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  • August 27, 2013 |

    Transfer Window Asia: recent moves including Ashurst and Simmons

    Ropes & Gray has added to its corporate practice in Seoul with the hire of counsel Jaewoo Lee from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton. Lee, who joins the US firm as a partner, will initially be based out of New York and Hong Kong but will relocate to Ropes and Gray's Seoul office when his license to practice in the North Asian state is approved.

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  • August 1, 2013 |

    A longer road? New partners offer career advice to frustrated associates

    The top 30 law firms made up fewer partners this year, while there was a worrying dip in the number of women promoted at the magic circle. James Boxell, Anna Reynolds and Alex Newman spoke to new partners to seek their advice for frustrated associates, both female and male...

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  • August 1, 2013 |

    Weil Gotshal loses high-flying London litigator to Sidley Austin

    Sidley Austin has hired Weil Gotshal & Manges litigation partner Matthew Shankland to its disputes resolution group in London. Shankland, who represents clients in commercial disputes in the higher courts, the European court and arbitration tribunals, has a particular practice focus on alternative dispute resolution and cross-border bankruptcy and insolvency work for financial institutions.

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  • July 31, 2013 |

    A&O, Linklaters and DLA among firms facing legal action over Dewey hires

    A raft of firms including Allen & Overy (A&O), Linklaters and DLA Piper are facing legal action from Dewey & LeBoeuf's estate over client matters they took on when recruiting former partners of the collapsed US law firm. US firm Diamond McCarthy, which is acting for Dewey's estate, last Friday (26 July) asked the judge overseeing the bankruptcy to grant permission to issue subpoenas to 36 law firms and one accountancy firm which are now home to ex-Dewey partners.

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  • July 11, 2013 |

    Links, Travers and Shoosmiths come out top in associate satisfaction poll

    Linklaters and Norton Rose Fulbright have been rated as the law firms that associates at rivals would most like to work for, according to new research by Legal Week. Legal Week Intelligence's flagship Employee Satisfaction Report (ESR) this year found the pair ranked ahead of Slaughter and May, Allen & Overy (A&O) and Pinsent Masons as the five most popular firms to work for, as rated by peers at rival law firms. Norton Rose, A&O and Slaughters have been in the top five for the last three years of the survey, while Pinsents and Linklaters are new entrants this year, replacing Berwin Leighton Paisner and Clyde & Co.

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  • July 5, 2013 |

    BLP confirms 102 legal and secretary layoffs as 84% take voluntary offer

    Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has cut all of the 102 jobs which it placed under review back in May, with 58 legal staff and 44 secretarial staff laid off. The redundancy programme, which was announced on 14 May, lasted for 45 days, and saw 84% of those laid off take voluntary redundancy.

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  • July 3, 2013 |

    Weil and Quinn secure appeal win in high-profile London hotels dispute

    Weil Gotshal & Manges and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan have secured a key win for the billionaire Barclays brothers and Irish businessman Derek Quinlain and a high-profile High Court battle over iconic hotels the Berkeley, the Connaught and Claridge's. Handing down judgment this morning (3 June), Lord Justices Arden, Moore-Bick and Rimer unanimously refused to overturn aspects of the High Court's decision last year, when it dismissed the claims brought by property developer Patrick McKillen.

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  • July 2, 2013 |

    DLA Piper leads as Sullivan becomes largest single West Ham shareholder

    DLA Piper is among a number of law firms to have advised on a deal which has seen West Ham United co-owner David Sullivan become the largest single shareholder in the Premier League football club. Sullivan, a longstanding client of DLA, took over West Ham in 2010 alongside fellow businessman David Gold, when the duo purchased a 50% stake in the club from asset management company CB Holding, valuing it at £105m. Sullivan has now acquired a further 25% of shares in West Ham as part of a £25.5m restructuring of the club's senior debt.

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  • July 2, 2013 | International Edition

    DLA Piper leads as Sullivan becomes largest single West Ham shareholder

    DLA Piper is among a number of law firms to have advised on a deal which has seen West Ham United co-owner David Sullivan become the largest single shareholder in the Premier League football club. Sullivan, a longstanding client of DLA, took over West Ham in 2010 alongside fellow businessman David Gold, when the duo purchased a 50% stake in the club from asset management company CB Holding, valuing it at £105m. Sullivan has now acquired a further 25% of shares in West Ham as part of a £25.5m restructuring of the club's senior debt.

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  • July 1, 2013 |

    SJ Berwin leads Sky to victory in key Microsoft infringement battle

    SJ Berwin has advised broadcaster Sky on its successful trademark claim against Microsoft, whose 'Skydrive' cloud service was found to infringe on Sky's brand in the UK and Europe. The dispute, which began in 2011, saw Justice Sarah Asplin rule that the US software giant infringed the 'Sky' trademark in naming its cloud service 'SkyDrive', ruling that the name is likely to confuse customers.

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