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  • March 16, 2012 |

    US firm signs up former Barlows practice chief for London launch

    US firm Goldberg Segalla is set to launch an office in London with the hire of legacy Barlow Lyde & Gilbert commercial risk and reinsurance head Clive O'Connell. The office, Goldberg's first outside the US, will open in London's EC3 insurance district at No 1 Cornhill in April this year.

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  • March 15, 2012 |

    Partners believe fragmented legal industry is set for intense merger run

    "Definition of law firm merger - poorly managed; driven largely by overpaid incumbent management with little real support from grass roots; justifed rarely on good logic but instead on catch words like 'scale', 'footprint' and 'globalisation'...

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  • March 12, 2012 |

    Clydes makes Mongolia move with local alliance agreement

    Clyde & Co has become the latest firm to enter the Mongolian legal market via an association with local law firm Khan Lex Advocates. Clydes has tied up with Ulan Bator-based firm Khan Lex, which launched last year and has links to the private sector and the Mongolian Government legal service, having advised on the drafting of key legislation including the Foreign Investment Code, the State Property Law and tax laws.

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  • March 8, 2012 |

    City firms foresee slow growth but Q3 revenues rise 7% at top 100

    The UK's top 100 law firms saw fee income increase by 7.2% year-on-year during the third quarter of 2011-12 according to new research, which shows firms are predicting slower growth for the coming financial year due to the ongoing economic uncertainty in the eurozone. Deloitte's latest legal sector survey, covering the three-month period ending 31 January, shows that while fee income increased in Q3 this year compared with 2011, the growth is down on last quarter, when the same firms reported an increase in turnover of nearly 10%.

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  • March 8, 2012 |

    DLA's Mexico entrance flags up growing interest in burgeoning LatAm markets

    Robust insurance and infrastructure sectors are drawing legal advisers to Mexico and Brazil. Rose Orlik reports

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  • March 8, 2012 |

    Reduced silk round sees criminal Bar face up to impact of legal aid cuts

    "The low number of criminal QC appointments is a reflection of great uncertainty in public funding. It is particularly troubling that juniors from the top sets didn't even apply..."

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  • March 8, 2012 |

    Clydes advises Liverpool FC's former owners on RBS lawsuit

    Clyde & Co and 3 Verulam Buildings (3VB) have won roles on the multimillion-pound dispute between Liverpool FC's former owners and RBS. Clydes is advising US businessmen Tom Hicks and George Gillet, who claim that they lost around £140m when they were pushed into the sale of Liverpool FC by RBS in 2010, arguing that the club was sold at a significant undervalue.

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  • March 5, 2012 |

    The Transfer Window: recent moves including Ropes, Shoosmiths & RPC

    Ropes & Gray has added a partner to its newly-launched London private funds practice with the hire of senior associate Anand Damodaran from White & Case. Damodaran, who will work alongside recent Ropes recruit and fellow White & Case lawyer Matthew Judd, advises on private equity, real estate and hedge funds and the negotiation of contracts with service providers to funds.

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  • March 1, 2012 | International Edition

    The long, long haul - can the magic circle break America?

    As attention turns to emerging economies, London's top firms continue to press on in the US. Georgina Stanley asks whether a breakthrough is finally in sight

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  • March 1, 2012 |

    The long, long haul - can the magic circle break America?

    As attention turns to emerging economies, London's top firms continue to press on in the US. Georgina Stanley asks whether a breakthrough is finally in sight

    1 minute read