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  • April 10, 2012 |

    Dewey City partner duo quit for DLA and Reed Smith as exits continue

    Dewey & LeBoeuf is set to lose another two partners in London, with commercial litigator Nicholas Rock leaving to join Reed Smith and junior corporate partner Prakash Paran moving to DLA Piper. Rock, who was co-head of the US firm's environmental litigation practice, has 20 years' experience in commercial litigation with a focus on climate change law.

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  • April 10, 2012 |

    Top US firms saw China lawyer count grow 10% last year, research shows

    China lawyer headcount at the top 250 US law firms rose by almost 10% last year, as the region continues to grow in importance for international law firms. The largest 250 US-based law firms by lawyer headcount - as compiled by The National Law Journal - added 194 lawyers to their China offices during the past year to reach a total of 2,249, while the total number of offices grew from 124 to 132.

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  • April 4, 2012 | International Edition

    The agenda - sizing up the profession's efforts to tackle social diversity

    The legal profession has finally put social diversity 'on the agenda'. Georgina Stanley asks if it will be enough to counter an increasingly unequal British society

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  • April 4, 2012 | International Edition

    PRIME membership rises to 75 as firms push forward on diversity

    Weil Gotshal & Manges, Baker & McKenzie, White & Case, Reed Smith and Olswang are among a host of firms signing up to social mobility initiative PRIME, with 75 now committed to the scheme. The increased tally means PRIME - which is intended to raise the aspirations of students from under-privileged backgrounds by encouraging them to consider careers in the legal sector - has tripled the number of participating law firms since it launched in September last year.

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  • April 4, 2012 |

    PRIME membership rises to 75 as firms push forward on diversity

    Weil Gotshal & Manges, Baker & McKenzie, White & Case, Reed Smith and Olswang are among a host of firms signing up to social mobility initiative PRIME, with 75 now committed to the scheme. The increased tally means PRIME - which is intended to raise the aspirations of students from under-privileged backgrounds by encouraging them to consider careers in the legal sector - has tripled the number of participating law firms since it launched in September last year.

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  • April 4, 2012 |

    The agenda - sizing up the profession's efforts to tackle social diversity

    The legal profession has finally put social diversity 'on the agenda'. Georgina Stanley asks if it will be enough to counter an increasingly unequal British society

    1 minute read

  • March 22, 2012 |

    Going global and a 'one-firm approach' – SJ Berwin's new head sets out his agenda

    "Clearly the most essential part of the job is to listen to the partners. I will form a leadership team with Rob but we do not pretend to have a monopoly on wisdom" - Sofia Lind talks to new SJ Berwin senior partner Stephen Kon...

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  • March 15, 2012 |

    Aggressive US firms push London partner hiring to five-year high

    Partner hiring by US firms in London increased by over 25% in 2011, with firms adding more partners to their City bases than at any time over the last five years. Legal Week's annual survey of hiring trends at the City operations of some of the largest US and transatlantic firms found there were 116 partner hires during 2011 across the 45 firms taking part in the survey. The overwhelming majority of these (101) were partners at their previous firms.

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  • March 15, 2012 |

    US players grow London footprint as partner presence rises almost 10%

    US law firms grew their partner count in the City by close to 10% during 2011 as they continued to increase their share of the European legal market. Legal Week's research into the hiring activity and penetration of US firms in London found total partner count at the 45 US and transatlantic firms in London taking part in the survey increased by 91 in the year to January 2012, to 1,199.

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  • March 12, 2012 |

    The Transfer Window: recent moves including SNR Denton, Jones Day and Dickinson Dees

    SNR Denton has seen the departure of its London telecoms head Rod Kirwan, who has left to take up a new role as regional general counsel for the Caribbean at Cable & Wireless Communications. Kirwan left SNR Denton in January this year and will now be based in Barbados with Cable & Wireless. TMT partner Jan Willem van den Bos has taken over the leadership of SNR's City telecoms team.

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