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  • December 13, 2009 |

    Olswang

    The trendy tech pace-setter turned 25 in 2006...

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  • December 8, 2009 |

    Media and sport: Sportsgate

    In their 2005 book Freakonomics, economists Steven D Levitt and Stephen J Dubner argued that sumo wrestling, that most noble and ancient Japanese sport, was riddled with corruption. They analysed data from 32,000 bouts over 11 years and controversially concluded that a significant number of those bouts had been rigged, with one wrestler having agreed to 'tank' or take a dive to let his opponent win (in return for a reciprocal gesture at their next meeting).

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  • December 4, 2009 |

    Bird & Bird hires Links competition partner for Brussels base

    Bird & Bird has bolstered its EU and competition practice with the hire of Anne Federle from Linklaters. Federle is set to join Bird & Bird next month as a partner in the UK top 20 firm's Brussels office.

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  • November 20, 2009 |

    Linklaters sees revenues drop by almost 10% at half-year stage

    Linklaters has reported a 9.5% drop in revenue for the first half of the 2009-10 financial year. The magic circle firm took in fee income of £591m for the six-month period closing at the end of October, compared with £653m for the same period last year. At that time the firm saw a 3% increase in turnover for the first half of 2008-09.

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  • November 19, 2009 |

    Former US senator set to join DLA Piper

    A former US senator is set to join DLA Piper as a senior policy adviser, reports The National Law Journal. Former Senate majority leader Tom Daschle will join DLA on 1 December as a senior policy adviser, and will also become a member of the firm's governing global board. He has spent the last four years as an adviser at Atlanta's Alston & Bird.

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  • November 18, 2009 |

    Dealmaker: Simon Shooter

    Bird & Bird commercial partner Simon Shooter on Latin proverbs, fly fishing and the 2:30 at Kempton...

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  • November 18, 2009 |

    Berwin Leighton Paisner sees 12 partner departures in 12 months

    Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has seen 12 partners leave its City office over the last 12 months, with the firm also moving to de-equitise a number of partners. Six partners have left the firm's limited liability partnership since 16 October 2009 according to filings with Companies House. Of these, the corporate practice has seen two departures, with commercial, TMT and outsourcing seeing two partners leave.

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  • November 18, 2009 |

    Stephenson Harwood posts 8% revenue growth at half-year stage

    Stephenson Harwood has seen an 8% rise in revenues for the first half of the financial year. The City firm saw fee income increase to £42.6m, after last year posting revenues of £39.6m for the equivalent period.

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  • November 12, 2009 |

    Wragges becomes latest firm to post H1 results with turnover down 3%

    Wragge & Co has recorded a drop in half-year turnover, with revenues dipping to £47.5m. The drop marks a 3% decrease in fee income from the same period in 2008, when Wragges posted revenues of £49m.

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  • November 11, 2009 |

    Bird & Bird boosts City commercial team with BLP projects partner hire

    Bird & Bird has bolstered its London commercial practice with the hire of Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) partner Richard Lucas. Lucas joins the firm's City commercial practice after 11 years as a partner in BLP's projects group.

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