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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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  • April 27, 2007 | International Edition

    Links litigation hire builds Bird & Bird Sweden

    Bird & Bird has boosted its Stockholm arm with the hire of Linklaters' former local head of litigation, Henrik Bielenstein. Bielenstein joins Bird & Bird as a partner on 1 May, having announced his retirement from Linklaters' partnership in June 2006.

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  • April 27, 2007 |

    Links litigation hire builds Bird & Bird Sweden

    Bird & Bird has boosted its Stockholm arm with the hire of Linklaters' former local head of litigation, Henrik Bielenstein. Bielenstein joins Bird & Bird as a partner on 1 May, having announced his retirement from Linklaters' partnership in June 2006.

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  • March 28, 2007 |

    Editor's Comment: Here, there and everywhere

    London, Paris, Istanbul... Milton Keynes. This is the extent of Denton Wilde Sapte's current network of offices in Western Europe. It makes for an unusual geographic spread. But this somewhat uneven, if not downright quirky European network is not atypical of those on offer at many of London's large band of mid-market firms.

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  • March 21, 2007 |

    The converged world

    Convergence describes the coming together of hitherto distinct strands of communication and entertainment services - telephony, the internet, television - resulting from the adoption of internet technology by the telecoms industry. Advances in internet protocol (IP) technology mean virtually any data can be carried reliably and efficiently, allowing network operators to use a single network. It also means any network operator delivering an IP stream to its customers could potentially offer the so-called 'quadruple play' of fixed and mobile telephony, broadband and television.

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  • March 14, 2007 |

    Bird & Bird bolsters Benelux with consultant

    Bird & Bird has bagged IT and communications consultant Feyo Sickinghe for its Netherlands and Belgium operation. Sickinghe joins from LogicaCMG, where he has been based since 2002 as senior legal and regulatory consultant in their energy, utilities and telecoms group. He will be based in the firm's office in The Hague and will advise on regulatory issues, with a focus on Benelux countries.

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  • March 5, 2007 |

    Camerons in corporate coup as Barlows exits mount

    Barlow Lyde & Gilbert has been hit by the departures of two corporate partners to CMS Cameron McKenna, continuing a run of partner losses for the top 30 firm. Peter Hill and John Cadman are currently in discussions with Barlows over their leaving date, with Camerons' City arm their destination. The departures represent a further hit to Barlows' transactional ambitions and follow the loss of a three-partner outsourcing team - the firm's last dedicated partners in the sector - to Bird & Bird towards the end of last year.

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  • February 28, 2007 |

    My bloody Valentine

    One firm that had most definitely lost that loving feeling earlier this month was Bird & Bird. As revealed by Legal Week in more serious pages than this one, the usually unflappable City outfit had its feathers ruffled by an unseemly split with a US client.

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  • February 22, 2007 | International Edition

    Kerr retained as chief exec as Bird & Bird re-jigs top brass

    Bird & Bird has unveiled its new-look management team, with re-elected chief executive David Kerr joined by new chairman Michael Frie after uncontested votes. Frie, who is currently the firm's Sweden managing partner, will take over from Hamish Sandison as chairman on 1 March. Kerr, meanwhile, is handed another term as chief executive, having held the role since 1996. Both appointments carry three-year terms and follow uncontested elections, with Sandison having declared his intention not to continue as chairman earlier this month.

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  • February 22, 2007 |

    Kerr retained as chief exec as Bird & Bird re-jigs top brass

    Bird & Bird has unveiled its new-look management team, with re-elected chief executive David Kerr joined by new chairman Michael Frie after uncontested votes. Frie, who is currently the firm's Sweden managing partner, will take over from Hamish Sandison as chairman on 1 March. Kerr, meanwhile, is handed another term as chief executive, having held the role since 1996. Both appointments carry three-year terms and follow uncontested elections, with Sandison having declared his intention not to continue as chairman earlier this month.

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