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  • February 22, 2010 |

    Charles Russell and Bird & Bird make line-up on revamped FA legal panel

    Charles Russell, Bird & Bird and Pinsent Masons have all scored roles on the Football Association (FA) Group's new-look legal panel following a tender process which saw a total of eight firms appointed. The two-stage panel process, which came to an end in December last year, saw eight successful firms chosen to work with the FA Group until March 2012.

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  • February 11, 2010 |

    SJ Berwin's US strategy – time to dance?

    For as long as I can remember there has been talk of when or whether SJ Berwin would try to put together a merger with a US law firm. For a firm with a thrusting US-style culture and a tempting European footprint for an international suitor, it isn't hard to see why some have viewed its end-game as a transformative cross-border merger. Some partners are well disposed to such a move, though opinions have always varied internally.

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  • February 10, 2010 |

    Eversheds Newcastle base hires new corporate chief

    Eversheds has appointed a new corporate head in Newcastle with the hire of former Scottish Power legal director Charles Reynard. Reynard joined the firm last month (18 January), taking over the corporate head position from Alan Fletcher, who has relocated to Eversheds' Edinburgh office in response to an increase in financial services work in the region. Fletcher spent six months on secondment to Bank of Scotland last year.

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  • February 5, 2010 |

    DLA Piper accounts reveal 80% increase in net debt to £53m

    DLA Piper has seen its net debt grow by 80% to £53m, the firm's limited liability partnership (LLP) filings have revealed. During the 2008-09 financial year the firm swapped its short-term overdraft facility for term debt facilities committed for three years which saw bank loans increase by more than £50m.

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  • February 5, 2010 |

    Stuck in a hole

    Some days redundancy doesn't look like such a bad option, says City associate Louise Michael...Spare a thought for those in the early stage of their careers in law. From my own experience - and the experience of my friends – it's clear that at the moment junior lawyers fall into one of two camps...

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  • January 27, 2010 |

    Bird & Bird IT partner named joint head of France practice

    Bird & Bird has appointed a joint head of its growing French practice, with longstanding Paris IT partner Stephane Lemarchand stepping into the role last week (12 January). Lemarchand will lead the firm's French practice alongside Frederique Dupuis-Toubol. He also heads the Paris IT team as well as the firmwide IT sector group and has a practice focused on IT law and copy- right-related matters.

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  • January 12, 2010 |

    Bird & Bird and Burges Salmon land roles on Virgin's UK panel

    Bird & Bird and Burges Salmon have won spots on Virgin Group's UK legal panel after a review of the organisation's preferred advisers. Six other firms - Allen & Overy (A&O), Bond Pearce, Denton Wilde Sapte, Harbottle & Lewis, Herbert Smith and Macfarlanes - have been reappointed to the eight-firm roster as of 1 January.

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  • December 21, 2009 |

    Training and education: All tied up

    The last few years have seen the College of Law, BPP Law School and, to a lesser extent, Kaplan Law School jostle with each other to secure tie-ups with the top law firms. In the main, firms have been receptive to their advances, with the result being that the vast majority of UK top 20 law firms - and many top 50 firms and US firms with London offices - now have arrangements in place to send their future trainees to study the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) and Legal Practice Course (LPC) exclusively with a certain course provider.

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  • December 15, 2009 |

    Media and sport

    Bird & Bird assesses the legal angles on a scandal-prone sporting world, while Reed Smith looks at how social media is playing havoc with many companies' risk management procedures.

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  • December 13, 2009 |

    Bird & Bird

    Still top of the tree for IP-heavy technology work, the firm has managed rapid international expansion in recent years...

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