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  • September 6, 2012 |

    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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  • September 6, 2012 |

    Addleshaws City corporate partner joins Hogan Lovells

    Addleshaw Goddard corporate partner John Allison is joining Hogan Lovells as the firm moves to bulk up its London M&A team.

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  • August 31, 2012 |

    Addleshaws to miss out on success fee as Abramovich wins court battle

    Addleshaw Goddard is set to miss out on a significant payout after the High Court ruled against the firm's client, Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky, in his high-profile $6bn (£3.8bn) dispute with Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich. The judgment, which was handed down this morning (31 August) by Mrs Justice Gloster in the High Court, will be seen as a significant setback for Addleshaws, which had been working with Berezovsky on a conditional fee basis.

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  • August 29, 2012 |

    Addleshaws confirms 24 fee earner cuts as attrition remains low

    Addleshaw Goddard has confirmed that 24 fee earners have been made redundant following a two-month consultation at the firm. The firm first announced its intention to trim the number of senior fee earners in June, at the same time as announcing that partner profits had risen by 37% to £450,000.

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  • August 24, 2012 |

    Pinsents cuts 47 back office roles after post-merger consultation

    Pinsent Masons has announced that 47 members of its support team are to be made redundant following its merger with Scottish firm McGrigors. Confirmation of the cuts comes after Pinsents announced in June that around 40 roles were at risk, after a post-merger review found that there were a number of duplicate roles within its support teams.

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  • August 13, 2012 |

    A&O's Morley to chair new board for PRIME diversity initiative

    Allen & Overy (A&O)senior partner David Morley has been appointed to chair a new board set up to oversee social mobility initiative PRIME as the scheme nears its one-year anniversary. A raft of senior names from the UK's largest law firms have been appointed to the new six-person board, with Addleshaw Goddard senior partner Monica Burch, CMS Cameron McKenna senior partner Dick Tyler, DLA Piper board member Janet Legrand and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer corporate finance head Barry O'Brien all on the line-up alongside Morley. The final board member is educational charity The Sutton Trust's director of programmes and partnerships James Turner.

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  • August 3, 2012 |

    Mills & Reeve sets up low-cost paralegal unit in Norwich

    Mills & Reeve has joined the growing list of firms setting up low-cost paralegal support units. The firm has pulled together a team of seven paralegals in Norwich for the unit, which launched last month, with the paralegals taking on low cost, high volume work.

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  • August 2, 2012 |

    CMS Cameron McKenna plans energy-focused Dubai launch

    CMS Cameron McKenna has become the latest UK firm to set its sights on Dubai, with the firm applying for a licence to open in the region. London energy partner Matthew Culver is expected to relocate to Dubai to lead the office, which is set to open as soon as the firm has received regulatory approval.

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  • August 2, 2012 |

    You're fired - how angry clients get to the point of dumping their advisers

    GCs usually eschew the drama of dumping advisers but relationships can easily wither and die. Caroline Hill examines how the client/law firm bond can break

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  • August 1, 2012 |

    CC and Linklaters head up £300m sale of Broadgate West

    Clifford Chance (CC) and Linklaters have taken the lead roles on the sale of Broadgate West in London's EC2, in deal valued at around £300m. The development, which counts Ashurst and US firm Shearman & Sterling among its tenants, has been sold to a joint venture between HSBC Alternative Investments Limited and US developer Hines. The property comprises 42,000 square metres of office space.

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