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  • July 5, 2007 |

    Linklaters on hunt for Swedish managing partner

    Linklaters is searching for a Swedish managing partner after Joergen Durban's surprise decision to stand down from the post.

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  • July 4, 2007 |

    Gunning for Grumman

    Michelle Madsen talks to Wolf von Kumberg, European legal head at one the world's largest defence companies

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  • June 21, 2007 |

    BT boosts offshore legal capabilities with double South America opening

    BT is expanding its offshore legal function with the launch of two outposts planned for Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires later this year. The new centres, which will house 5-10 lawyers when they are set up at the end of the year, will become BT's second and third offshore legal operations and will support the company's legal function in the US.

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  • June 20, 2007 |

    Employment: Missing the points?

    The Home Office minister for immigration and asylum, Liam Byrne, recently announced a new points-based system for immigrants that will come in to effect some time during 2008. This is the start of a five-year plan announced by the previous home secretary Charles Clarke and follows a massive restructuring of the Home Office and formation of a new Ministry of Justice following current Home Secretary John Reid's assertion that the Home Office was not "fit for purpose".

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  • June 20, 2007 |

    Stone the crows. Please

    More close encounters with the animal kingdom this week after The Diary learned how a Travers Smith private equity bod came under attack from our feathered, er, friends

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  • June 12, 2007 |

    Government names record 48 firms on super-panel

    A record 48 firms have bagged places on the Government's legal panel, the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) announced today (12 June). The OGC estimates the contracts will be worth a total of around £240m over the next four years.

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  • May 23, 2007 |

    Bird & Bird sets up local trademark firm in China

    Bird & Bird is launching a trademark agency in China after being granted a license by the local government. The agency will operate under the banner 'Bird & Bird IP (Beijing) Co Ltd' and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the firm. Local regulations do not permit foreign firms to trade or give paid advice but the UK firm has surmounted this obstacle by setting up a local company.

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  • May 7, 2007 |

    City lawyers should be more thankful for Blair's legacy

    They say that time heals. And I suspect that Tony Blair’s reputation as a Prime Minister will start to recover once he has left office. After all,…

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  • May 3, 2007 |

    Beware those cap-wearing Trojan horses

    Interesting to hear of ‘revelations’ concerning the shock use of liability caps. Perhaps it was slightly less revelatory three years ago, when…

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  • May 2, 2007 |

    Wedlake Bell strengthens corporate capabilities

    London commercial firm Wedlake Bell has boosted its corporate department with the hire of Dechert senior associate Tim Bird and the promotion of associate Tony Lane. Bird qualified at Hammonds and has since worked at Herbert Smith and Deutsche Bank. Lane joined Wedlake Bell in 1996. The appointments bring the number of partners at the firm to 42.

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