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  • July 25, 2011 |

    Clifford Chance confirms plans to launch in Morocco by end of 2011

    Clifford Chance (CC) has confirmed its intention to launch in Morocco with the firm set to open an office in the region by the end of 2011. Paris-based partner and Moroccan national Mustapha Mourahib will relocate to the region to set up the new base - CC's first Africa office - which will serve as a hub for the magic circle firm's clients across the wider North African and sub-Saharan Francophone region.

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  • July 18, 2011 |

    Interviews and assessment centres – top tips for surviving the summer season

    Securing an interview out of the thousands who applied is certainly an achievement, but it's then that the hard work really begins. Outlined below are some top tips to help you make the most of (and survive!) the interview season.

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  • July 13, 2011 |

    BNP Paribas GC launches global panel review with expansion aim

    BNP Paribas has kicked off its first global panel review since bringing in the former head of Herbert Smith's Paris banking practice, Georges Dirani, in October 2010 as general counsel. The France-headquartered bank sent out a tender document to more than 20 firms last month, with a view to increasing the size of the roster to take into account the bank's geographic reach.

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  • July 6, 2011 |

    Five firms win first-time spots on new Santander UK legal panel

    Bird & Bird, Wragge & Co and Taylor Wessing are among five firms to have been added to Santander's own-account panel in the UK following a three-month competitive tender process. Santander turned to online procurement company Aquanima to handle the first review of its merged UK panel since 2009, which covers the legacy Abbey, Alliance & Leicester and Bradford & Bingley brands.

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  • July 1, 2011 |

    Elite US trio added to Barclays panel after review of bank's advisers

    Barclays has added three US firms to its general advisory panel, following a comprehensive panel review intended to increase value for money from the bank's regular advisers. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Shearman & Sterling and Sullivan & Cromwell have been added to the bank's main general advisory panel after Barclays decided to include the creation of a US sub-division for the first time.

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  • July 1, 2011 |

    Slaughters and Sidley post 100% retention rates for autumn NQ intakes

    Slaughter and May and Sidley Austin have both posted 100% retention rates for their autumn intake of newly-qualified lawyers (NQs). Slaughters is set to keep on all of its 59 trainees in September, marking an increase on recent rounds, after the firm retained 96% of its NQs in March 2011 and 93% in autumn 2010.

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  • June 28, 2011 |

    Farrers becomes latest firm to sign up to exclusive Kaplan training deal

    Farrer & Co has signed an exclusive deal with Kaplan Law School to provide the Legal Practice Course (LPC) and the Graduate Diploma of Law (GDL) for all of the London firm's trainees. As a part of the agreement, which will start in September 2012, Farrers' trainees will participate in Kaplan's 'Bridge to Practice' programme, which is designed to ease the transition from the LPC into life at a commercial law firm.

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  • June 17, 2011 |

    Freshfields loses Hong Kong head as Sullivan launches local law practice

    Sullivan & Cromwell has launched a Hong Kong law practice with recruits from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, writes The Asian Lawyer. Kay Ian Ng, formerly Hong Kong managing partner for Freshfields, will lead the new group for Sullivan, with counsel Gwen Wong is also coming aboard. Both focus on capital markets work.

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  • June 15, 2011 |

    Outriders - the US firms breaking away from the herd in the City

    A disparate band of US firms are breaking away from the herd to become a real competitive force in the City. Caroline Hill assesses how far they've come and the terrain ahead

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  • June 8, 2011 |

    Ince freezes pay bands for associates

    Ince & Co has become the latest firm to opt out of increasing its associate pay bands for the year ahead. Associates at Ince will continue to move through the salary bands as normal during the 2011-12 financial year, but will see no increase in pay levels set out by the firm in 2010.

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