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  • November 25, 2012 |

    Reed Smith, Macfarlanes and BLP lead on $142m Faberge takeover

    Reed Smith, Macfarlanes and Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) have won roles on the $142m (£89m) acquisition of iconic jewellery brand Faberge by gemstone company Gemfields. Faberge is majority owned by former BHP Billiton CEO Brian Gibertson's investment company Pallinghurst Resources, which acquired the company in 2007. Gibertson also jointly controls Gemfields with investor grouping Rox.

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  • November 9, 2012 |

    Ex-solicitor general takes role for Lord McAlpine over abuse claims

    Former solicitor general Sir Edward Garnier QC has been appointed to represent former Conservative Party treasurer Lord McAlpine over allegations linking him to historical child abuse. Garnier, who is now at One Brick Court, has been instructed as counsel for the Conservative peer by Andrew Reid of RMPI, formerly Reid Minty.

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  • November 2, 2012 |

    Asia's focal point - Singapore under the microscope

    While the rest of the world wallows in the aftermath of the financial crisis, Southeast Asia is thriving. Neil Hodge focuses on the region's biggest winner so far: Singapore

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  • November 1, 2012 |

    Pannone takes on claims for Savile victims as bank freezes estate

    Pannone has become the latest law firm to take a role related to the Jimmy Savile scandal, with the northwest firm acting for a number of victims allegedly abused by the TV star. City personal injury partner Alan Collins, who specialises in child abuse cases, is currently investigating around 20 allegations of abuse by Savile.

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  • October 25, 2012 |

    Outright sexism still commonplace in law despite profession's push for change

    "The views which sexists share are a national problem which will only be amplified by the increase in the Muslim minority in the country in regards to forced marriages and pedophilia..."

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  • October 25, 2012 |

    Hong Kong Reed Smith spinoff HWB set to ramp up local presence

    Hong Kong law firm Howse Williams Bowers (HWB) is to move offices at the end of this year with a view to boosting its headcount in the region. The firm, which currently has more than 80 staff, will move from its existing base in Exchange Square 2, to bigger, Grade-A office space on the 27th floor of Alexandra House in Central on 31 December.

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  • October 25, 2012 |

    Reed Smith's BBC ties face scrutiny as firm appointed to Savile probe

    The BBC has appointed longstanding adviser Reed Smith to a lead role on the broadcaster's inquiries into the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal. The law firm is set to act as secretariat to both the independent review led by former Sky News head Nick Pollard into why a Newsnight report on Savile was dropped, as well as a separate investigation - led by former Appeal Court judge Dame Janet Smith - into whether culture and practices at the BBC enabled Savile to carry out the sexual abuse of children.

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  • October 22, 2012 |

    Nationwide to kick off review of legal panel

    Nationwide is gearing up to launch a panel review of its group-wide advisers in the New Year. The building society will start the review in early 2013, marking the first time it has been looked at since its launch in July 2009.

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  • October 18, 2012 | International Edition

    New world orders: the 2012 Global 100

    At first glance the 2012 Global 100 rankings, which show revenues for the world's largest law firms rising to an all time high of $81.9bn (£50.8bn) during the last financial year, do much to prove the well-coined expression that, rain or shine, people (or at least major public companies) always need lawyers.

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  • October 18, 2012 |

    New world orders: the 2012 Global 100

    At first glance the 2012 Global 100 rankings, which show revenues for the world's largest law firms rising to an all time high of $81.9bn (£50.8bn) during the last financial year, do much to prove the well-coined expression that, rain or shine, people (or at least major public companies) always need lawyers.

    1 minute read