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  • January 6, 2014 |

    Irwin Mitchell continues expansion of commercial team with Pinsents and DWF hires

    Irwin Mitchell has continued the expansion of its commercial division with the recruitment of partners Phil Berwick and Nick Dawson, who join from Pinsent Masons and DWF respectively.

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  • January 5, 2014 |

    Pinsent Masons boosts Asia corporate practice with four new hires

    Pinsent Masons has boosted its Asia corporate practice with the hire of three partners in Singapore and another senior lawyer in Shanghai. The UK firm, which earlier this year launched a TMT practice in Singapore, said it wants to tap more corporate deals coming from its existing clients in the energy, infrastructure and manufacturing sectors.

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  • December 24, 2013 |

    Senior Dundas figures set to leave ahead of CMS tie-up as firms agree partner lock-in

    A group of partners at Dundas & Wilson are leaving the firm ahead of its merger with CMS Cameron McKenna, which goes live next year. It is understood that a group of senior partners, including former chairman David Hardie, will not be joining the new firm. Meanwhile, another group of partners have not received offers to move across once the merger goes live.

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  • December 16, 2013 |

    Brown Rudnick opens Paris base with hire of former Gide disputes partner

    US firm Brown Rudnick has launced a litigation-focused Paris office fronted by a former Gide Loyrette Nouel partner. The office will be co-led by Sebastien Bonnard, the former Gide partner who joins from Lacourte Raquin Tatar, alongside international arbitration group head Nicholas Tse, who is currently based in London.

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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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