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  • September 22, 2010 |

    Field Fisher boosts litigation with boutique hire

    Field Fisher Waterhouse has strengthened its litigation practice with the hire of litigation partner Jonathan Ray-Smith, who joined the firm last week (13 September) from City boutique McFaddens. Ray-Smith, who has over 10 years' experience as a litigation partner, acts for both corporate and private clients on a diverse range of civil litigation and dispute resolu-tion cases.

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  • September 15, 2010 |

    Reed Smith ships in Holman partner for City deal team

    Reed Smith has boosted its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) corporate practice with the hire of partner Samantha Roberts from Holman Fenwick Willan. At Holman, where she spent over 13 years, Roberts was a partner in the corporate, projects and finance department and headed up the firm's ports and terminals industry focus group. Her practice focuses on UK and cross-border M&A and joint venture arrangements.

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  • September 8, 2010 |

    International firms feel the pinch in Paris as UK practices post double-digit revenue drops

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom was the fastest-growing international firm by turnover in the French market last year, expanding its practice by 20%. Revenue at the US law firm's Paris practice stood at €26.4m (£22m) for the last financial year, up from €22m (£18.3m) last year, according to research carried out by Juristes Associes. The firm is now the 34th largest practice by turnover in the country. Skadden's performance bucks the overall trend for international firms in the region, which for the most part have seen sizable drops in turnover. Clifford Chance (CC), Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and SJ Berwin all posted double-digit declines in revenue for the year.

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  • September 7, 2010 |

    Reed Smith adds to global shipping practice with double hire

    Reed Smith has launched a shipping practice in New York with the hire of Holland & Knight partner Lars Forsberg. Forsberg, who was formerly based in Holland & Knight's New York office, joined Reed Smith earlier this month. He specialises in admiralty law, litigation and dispute resolution, with a particular focus on purchase and sale matters for commercial vessels and large private yachts.

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  • August 5, 2010 |

    Insolvency

    Reed Smith on what happens when insolvency meets the beautiful game, plus Macfarlanes looks at the rise of mis-selling claims.

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  • August 3, 2010 |

    Investec to standardise adviser relationships in overhaul of legal panel

    Banking group Investec has kicked off an adviser review in an effort to standardise relationships across its legal roster and cut back the number of law firms it uses. The review, which is being led by head of legal and compliance Richard Brearley, covers three of the bank's four business units - private banking, capital markets and property investment, with investment banking unaffected.

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  • July 30, 2010 |

    Insolvency: The beautiful game?

    The last few years have been turbulent for football club finances. In particular, 2010 has seen football clubs hit the headlines for the wrong reasons once again, and issues of football club insolvency have received significant press attention. Be it Manchester United's highly-leveraged debt, the wealthy benefactor of their cross-town neighbours Manchester City, or the recent administrations of Portsmouth and Crystal Palace, the finances of many successful and long-established football clubs are coming under increasing scrutiny.

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  • July 21, 2010 |

    Reed Smith hires HR director for European and Middle Eastern offices

    Reed Smith has appointed a new human resources (HR) director to look after the firm's European and Middle Eastern offices. Lucy Calver joined the firm on 1 July after a term as group HR director for the financial services company Cattles.

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  • July 13, 2010 |

    Reed Smith recruits Pinsents partner quartet for London base

    Reed Smith has boosted its energy practice with the hire of four partners from Pinsent Masons. Construction partners Keith Hartley, Peter Cassidy, Vincent Rowan and Gordon Bell will increase partner headcount in the US firm's energy, trade & commodities group to 13. Hartley and Cassidy have already joined Reed Smith, but Rowan and Bell will remain at Pinsents while they serve their notice period, before joining the firm later this year after fulfilling existing commitments under the firm's partnership agreement.

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  • July 7, 2010 |

    Stewarts Law seals merger deal with Bakers spin-off firm

    Specialist litigation firm Stewarts Law has sealed a merger deal with Baker & McKenzie spin-off Masseys. The tie-up is set to go live next month (2 August) and will see Masseys' four-partner, seven-lawyer firm integrate financially with Stewarts.

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