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  • August 16, 2013 |

    Shoosmiths to take on A-level students for new apprenticeship scheme

    Shoosmiths is preparing to launch a new legal apprenticeship scheme next month in association with the CILEx Law School. The firm is looking to recruit a group of around 2-4 people which hold the equivalent of three A-Levels graded A-C who will work in its recoveries service practice group based at its Northampton office. The successful candidates will enrol on the two-year Debt Recovery and Insolvency pathway of the Level 4 Higher Apprenticeship with the training delivered and assessed by CILEx Law School.

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  • August 14, 2013 |

    Eversheds and Travers lead on KPMG London office switch

    Eversheds and Travers Smith both advised on KPMG's planned London relocation from Salisbury Square to 30 North Colonnade in Canary Wharf. From 2015, KPMG will occupy 200,000 sq ft across the top eight floors of the building, which is owned in a joint venture by Fimalac and Hearst Corporation. Approximately 1,100 staff will be relocating to Canary Wharf to work alongside the 5,000 staff that is already based next door at 15 Canada Square.

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  • August 14, 2013 |

    Charles Russell becomes latest firm to enter Qatar market with Doha launch

    Charles Russell is launching a new office in Qatar as the UK top 50 firm moves to ramp up its presence in the Middle East. The firm has received its licence from the Qatar Financial Centre Authority, effective as of 29 July, and will officially open the new Doha base in early September.

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  • August 14, 2013 |

    Addleshaws launches apprenticeship scheme for Manchester paralegal team

    Addleshaw Goddard is to launch a legal apprenticeship scheme this autumn linked to its rapidly expanding Transactional Services Team (TST). Based at Addleshaws' TST base in Manchester, the scheme will lead to an National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship in Legal Services with those successful going on to score full-time roles. The firm has made ten spaces available in the first year's intake and is currently adverting through schools, colleges and recruitment agencies to students completing A-Levels or an equivalent qualification this summer.

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  • August 8, 2013 |

    Addleshaws seals tie-up with new HK firm led by DLA and Minters partners

    Addleshaw Goddard's Hong Kong office is to enter into a formal association with a new local law firm headed up by partners from Minter Ellison and DLA Piper. The new firm, Stewien & Co, will be led by DLA Piper corporate partner Brett Stewien and Minters litigation and employment head Nigel Francis.

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  • August 1, 2013 |

    Mergers fuel growth in domestic market as national firms outpace top 50 rivals

    Nationally represented law firms have once again outpaced their City counterparts as consolidation among mid-tier firms continues to drive growth. Mergers and acquisitions involving top 50 firms across the UK helped push average revenue growth up to 12.3%, well ahead of the average growth of 6.9% for the top 50 as a whole and also up on last year's average growth of 9.4% for the same group. Expansive DWF posted by far the biggest increase as revenues climbed 84.5% to £188.2m, following a transformative year which included a string of mergers, most notably the February acquisition of Cobbetts – catapulting the firm 15 places up the UK top 50 to 18th.

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  • July 31, 2013 |

    ValueDynamics - The Talent Challenge

    The vast majority of the in-house lawyers that participated in the Value Dynamics study are already engaged in developing and implementing some form of overall talent strategy for their team. Many GCs are finding the funding of talent initiatives difficult. They have tight budgets and the appetite for learning and development investment is low, with legal often finding itself at the end of the priority list for investment.

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  • July 25, 2013 |

    Lloyds legal heads agree flexi-work setup in rare senior job share

    Lloyds Banking Group's two most senior lawyers have moved into a job-sharing arrangement, in a high-profile example of changing attitudes towards flexible working in the legal profession. Group general counsel Andrew Whittaker (pictured) and his deputy Kate Cheetham have agreed a flexible working plan following Whittaker's move to the bank in May from the Financial Services Authority, where he was also GC. Though Cheetham works full time, she effectively shares the leadership of the legal team with Whittaker, who is contracted to a 0.6 full-time equivalent post. The duo said Whittaker's regulatory experience complements former Linklaters lawyer Cheetham's background in corporate law.

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  • July 25, 2013 |

    Addleshaws and Hogan Lovells win roles on multibillion rail upgrade programme

    Addleshaw Goddard and Hogan Lovells have won work on a major rail deal that has seen the Department for Transport (DfT) place a £1.2bn order for 270 new high-speed trains for the East Coast Main Line. The DfT last week awarded the contract to Agility Trains, a joint venture between Hitachi Rail Europe and John Laing Investments, as part of its Intercity Express Programme (IEP) to upgrade the UK's rail system. The carriages will be manufactured at Hitachi's new factory in County Durham, with the deal coming after the DfT last year agreed an initial £4.5bn order with Agility.

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  • July 23, 2013 |

    The Performance Challenge: evaluating current performance

    Our starting point in The Performance Challenge is to suggest you consider how you are approaching the following four dimensions of performance in your own organisation and how you would honestly rank yourself today.

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