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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

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  • 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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  • March 7, 2012 |

    Herbert Smith set for lead role on multibillion-pound Lloyds lawsuit

    Herbert Smith and McGuireWoods are set to take lead roles on a multibillion-pound lawsuit brought against former Lloyds TSB directors for allegedly misleading investors over its merger with Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) in 2008. The case will be launched in the coming weeks, dependent on funding being obtained by the claimants - shareholder group Lloyds Action Now (LAN) - with the action expected to reach trial in the next two years.

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  • March 5, 2012 |

    Withers and Reed Smith join best employer list as six law firms feature

    Six law firms have made it into The Sunday Times' annual 100 Best Companies to work for rankings, with Withers and Mills & Reeve the only representatives from the UK's largest 50 firms by revenue.

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  • February 23, 2012 |

    Shearman posts static PEP for 2011 as City revenues grow 5%

    Shearman & Sterling saw partner profits remain static at $1.56m (£993,000) in 2011, while revenue inched up 2% to $750m (£477m), reports The Am Law Daily. Despite a strong first half of the year, the firm began to suffer a general slowdown in transactional work amid the explosion of the Greek debt crisis in August, said senior partner Rohan Weerasinghe.

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