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  • July 6, 2011 |

    Five firms win first-time spots on new Santander UK legal panel

    Bird & Bird, Wragge & Co and Taylor Wessing are among five firms to have been added to Santander's own-account panel in the UK following a three-month competitive tender process. Santander turned to online procurement company Aquanima to handle the first review of its merged UK panel since 2009, which covers the legacy Abbey, Alliance & Leicester and Bradford & Bingley brands.

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  • July 1, 2011 |

    Elite US trio added to Barclays panel after review of bank's advisers

    Barclays has added three US firms to its general advisory panel, following a comprehensive panel review intended to increase value for money from the bank's regular advisers. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Shearman & Sterling and Sullivan & Cromwell have been added to the bank's main general advisory panel after Barclays decided to include the creation of a US sub-division for the first time.

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  • June 29, 2011 |

    SNR Denton takes tough line on exit terms as partners quit and UK PEP falls 36%

    SNR Denton has been hit by the resignation of two more key partners as it emerges that the firm may hold senior equity partners to a 12-month notice period. The latest partners to hand in their notice are regulatory head Chris Borg and senior banking partner Michael Black, who are set to join Reed Smith and Norton Rose respectively.

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  • June 20, 2011 |

    Holman adds partners across Hong Kong, Singapore and Sydney in Asia push

    Holman Fenwick Willan is set to bulk up its Asia practice with a number of hires and relocations as the firm's focus on the region increases. Ex-Simmons & Simmons corporate partner Jonathan Moult is joining the firm's Hong Kong office in September, while shipping and transport partner David Coogans, formerly of Reed Smith Richards Butler in Hong Kong, is set to join Holman's Sydney base in July.

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  • June 15, 2011 | International Edition

    Going organic: finding the balance between organic growth and lateral hiring in London

    Foreign firms in London still struggle to find that elusive balance between 
organic growth and lateral hiring. Charlotte Edmond charts the latest trends

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  • June 15, 2011 |

    Going organic: finding the balance between organic growth and lateral hiring in London

    Foreign firms in London still struggle to find that elusive balance between 
organic growth and lateral hiring. Charlotte Edmond charts the latest trends

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  • June 15, 2011 |

    Outriders - the US firms breaking away from the herd in the City

    A disparate band of US firms are breaking away from the herd to become a real competitive force in the City. Caroline Hill assesses how far they've come and the terrain ahead

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  • June 8, 2011 |

    Mishcons lives up to flashy image with sparkling growth

    As befits a firm acting for fashion houses such as Gucci or Christian Louboutin, there has always been something just a little bit flash about Mishcon de Reya. But even by those standards, its achievement this year of hiking revenues by 30% is eye-catching. Revenues hit £61.5m for 2010-11, up from £47.5m the previous year, while profits have also jumped to an estimated £575,000 against £450,000 in 2010. Certainly, very few major law firms have ever managed that kind of annual growth without the aid of a sizeable merger.

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  • June 1, 2011 |

    Former GTM partner files contract breach claim against firm

    Former Greenberg Traurig Maher (GTM) partner Andrew Croxford is taking the firm to an employment tribunal for breach of contract. Croxford, a banking partner who joined GTM from White & Case in 2009, filed the claim with the London Central Employment Tribunal on 16 February 2011, with 
the hearing due to be held 
in September.

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  • May 4, 2011 |

    Reed Smith recruits two-partner Howrey team for Paris IP launch

    Reed Smith is set to launch a Paris intellectual property (IP) practice with the hire of a five-strong team from Howrey. Marina Couste and Francois Jonqueres will join Reed Smith as partners on 28 May, along with two associates and one paralegal, bringing the number of partners at the US firm's Paris office to 15.

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