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  • January 14, 2013 |

    Siemens cuts UK panel to just three firms as OC, Eversheds win roles

    Siemens has cut its UK legal panel to just three firms, with previous adviser Reed Smith reappointed alongside new roles for Eversheds and Osborne Clarke (OC). The company's previous panel included a number of other firms including Pinsent Masons, Addleshaw Goddard, Watson Farley & Williams, Manches and Hill Hofstetter.

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  • January 11, 2013 |

    Reed Smith promotes London duo in 22-strong partnership round

    Two lawyers in Reed Smith's London office have been promoted to partner, in a 22-strong global round for the US law firm. The promotions, which are divided evenly between the firm's business & finance and litigation practice groups, came into effect on 1 January and include eighteen lawyers in the US, three in Europe and one in Asia.

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  • January 7, 2013 |

    Gibson Dunn to launch Beijing base as firm targets Asia litigation

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher is to open an office in Beijing in the first quarter of this year as it strives to expand its footprint across Asia. The US firm, which already has offices in Singapore and Hong Kong, has received approval from the Chinese authorities to set up in the capital city, and is in the process of appointing an office head.

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  • January 3, 2013 |

    A&O and Slaughters take lead roles as Thomson Reuters acquires PLC

    Allen & Overy (A&O) and Slaughter and May have taken lead roles on a key legal publishing deal which has seen business information group Thomson Reuters acquire Practical Law Company (PLC). UK-based legal publisher PLC, which has more than 750 employees across its operations in London and New York, will become part of Thomson Reuters' legal product portfolio.

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  • December 17, 2012 |

    The Transfer Window: recent moves including Addleshaws, DWF and A&O

    Addleshaw Goddard has bolstered its finance services team with the hire of Olswang regulatory partner Brian McDonnell. McDonnell will join Addleshaws early next year after almost five years at Olswang. He was previously a regulatory lawyer at the London Stock Exchange, and also spent 10 months on secondment at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

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  • December 13, 2012 |

    CSR Initiative/Programme of the Year: Linklaters and Weil

    There was no shortage of impressive entries in another of the most competitive categories. Reed Smith's entry particularly caught the attention of the judges for its efforts in Haiti. Its programme saw the firm put together a wide-ranging initiative in the wake of the 2010 earthquake that devastated Haiti covering initial relief, fund raising and distribution of medical supplies.

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  • December 13, 2012 |

    Major firms join influential 30% Club initiative to boost female partners

    Clifford Chance (CC), Ashurst and Eversheds are among a band of ten firms to have signed up to a major new initiative to boost women partner numbers across professional services firms in the UK.

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  • December 4, 2012 |

    Hong Kong firm HWB announces all-female partner promotions round

    Hong Kong law firm Howse Williams Bowers (HWB) has promoted four of its female associates to partner, one year after the firm was formed by a breakaway group of Reed Smith lawyers. M&A specialist Katherine Chuang, healthcare expert Lisa Nabou and dispute resolution lawyers Lynn Lee and Oonagh Toner will all become partners at the firm as of January next year.

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  • November 29, 2012 |

    Hill Dickinson takes up bigger London office space as mooted partner lock-in abandoned

    Hill Dickinson is ramping up its London presence after securing a deal to move into new offices without the need to subject partners to a previously mooted lock-in. The firm is expecting to make the move to new premises at Broadgate Tower – which at 32,000 sq ft marks an almost 30% increase on the firm's current 25,000 sq ft Irongate House base – by the end of the financial year.

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  • November 29, 2012 |

    Magic circle duo bag roles on £1.7bn rail systems acquisition by Siemens

    Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have advised on Siemens' £1.74bn acquisition of technology company Invensys' rail operations in the UK.

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