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  • August 9, 2011 |

    CMS transfers entire immigration practice to specialist US firm

    CMS Cameron McKenna is set to spin off its entire 15-lawyer immigration practice to corporate immigration specialist firm Fragomen. The team, which will move across as of 1 October, includes Camerons' highly-rated immigration head Caron Pope, who has been a partner with CMS since joining from Reed Smith in 2007 to lead the immigration practice.

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  • August 3, 2011 |

    Quartet of US corporate partners quit DLA Piper to join Reed Smith

    Reed Smith has recruited a quartet of corporate partners from DLA Piper for its offices on both coasts of the US, reports the Am Law Daily. The group of partners is led by capital markets and M&A lawyer Yvan-Claude Pierre, who joined DLA three years ago from Fulbright & Jaworski.

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  • July 27, 2011 |

    A higher calling - the hotline to ex-GCs helping in-house lawyers find their feet

    A hotline to former general counsel is helping new in-house lawyers find their feet. Sue Reisinger reports

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  • July 21, 2011 |

    Ropes & Gray opens third base in Asia with Shanghai launch

    Ropes & Gray has launched an office in Shanghai, marking the US firm's third presence in Asia. The office, which went live today (21 July), will be headed by private equity partner Arthur Mok. Prior to his move to Shanghai, Mok worked in the firm's Hong Kong and Washington DC offices.

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  • July 12, 2011 |

    Reed Smith signs up Dorsey partner to lead Shanghai launch

    Reed Smith has launched a presence in Shanghai with the hire of corporate partner Jay Yan, the former regional managing partner for US firm Dorsey & Whitney. Reed Smith, which already has two Asian bases in Hong Kong and Beijing, will launch in Shanghai with immediate effect, having recently received a licence to open on the ground.

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  • July 11, 2011 |

    SNR Denton turns to salary partners for capital contributions of up to £20k

    SNR Denton has asked its EMEA non-equity partners to contribute capital to the firm for the first time.The move, which came into effect at the start of the current financial year (1 May), has seen non-equity partners at legacy Denton Wilde Sapte asked to contribute between £10,000 and £20,000 each.

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  • July 6, 2011 |

    Competing colleagues - the growing field of inter-law firm sporting events

    Dragon boat racing and sitting volleyball may not be sports that are traditionally associated with lawyers and law firms, but they are two of the more quirky sports in which law firms have got involved in recent years. Keen to attract the best talent, law firms are increasingly up to promote their extra curricular sporting prowess. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is viewed among many as the ones to beat when it comes to both promoting and participating in sport. Official sponsors of the London 2012 Olympics, lawyers at the firm are involved in no less than 18 different sporting activities. Sitting volleyball is the current craze sweeping Freshfields' London office, with staff from across the firm getting involved in a competition which is aimed at boosting the profile of the 2012 Paralympic Games.

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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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