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  • October 13, 2010 |

    Top names ready to battle for honours at 2010 British Legal Awards

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Hogan Lovells and Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) are among the firms shortlisted for a number of categories in the 2010 British Legal Awards. The group has been nominated for the much sought after Law Firm of the Year award alongside Clyde & Co, Sullivan & Cromwell and Travers Smith.

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  • October 13, 2010 |

    Courtroom drama - the City's top film lawyers pick their favourite movies

    The City's top film lawyers might be experts when it comes to questions of finance, distribution and intellectual property law - but do they know what makes a good movie? Sofia Lind asks a line-up of film law partners for their recommendations

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  • October 6, 2010 |

    Chancery and commercial Bar: Stars at the Bar

    The future of the Bar always sparks a fiery debate, and never more so than now, with the Legal Services Act (LSA) opening up new opportunities set to reshape the future of the legal profession. The upcoming changes have split lawyers into two camps: there are those who see it as a dying profession, with barristers unable and unwilling to change, and others who see the Bar as a vital part of our legal system going forward, which is opening up to modern practices.

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  • October 6, 2010 |

    Pinsents hires Shoosmiths practice chief to co-lead planning team

    Pinsent Masons has bolstered its planning practice, with the hire of Shoosmiths' national practice head Ian Gilbey. Gilbey is set to join Pinsents' six-partner planning team early next year and will jointly lead the group alongside existing head Richard Ford. At Shoosmiths, Gilbey has been replaced as head of the group by planning partner Kirsten Hewson, who takes over with immediate effect.

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  • October 4, 2010 |

    Reed Smith confirms merger talks with US firm Thompson & Knight

    Reed Smith is in talks with US firm Thompson & Knight over a tie-up which could boost its lawyer headcount to around 2,000, reports The Am Law Daily. Thompson managing partner Jeffrey Zlotky confirmed that the two firms are in "preliminary" discussions over a potential combination, but added that they have not yet reached the stage at which he would take the proposed deal to the full Thompson partnership.

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  • September 29, 2010 |

    Addleshaws' Burch takes non-exec role at Channel 4

    Addleshaw Goddard chairman Monica Burch has been added to the line up of Channel 4's new non-executive directors. The appointment, announced today (29 September) was made by Ofcom following an advertising campaign in the national papers. The role will start on 1 October for an initial three year term.

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  • September 22, 2010 |

    Reed Smith boosts Paris arm with Dentons hire

    Reed Smith has grown its corporate arm in Paris with the hire of corporate head Emmanuel Vergnaud from Denton Wilde Sapte. Vergnaud is set to join the firm's Europe and Middle East corporate group from Dentons this month alongside corporate associate Mickaeal Levi.

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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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