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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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  • June 24, 2010 |

    Dealmaker: Phillip Slater

    Reed Smith finance partner Phillip Slater on his Soviet shenanigans and the lessons learned from Mr Fox...

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  • June 17, 2010 |

    Band of US firms ready for UK tie-up as SJB/Proskauer talks continue

    Reed Smith, K&L Gates and Bryan Cave are among a group of US-based practices that would actively consider a merger with a London firm, according to Legal Week research. The finding is contained in Legal Week's annual international firms in London focus, which includes submissions from most major foreign practices operating in the Square Mile.

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  • June 16, 2010 |

    International firms in London: Swoop to conquer

    June 2009, and it was just another not-so-hectic day in the finance department of Addleshaw Goddard's London office - which, after some busy years in the middle of the decade, had slowed dramatically following the onset of the credit crunch in 2007. The firm had recently posted its annual financial results, announcing a fall in revenue of 11.4% and a 30.9% decline in profits per equity partner (PEP), having earlier that year cut 10% of its partnership. Needless to say, acquisition finance partner Phil Slater was on hand to answer his phone when it rang that morning.

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