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  • April 17, 2008 | International Edition

    TMT rivals Bird & Bird and Field Fisher maintain substantial promotions round

    Bird & Bird and Field Fisher Waterhouse have joined a raft of firms including Slaughter and May and Lovells in announcing their new partner promotions this week. Bird & Bird has made up its largest-ever haul, with 14 new partners - doubling its 2007 count - with the London and German practices receiving the biggest share with four partners each.

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  • April 17, 2008 |

    TMT rivals Bird & Bird and Field Fisher maintain substantial promotions round

    Bird & Bird and Field Fisher Waterhouse have joined a raft of firms including Slaughter and May and Lovells in announcing their new partner promotions this week. Bird & Bird has made up its largest-ever haul, with 14 new partners - doubling its 2007 count - with the London and German practices receiving the biggest share with four partners each.

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  • April 17, 2008 |

    City firms renew lobbying and step up local hiring as Indian Bar reform stalls

    A delegation of City lawyers headed to India this week as partners predict further delays in opening up the legal market to foreign firms while the country prepares for a general election. Talks about liberalising the legal sector are set to take a back seat as the Indian Government looks at prioritising wider issues such as poverty and infrastructure.

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  • April 17, 2008 |

    Bird & Bird hires for Spain team launch

    Bird & Bird has launched a dedicated competition practice in Spain with the hire of a partner from DLA Piper. The top 30 UK firm has hired Antonio Creus as a partner in its Madrid office to lead the new practice group. Creus has more than 20 years' experience advising on competition matters before the European Commission and had been a partner at DLA since 2004.

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  • April 15, 2008 |

    ...Legal Week Lunchbox: 15/04/08...

    The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today; plus the pick of the day's posts; promotions fun on the Legal Week Wiki; and more

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  • April 14, 2008 | International Edition

    Bird & Bird makes up record 14 to partner

    Bird & Bird has unveiled its largest-ever round of partner promotions, making up 14 new partners across its network of offices. Just four new partners are made up in the City - the same number as in Germany. The firm's French practice sees two associates promoted to partner, while the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and Sweden receive one new partner apiece.

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  • April 14, 2008 |

    Bird & Bird makes up record 14 to partner

    Bird & Bird has unveiled its largest-ever round of partner promotions, making up 14 new partners across its network of offices. Just four new partners are made up in the City - the same number as in Germany. The firm's French practice sees two associates promoted to partner, while the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and Sweden receive one new partner apiece.

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  • April 14, 2008 |

    ...Legal Week Lunchbox: 14/04/08...

    The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today; plus the pick of the day's posts; a new Legal Villager blogs from Baghdad; and more

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  • April 9, 2008 |

    Bird & Bird opens India practice with W&C hire

    Bird & Bird has launched an India practice group following the firm's hire of White & Case corporate partner Nipun Gupta. Gupta, who focuses on the metals, mining and financial services sectors within emerging markets, was global head of legal at steel giant Arcelor Mittal, then called ISPAT International, before joining White & Case.

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  • April 9, 2008 | International Edition

    Macfarlanes advises Pernod on €5.6bn Vin & Spirit acquisition

    Macfarlanes has secured a starring role alongside Debevoise & Plimpton and a number of international firms on Pernod Ricard's E5.6bn (£4.4bn) acquisition of Swedish vodka maker Vin & Spirit. Macfarlanes corporate partner Tim Lewis took the lead for Pernod in the UK on the long-running deal, which sees the company buying the owner of the Absolut vodka brand from the Kingdom of Sweden.

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