Aberdeen-based Wood Group is spinning off the majority of its maintenance and power solutions operation into a joint venture with the German company.

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  • October 24, 2013 |

    Top firms land places on China Resources' first global panel

    Baker & McKenzie, Herbert Smith Freehills and Hogan Lovells are among a raft of firms to have won spots on China Resources' first international legal panel. The state-owned conglomerate has appointed about 10 firms to the panel, although it would not confirm the exact number. The panel is subdivided into practice areas that include M&A and litigation. Other successful firms include King & Wood Mallesons, Davis Polk & Wardwell and Reed Smith, along with the magic circle quartet of Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Slaughter and May. Between five and 10 firms have been allotted to each practice area, depending on demand.

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  • October 24, 2013 |

    Reed Smith launches cross-selling client service

    Reed Smith has claimed to have won new mandates through a programme that allows its lawyers to market the escrow services of several of its clients to other companies. The firm – which acts for many prominent global corporate trust companies that provide escrow services including Bank of New York Mellon and Capita – has developed a tool for its lawyers to link those providers with existing clients. Reed Smith said the tool had led to a large number of referrals for its clients' businesses and new clients for the firm, and had strengthened its relationships with existing clients.

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  • October 23, 2013 |

    Weil and Travers take centre stage in £450m theatre group sale

    Weil Gotshal & Manges and Travers Smith have taken the leading roles on US buyout firm Providence Equity Partners' acquisition of Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG). Providence bought the stake in the live-theatre operator, which hosts West End musicals including The Lion King and Wicked, from a group of current investors led by Exponent. The deal is estimated to be worth around £450m.

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  • October 17, 2013 |

    International trio advise on China's latest supermarket deal

    Davis Polk & Wardwell, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) have advised as Chinese retailer Wumart Stores agreed to take a minority stake in Thai supermarket chain CP Lotus for HK$2.3bn (£185m). The deal will see Wumart take possession of 36 Lotus supermarkets in mainland China including those in Beijing and Shanghai, but will not include Lotus' stores in the Guangdong and Hunan provinces.

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