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  • October 12, 2011 |

    Holman opens in Brazil with Barlows arm; as Clydes merger is finalised

    Holman Fenwick Willan has launched in Brazil with the acquisition of Barlow Lyde & Gilbert's local arm. The two firms signed an agreement on Tuesday (11 October) that will see Holman take on Barlows' existing branch in Sao Paulo, following the earlier hire of Barlows' sole partner in the country, aviation partner Jeremy Shebson.

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  • October 5, 2011 |

    Barlows partner trio exit firm to join Norton Rose and Lloyds

    Barlow Lyde & Gilbert is set to see a trio of partner departures ahead of its impending merger with Clyde & Co next month. The departures include the firm's head of marine, energy and trade Patrick Foss, who is joining Norton Rose on 
1 November alongside fellow marine insurance partner Chris Zavos, and financial services regulatory partner Chris Brennan, who has left to join Lloyds Banking Group. Foss and Zavos, who focus on marine and energy insurance claims and shipping disputes, had both practised at shipping boutique Hill Taylor Dickinson before joining Barlows in 2003 and 2006 respectively, with Zavos joining from a two-year stint at legacy Richards Butler.

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  • September 28, 2011 |

    Barlows makes up Hong Kong disputes specialist to partnership

    Barlow Lyde & Gilbert has bulked up its Asia partnership with the promotion of dispute resolution associate Gary Yin in Hong Kong. Yin has been made up to partner as of 20 September this year, a move which takes the firm's partner headcount in Hong Kong to seven, of which five sit in disputes. He specialises in China-related litigation with a focus on commercial and shipping matters.

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  • September 21, 2011 |

    US firms in London to join diversity initiative; more UK firms get on board

    PRIME, the ground-breaking social mobility initiative launched by 23 major law firms earlier this month, looks set to be expanded to include the London offices of several leading US firms, with White & Case and Shearman & Sterling among those lining up to get involved.

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  • September 21, 2011 |

    Clydes adds Stephenson Harwood construction partner to Hong Kong arm

    Clyde & Co has bulked up its Hong Kong arm with the hire of a construction partner from Stephenson Harwood. Gilbert Kwok joined the firm this month after one year in Stephenson Harwood's Hong Kong litigation group.

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  • September 14, 2011 |

    Barlows partner opts for RPC move ahead of Clydes merger

    Barlow Lyde & Gilbert insurance partner Victoria Sherratt has opted to leave the firm ahead of its merger with Clyde & Co in favour of a move to Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC). Sherratt will join RPC next month, marking the first Barlows partner departure to be announced since the firm's merger plans with Clydes went public this summer. Sherratt, who has been a partner in the insurance and reinsurance group at Barlows since 2009, specialises in property insurance. Her hire takes the total number of partners in RPC's insurance and reinsurance practice to 29.

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  • September 14, 2011 |

    Post-merger exit terms emerge for Barlows equity partners

    Barlow Lyde & Gilbert's senior equity partners will face a financial penalty of up to £180,000 if they choose to break the three-year lock-in set out in the firm's merger agreement with Clyde & Co. Barlows' equity partners opting to leave during the next three years will be required to pay between roughly £30,000 at the junior end through to £60,000 at the top for each year of the lock-in they do not serve at the 
newly-merged firm.

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  • September 7, 2011 |

    US firm seals London launch with Clydes partner hire

    US law firm Vedder Price is launching in London with 
the hire of Clyde & Co's co-head of aviation finance, Gavin Hill, marking the firm's first presence outside of its home country. The City office will go live next month, with Hill and ex-Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer senior associate Derek Watson – who left the magic circle firm earlier this year to join Clydes – set to become the two resident partners.

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  • September 7, 2011 |

    Clydes installs Barlows partner on new Canada management board

    Clyde & Co has added a London insurance partner from merger partner Barlow Lyde & Gilbert to the management board of its new Canadian arm. Roderic McLauchlan is set to join Clydes' Toronto office later this year when he will take up a position on a new seven-strong management board set up in the wake of Clydes' merger with local firm Nicholl Paskell-Mede.

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  • September 7, 2011 |

    DAC Beachcroft places cross-border growth at heart of post-merger agenda

    Newly-merged DAC Beachcroft has put international expansion at the heart of its combined strategy, with Latin America earmarked as a key area for growth when Beachcroft and Davies Arnold Cooper formally unite later this year. The merger, which will go live on 1 November 2011, will create a top 20 UK firm with revenue in excess of £175m and around 230 partners working across seven offices in the UK, as well as branches in Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain and Mexico.

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