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  • May 30, 2013 |

    The fight for fairness – what are law firms doing to tackle the gender pay gap?

    Lawyers have a problem with equal pay – and it's a big one. More than 40 years on from the Equal Pay Act, women in private practice are paid a startling 26.7% less than their male counterparts. The finding, from a new Law Society study of solicitors' salaries in 2012, compares badly with the national picture: the law's gender pay gap is well over double the 9.6% difference between men and women's pay across the UK as a whole, as reported by the Office for National Statistics.

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  • May 28, 2013 |

    Withers appoints first-ever US chairman as Indaimo steps down

    Withers New York chief Ivan Sacks has been appointed as the firm's first US-based chair, as Anthony Indaimo prepares to step down this July. After two three-year terms in the chairman role, Indaimo is handing over to Sacks, the firm's US senior partner, as of 1 July this year.

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  • May 27, 2013 |

    Addleshaws to open new base in Qatar with double partner hire

    Addleshaw Goddard has continued its recent flurry of international expansion with the hire of two partners to launch a Qatar offering for the firm. Patton Boggs corporate partner Hussein Damirji will lead the new Doha office and will be joined by Dentons banking and finance partner Martin Brown. The firm is currently in the process of recruiting a small team of associates to support the duo.

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  • May 23, 2013 |

    Withers and Speechly Bircham call off merger after top-level talks

    Withers and Speechly Bircham have opted against a merger of the two firms, following votes at both firms earlier this week. A spokesperson for both firms said: "Following detailed discussions between the management and partnerships of Withers and Speechly Bircham, both sides have now concluded that a merger would not be in the best interests of both firms and have agreed not to pursue this further.

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  • May 16, 2013 |

    Links and Addleshaws advise on £335m Liverpool hospital PPP

    Linklaters and Addleshaw Goddard have landed roles on a £335m public private partnership (PPP) initiative to build a new hospital in Liverpool. The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals Trust has selected Carillion as the preferred bidder, with construction to start next year on what is set to be the largest hospital in the country. Linklaters is advising Carillion and equity investors Lloyds Banking Group with a team led by head of global project finance Bruce White. The magic circle firm is one of several firms on the construction giant's legal panel, which also includes Slaughter and May and DLA Piper.

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  • May 7, 2013 |

    How GCs can create and sustain value

    Getting the right building blocks in place to create and sustain value is a key challenge for the modern day General Counsel. This is one of the biggest and most complex areas the ValueDynamics study encountered.

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  • May 7, 2013 |

    Understanding the key value drivers in your business

    One of ValueDynamics' aims is to raise the quality of the debate on 'adding value' and to bring a fresh perspective on what value really means in the context of a modern legal function. Addleshaw Goddard have condensed the most frequently talked about key drivers of value to create a top 10.

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  • May 7, 2013 |

    The importance of understanding differing priorities

    The ValueDynamics study identified a trend in which GCs are increasingly functioning more like business partners. A starting point for this shift in thinking is that everyone in an organisation needs to prove value in order to secure budgets in a difficult economic environment.

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  • May 2, 2013 |

    Addleshaws to launch in Hong Kong as firm continues international push

    Addleshaw Goddard is continuing its global expansion with the launch of an office in Hong Kong and the creation of a new international division. The firm recently gained its Hong Kong licence from the local law society, gifting it its fourth international launch in the past 12 months. The Hong Kong base, which has been set up to target opportunities in China and the Far East, is expected to be fully operational by the end of May. This follows moves into Oman last month, and Singapore and Dubai last year.

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  • May 2, 2013 |

    Aviva kicks off tender for new panels; magic circle duo take top-level roles

    Aviva has launched a major review of its external legal advisers that will see the insurance giant create its first group global and UK legal panels. Aviva's overall head of legal and company secretary Kirsty Cooper (pictured) and Aviva group general counsel Monica Risam are leading the review, with around 25 firms invited to pitch for places when tender documents were sent out three weeks ago.

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