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  • December 12, 2013 |

    CMS Cameron McKenna seals Dundas merger as Scots takeovers continue

    CMS Cameron McKenna and Dundas & Wilson have sealed a merger deal that will see the Scots firm become part of the CMS network by 1 May next year. The tie-up will see Dundas, one of Scotland's best-known legal brands, join the CMS UK partnership, creating a combined firm with turnover of around £270m.

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  • December 12, 2013 |

    British Legal Awards 2013: who won what - and why...

    A run-down of all the winners at this year's British Legal Awards, including full details of the judging panel's reasoning for each award.

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  • December 9, 2013 |

    Pinsent Masons grows in Paris with acquisition of TMT boutique

    Pinsent Masons has acquired TMT boutique Ichay & Mullenex Avocats (IMA), in the latest move to expand the UK national law firm's Paris office. The six-strong legal team, which was formed in 2004, is led by partners Diane Mullenex and Frederic Ichay and includes legal director Annabelle Richard.

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  • December 4, 2013 |

    Pinsents, MoFo and Greenberg land key roles on £125m LSE bond issue

    Pinsent Masons, Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) and Greenberg Traurig have taken the lead roles on a £125m bond issue by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). The private placement makes the LSE the latest UK university to tap the bond markets. In July Manchester issued a £300m bond, while both Cambridge and De Montfort universities secured private funding through the sale of bonds in 2012.

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  • December 4, 2013 |

    Cleary, Slaughters and KWM act on banks' €1.7bn rate-rigging settlement

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Slaughter and May and King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin (KWM) have taken roles as eight global banks reach a settlement with the European Commission (EC) for forming illegal cartels to rig interest rate derivatives. The EC today (4 December) fined eight banks - including the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Deutsche Bank - a total of €1.7bn (£1.4bn) for their roles in rigging interest rates in euro- and Japanese yen-denominated derivatives.

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  • December 3, 2013 |

    Pinsent Masons to scope Australian market entry

    Pinsent Masons has hired the chief executive of Australian law firm Maddocks to lead a review of opportunities for a launch down under. David Rennick will join Pinsents as a consultant early next year, with the task of presenting partners with a set of recommendations on opportunities in the Australian legal market. A spokesperson for Pinsents said: "We have made excellent progress towards achieving our vision of becoming a law firm of truly international reach, and as part of that programme of growth are giving careful consideration to how we can capitalise on opportunities in the Australian market."

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  • November 27, 2013 |

    TLT's Manchester office hires 30-strong team from Irwin Mitchell

    TLT has boosted its Manchester office with the hire of a 30-strong team - including six partners - from Irwin Mitchell. The multi-practice group, which also includes solicitors, paralegals and support staff, will move to TLT before the end of the year.

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  • November 26, 2013 |

    Taylor Wessing and KWM among firms appointed to property developer panel

    Real estate developer group Essential Living has appointed ten firms to its inaugural legal panel, following a three-month competitive tendering process. Taylor Wessing and King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin have both been appointed "with an over-arching brief" to provide corporate, finance and delivery advice.

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  • November 22, 2013 |

    Pinsents joins campaign to tackle youth unemployment

    Pinsent Masons has joined a campaign asking companies to commit to having at least 5% of their workforce on a formalised apprentice scheme, sponsored student or graduate programme.

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  • November 15, 2013 |

    Irwin Mitchell expands PI offering with acquisition of Manchester boutique

    Irwin Mitchell has acquired Manchester firm McCool Patterson Hemsi (MPH) Solicitors, as part of a concerted push into the personal injury (PI) and claims markets.

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