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  • September 18, 2012 |

    National Grid GC takes new role at flexible staffing provider Obelisk

    Outgoing National Grid GC Helen Mahy has landed a new role as chairwoman at Obelisk Legal Support, a legal business which provides flexible staffing services for in-house departments and law firms. Obelisk, which was founded in 2010, has more than 100 ex-City lawyers on its books, with a focus on parents who have left the legal profession to raise a family.

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  • August 2, 2012 |

    Virgin Media general counsel quits for 'personal reasons'

    Virgin Media general counsel Scott Dresser has resigned from the company "for personal reasons", just over 18 months after his promotion to the top legal role. The media and telecoms giant announced that Dresser's resignation would be effective immediately, and that he would return to the US in October after assisting with the handover.

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  • July 30, 2012 |

    New Dewey filing confirms names of six pre-collapse merger suitors

    A new Dewey & LeBoeuf bankruptcy filing has confirmed the identities of six potential merger partners that reviewed the firm's audited financial reports ahead of its collapse, reports The Am Law Daily. The 355-page financial statement, filed on Thursday (26 July) by advisers overseeing the Chapter 11 bankruptcy, details various payments made amid Dewey's death spiral as well as gross revenue figures for certain debtor entities in 2010 and 2011.

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  • July 30, 2012 |

    Dewey's UK LLP looks to liquidation as unsecured creditors may lose out

    Administrators of Dewey & LeBoeuf's UK limited liability partnership (LLP) have proposed moving the business, which comprises the defunct US law firm's London and Paris arms, from administration into liquidation as many unsecured creditors, owed a total of £5.2m, look set to lose out.

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  • July 12, 2012 |

    Perfectly engineered fit: up close with Siemens GC Claire Carless

    Claire Carless, the newly-appointed Siemens GC, goes a long way to dispelling the myth that a serious career woman can't have it all, finds Caroline Hill

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  • July 12, 2012 |

    Siemens advisers on standby for review of engineering giant's roster

    Siemens is gearing up for a review of its UK and Ireland law firm roster this autumn following the appointment of new general counsel Claire Carless earlier this year.

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  • June 14, 2012 |

    Dewey Riyadh joins Patton Boggs as last international office finds new home

    Dewey & LeBoeuf's last remaining international office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has joined Patton Boggs gifting the US firm its first presence in the Kingdom. The five-lawyer group is led by Khalid Al-Thebity, a long-serving legacy LeBoeuf partner who previously managed the defunct firm's Middle East practice.

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  • June 7, 2012 |

    International interest in UK mergers grows as City retains pulling power

    The number of international law firms in London open to a UK merger has almost doubled over the past year, according to new research which highlights the sustained attraction of English law for firms with global ambitions. Legal Week's annual survey of international law firms in London has seen the number of firms that would consider a UK merger rise from seven to 13, of which three – K&L Gates, Bryan Cave and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr – said they would 'definitely' consider the option.

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  • June 6, 2012 |

    McDermott adds seven-strong team in Paris including group of Orrick lawyers

    McDermott Will & Emery has added three partners to its Paris office with the hire of a team of lawyers from Orrick Rambaud Martel, SJ Berwin and Reed Smith. Bertrand Delafaye is joining McDermott's base in the French capital as a partner in the corporate advisory practice group, after eight years as a partner at Orrick.

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  • May 24, 2012 |

    UK trio join legal line-up as Thai company trumps Shell with £1.2bn Cove bid

    Slaughter and May, Linklaters and Simmons & Simmons have become the latest firms to win roles on the billion-pound bidding battle for Cove Energy. Slaughters is advising Thailand's PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP), which has topped an earlier bid from Royal Dutch Shell with a new £1.2bn offer. Cove's directors have unanimously recommended that its shareholders accept the latest bid.

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