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  • January 20, 2012 |

    Simmons announces job cuts in Abu Dhabi and Dubai offices

    Simmons & Simmons is set to make lawyer and support staff redundancies in the Middle East, with the firm's Abu Dhabi and Dubai offices affected due to tough market conditions. The firm declined to confirm how many people will be affected but said all were notified this week. The cuts will not affect the firm's Doha base or any of the staff in its Saudi affiliation office.

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  • January 17, 2012 |

    DLA Piper seals hire of Orrick's former London chief Bartlam

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe's former London head Martin Bartlam is set to join DLA Piper after tendering his resignation earlier this week. Finance partner Bartlam, who is joining DLA's structured finance team, headed up Orrick's London office between February 2006 and February 2010, when he was succeeded by real estate partner Anne O'Neill.

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  • January 5, 2012 |

    Skadden recruits restructuring partner in London with Weil hire

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has strengthened its corporate restructuring practice in London with the hire of partner Dominic McCahill from rival US firm Weil Gotshal & Manges. McCahill, who will become the sixth partner in Skadden's London restructuring practice, will report to London corporate restructuring chief Chris Mallon. The firm's restructuring practice sits alongside the corporate group, which currently comprises 16 partners in the City.

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  • January 4, 2012 |

    Ropes & Gray seals City boost with hire of ex-CC PE real estate veteran

    Ropes & Gray has strengthened its corporate and private equity practices in London with the hire of former Clifford Chance (CC) partner and real estate specialist Ian Morpeth. Morpeth, who joined the US firm as a partner yesterday (3 January), left CC at the beginning of last year to join Oppenheimer Investments as global chief operating officer.

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  • December 20, 2011 |

    Jones Day promotes five in the City in global round of 45

    Jones Day has become the latest US firm to announce its annual promotions round, with five London-based lawyers making the cut out of a global total of 45. The promotions, which will take effect from 1 January 2012, include 22 lawyers in the US, five in Asia, seven in Germany and two in Italy and France respectively. They also include one partner apiece in Russia and Australia.

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  • December 16, 2011 |

    Soc Gen names new panel with dozen firms winning places

    Societe Generale has concluded a review of its global panel, with firms including Allen & Overy and Herbert Smith appointed. The roster, which will take effect in the New Year (1 January), also sees UK firms Clifford Chance, Hogan Lovells, Norton Rose and Simmons & Simmons winning places.

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  • December 12, 2011 |

    Dechert litigation chief Gerrard takes lead on corruption probe at ENRC

    Dechert litigation co-head Neil Gerrard has taken a lead role for the audit committee investigating allegations of corruption at FTSE 100 company Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC). Gerrard, who joined the US firm from DLA Piper earlier this year, began the work for the three-strong committee of non-executive directors - Gerhard Ammann, Sir Paul Judge and Roderick Thomson - at his firmer firm, and took the mandate with him on his move to Dechert.

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  • December 12, 2011 |

    Mishcons boosts property litigation group with Jones Day hire

    Mishcon de Reya is set to bulk up its property litigation group with the hire of Jones Day practice head Richard Anyamene. Anyamene will join Mishcons in January next year from his role as head of property litigation at Jones Day, and will work under practice head Daniel Levy.

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  • December 7, 2011 |

    London Office of the Year: Weil Gotshal & Manges

    Weil Gotshal & Manges has dubbed 2011 "the most strategically significant year for its London office since it was launched 15 years ago". The judges were suitably impressed with the evidence to support this statement, including a hugely impressive roster of senior partner hires from leading UK rivals. In recent months the office, which is led by Mike Francies, has hired partners from Jones Day, Ashurst, Shearman & Sterling and Debevoise & Plimpton.

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  • December 7, 2011 |

    Private Client/Family Team of the Year: Berkeley Law

    Berkeley Law is a Mayfair-based boutique private client law firm that was founded in May 2010 by four partners – Nick Rucker, Alex Ruffel, Glenn Hurstfield and Tim Thornton Jones – and a team of solicitors from Lawrence Graham. Its goal was to maintain its legacy client base and attract new clients, with a particular focus on emerging markets where much new wealth is being generated.

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