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  • November 22, 2013 |

    OC posts 12% H1 revenue hike on back of European expansion

    Osborne Clarke has reported a 12% rise in revenue for the first half of 2013-14, following a period of investment over the past two years. The firm's revenue grew to £60.7m, up from the £53.4m recorded at the 2012-13 half-year mark. Osborne Clarke's offices in London, Bristol and Reading brought in revenue of £39.1m, 8% up on the equivalent point last year.

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  • November 20, 2013 |

    Simmons latest firm to post H1 growth with revenue up by 8%

    Simmons & Simmons has posted an 8% revenue rise at the half-year point of the financial year. The firm has brought in revenue of just over £130m for the first six months of 2013-14, up on the previous year's H1 figure of £119.6m.

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  • November 18, 2013 |

    Squire Sanders seeks to tap Indonesia through local tie up

    Squire Sanders has become the latest international law firm to grow its Asian footprint into Indonesia after forming a strategic alliance with local outfit Melli Darsa & Co. The US firm, which currently manages Indonesian deals from its Singapore base, has entered into an association with the seven-partner entity that will involve co-marketing, co-branding, knowledge-sharing and potentially seconding lawyers to each other's offices.

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  • November 14, 2013 |

    Confidence grows as top firms see half-year revenues climb

    Widespread year-on-year revenue growth across the UK's top law firms at the half-year point has helped drive business confidence among partners to its highest point in several years. Firms including Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters, Macfarlanes and Ashurst are all expecting to post a rise in H1 figures on last year as the impact of increased deal flow in the second half of the year starts to be seen.

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  • November 7, 2013 |

    Grappling with governance – how in-house lawyers are dealing with an expanding risk management remit

    Ahead of this month's Corporate Governance and Risk Forum 2013, Alex Newman hears from some of the in-house lawyers faced with managing an ever-expanding portfolio of risk management and reputation safeguarding...

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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 3, 2013 |

    AG continues Asia growth with hires in Dubai, Singapore

    Addleshaw Goddard (AG) has added to its teams in Dubai and Singapore with the hire of two lawyers from Clyde & Co and DLA Piper. M&A expert Ben Gillespie joins the firm as a partner in Dubai from Clyde & Co's Middle East group, whilst shipping lawyer Mike Melwood-Smith joins as a consultant in Singapore from DLA Piper.

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  • October 31, 2013 |

    Clyde & Co taps south west China through local joint venture

    Clyde & Co has become the first international law firm to launch an office in south west China after receiving approval from the Chinese authorities to form an association with local law firm West Link Partnership, based in Chongqing. The UK outfit, which currently has two offices on the mainland located in Beijing and Shanghai, has formed a joint law venture with the boutique firm which will be co-branded as Clyde & Co West Link.

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  • October 8, 2013 |

    Taylor Wessing signs association in Indonesia

    Taylor Wessing has become the latest Indonesian law firm to establish a presence in Indonesia after tying up with local outfit Hanafiah Ponggawa & Partners (HPRP). The association, which will see the two firms share know-how and resources, comes as a string of foreign firms look to Indonesia - one of Asia's fastest growing economies - for new work.

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  • October 7, 2013 |

    RPC boosts Singapore team with hire of Ince Asia insurance chief

    RPC has bulked up its Singapore practice with the hire of Ince & Co head of Asia insurance and reinsurance Iain Anderson. Anderson joined Ince as a trainee in 1998 and was made up as partner in 2007 before relocating to Singapore three years later to launch the firm's Singapore insurance offering. He is set to start his role at RPC at the start of November.

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