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  • October 4, 2012 |

    Addleshaws and Hogan Lovells act on pharma company AIM IPO

    Addleshaw Goddard and Hogan Lovells have advised on Clinigen's £135m initial public offering (IPO) on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM), thought to be the first float of a UK pharmaceutical company on the junior market for five years.

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  • September 23, 2012 |

    The Transfer Window: recent moves including OC, DLA and Ashurst

    Paul Hastings has recruited Clifford Chance (CC) securitisation and structured finance partner Neil Hamilton for the US firm's London office. Hamilton, whose recent work has included leading a CC team advising Deutsche Bank on a €900m (£720m) collateralised loan obligation, is set to start at Paul Hastings on 1 October.

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  • September 20, 2012 |

    Supreme Court president calls for more partners to serve as part-time judges

    Outgoing Supreme Court president Lord Phillips has called for leading law firms to encourage more partners to sit as part-time judges, in a bid to increase the number of solicitors in the judiciary.

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  • September 20, 2012 |

    In-house legal teams get on board PRIME diversity initiative

    Yahoo!, Vodafone, Lloyds Banking Group and the Financial Times are among a number of big-name businesses signing up to social mobility scheme PRIME, as in-house legal teams get on board the much-touted diversity initiative.

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  • September 19, 2012 |

    Linklaters launches new initiative to develop talented female lawyers

    Linklaters has launched an initiative to develop the talents of its top female lawyers, in an effort to overcome the challenges of attracting and retaining female associates. The firm has teamed up with Cranfield School of Management for the pilot of the scheme - dubbed the Women's Leadership Programme - which will initially target its offices in London and continental Europe.

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  • September 13, 2012 |

    Litigation broker launches new funding price comparison service

    Litigation broker TheJudge has launched a new price comparison service intended to speed up the process of selecting third-party litigation funding for cases.

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  • September 13, 2012 |

    Freshfields and CC win roles on multibillion BAE-EADS mega-merger

    Clifford Chance (CC) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have both scored roles on the proposed merger of EADS and BAE Systems, which is set to create an aerospace and defence giant worth $45bn (£27bn). Freshfields is acting for BAE, led by senior partner Will Lawes, while French outfit Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier is leading for EADS, with CC providing UK advice. Darrois' team is led by founding partner Alain Maillot and M&A partner Bertrand Cardi, while the CC team is headed up by global corporate head Matthew Layton, alongside corporate partners Patrick Sarch and Lee Coney.

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  • September 13, 2012 |

    Addleshaws advises as Berezovsky settles Patarkatsishvili claim

    Addleshaw Goddard has settled one of its three upcoming proceedings for Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky, ending his $3bn (£1.9bn) claim against the Patarkatsishvili family. The claim was settled today (13 September) with Signature Litigation founding partner Graham Huntley advising the family of now-deceased Georgian billionaire Arkady 'Badri' Patarkatsishvili and Addleshaws litigation partners Mark Hastings and John Kelleher representing Berezovsky.

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  • September 12, 2012 |

    Addleshaws, Simmons and Weil confirm autumn retention rates

    Addleshaw Goddard, Simmons & Simmons and Weil Gotshal & Manges have confirmed their autumn 2012 retention rates, with the US firm's result falling to 69%. Addleshaws is keeping on 27 of its 32 newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers, resulting in an 84% retention rate. The September qualifiers are split across the firm's offices in London, Leeds and Manchester.

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  • September 6, 2012 | International Edition

    Calculated risks – why Addleshaws' Berezovsky deal doesn't deserve the flak

    For a client to be branded as unimpressive and unreliable in court is never ideal. But for this to happen on a case you have very publicly taken on under a conditional fee agreement (CFA) isn't that far from a PR disaster.

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