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  • May 30, 2013 |

    SJ Berwin leads as British Land lets landmark City building to insurer

    SJ Berwin has advised longstanding client British Land and its joint venture partner Oxford Properties on the letting of City landmark the Leadenhall Building to insurance group Amlin. The lease is for 111,000 sq ft of office space in the 47-storey building, with the option to take up further space of up to 36,760 sq ft. The annual rental price for the space is around £7m. The SJ Berwin team was led by the firm's international real estate head Bryan Pickup and fellow real estate partner Pat Jones, while Clyde & Co acted for Amlin with real estate partner Malcolm Rogerson in the lead role.

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  • May 30, 2013 |

    Lessons in litigation – NHSLA's legal chief Catherine Dixon on learning from the past

    As chief executive of the NHS Litigation Authority, Catherine Dixon spends £75m a year on lawyers and pays out more than £1bn in compensation. Far from looking to haggle down claims, Dixon says the role is about learning from the mistakes of the past. Grant Murgatroyd reports

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  • May 23, 2013 |

    Law firm layoffs mount up as top 50 job cuts reach 750 over past year

    Nearly half of the UK's 50 largest law firms by revenue have announced job cuts over the past year, with the number of roles placed under threat of redundancy since May 2012 fast approaching the 1,500 mark.

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  • May 23, 2013 |

    Middle East legal community out in force to celebrate region's recovery at CCME Awards

    The Middle East legal community came out in force in Dubai last week to celebrate the achievements of lawyers, law firms and in-house legal teams at the Corporate Counsel Middle East (CCME) Awards. On 16 May, 300 lawyers attended the event at the Westin Mina Seyahi hotel, collectively reinforcing the impression that the legal sector is growing in self-confidence in line with the region's steady recovery from the financial crisis of 2009.

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  • May 17, 2013 |

    A&O, Al Tamimi, Emirates among winners at Middle East legal awards

    Al Tamimi & Company and The Emirates Group were among the big winners at the Corporate Counsel Middle East (CCME) Awards last night (16 May). The awards saw Emirates secure the Large Team Legal Department of the Year...

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  • May 17, 2013 |

    Eversheds recruits ex-Dewey partner from Morgan Lewis in Beijing launch double hire

    Eversheds has recruited Morgan Lewis energy partner Ingrid Zhu-Clark to head up its new Beijing office ahead of its formal opening next week (20 May). Ex-Dewey & LeBoeuf partner Zhu-Clark, who moved to Morgan Lewis following the collapse of the US firm last year, will be joined at the new Beijing base by Uria Menendez special counsel Jay Ze.

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  • May 6, 2013 |

    Clydes gets go-ahead to launch in Beijing as global growth continues

    Clyde & Co has become the latest international firm to secure a licence to open in Beijing, and is set to launch its office in the coming months. The UK outfit applied for a licence in the Chinese capital at the beginning of last year, in the hopes of tapping the outbound investment market driven by state-owned enterprises.

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  • May 5, 2013 |

    The Transfer Window: recent moves including Latham, CC and A&O

    Latham & Watkins has turned to Norton Rose for its latest London partner hire, recruiting banking partner Dean Naumowicz for its City finance team. Naumowicz, who joined Norton Rose as a partner in 2006 from Barclays Capital, focuses on derivatives and structured finance. Roles he has taken on recent deals have included acting for project company Societa di Progetto Brebemi on a €2.3bn (£1.9bn) toll motorway project in Italy, on which he worked with a team of lawyers from the firm's Milan office.

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  • May 2, 2013 |

    Aviva kicks off tender for new panels; magic circle duo take top-level roles

    Aviva has launched a major review of its external legal advisers that will see the insurance giant create its first group global and UK legal panels. Aviva's overall head of legal and company secretary Kirsty Cooper (pictured) and Aviva group general counsel Monica Risam are leading the review, with around 25 firms invited to pitch for places when tender documents were sent out three weeks ago.

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  • May 2, 2013 |

    Insured success - Aviva's legal team on reshaping the insurance giant's in-house function

    To say Aviva's overall head of legal Kirsty Cooper had a busy 2012 would be putting it mildly. As GC and company secretary for the insurance giant, the past year involved Cooper overseeing a restructuring of the in-house legal function, which saw headcount reduced by roughly 10% to 280.

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