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  • October 21, 2009 |

    Halliwells to ask some partners to work out 12 months' notice

    Halliwells is holding some of its departing partners to their full 12-month notice period in the wake of a stream of resignations. The national law firm is planning to hold corporate partners James Sheridan and Frank Shephard and intellectual property partner Craig Chaplin to a full year's notice before they are able to join DWF in Manchester. The trio handed in their notice in September.

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  • October 9, 2009 |

    Leading firms nominated for 2009 British Legal Awards

    Allen & Overy (A&O), Bird & Bird and Norton Rose are among the nominees for a series of accolades at the 2009 British Legal Awards. The trio have been shortlisted for the prestigious Law Firm of the Year award alongside Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Clyde & Co, Kennedys and Stephenson Harwood. Norton Rose has also been nominated for a further two awards, including M&A Team of the Year, while Bird & Bird has secured nominations in three other categories, including Commercial Team of the Year.

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  • September 30, 2009 |

    College of Law comes top of the class to seal Ashurst training tie-up

    Ashurst has become one of the last firms in the UK top 20 to sign an exclusive deal to send all its future trainees to a specific course provider. From 2010, all Ashurst trainees will study at the College of Law, with the law school beating competition from rivals including BPP, Kaplan Law School and the Oxford Institute of Legal Practice to secure the agreement.

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  • September 17, 2009 |

    Partner trio resign from Halliwells Manchester office

    Three partners have quit Halliwells' Manchester office, it has emerged. Corporate partners James Sheridan and Frank Shephard and intellectual property partner Craig Chaplin have all resigned from the firm's partnership. A Halliwells spokesman confirmed the resignations.

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  • September 16, 2009 |

    DLA Piper recruitment drive continues with Halliwells partner hire

    DLA Piper has bolstered its employment practice in Manchester with the recruitment of Halliwells partner Michael Burns. Burns, who is set to join the top 10 firm's Manchester office as a partner next month (1 October) will focus on both contentious and non-contentious employment work and will work with DLA Piper's northwest employment head Mary Clarke.

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  • September 16, 2009 |

    Halliwells and Manches in merger discussions

    Halliwells and Manches have held a series of merger discussions, with partners in both firms confirming the talks after months of speculation. The two firms' management have held a number of meetings about a possible tie-up over the last few months, with discussions now thought to have reached due diligence stage.

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  • September 10, 2009 |

    Taylor Wessing bets on property with W&C hire

    Taylor Wessing has bolstered its City real estate practice with the hire of White & Case partner Lorraine Ufland. Ufland, who joined the US firm in 2003 from LG, will start working at Taylor Wessing later this month, taking the real estate partner count to 13. Her hire marks the firm's first lateral partner appointment since November 2008, when it hired insurance partner Anthony Menzies from Clyde & Co.

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  • September 1, 2009 |

    Partner promotions down a third this year at top 50 UK law firms

    New partner promotions across the UK's top 50 law firms plunged by a third between 2008 and 2009, with the downturn impacting on lawyers' opportunities to advance into the partnership. Taking into account promotions at firms such as Clifford Chance and Simmons & Simmons, which pushed their decisions back until the summer, there were 399 promotions across the UK's 50 biggest firms by revenue in 2009. This compared with 598 in 2008.

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  • July 30, 2009 |

    Insurance specialists buck the trend to climb the table

    Firms in the insurance sector have bucked the downturn in the global economy to put in a strong performance in 2008-09. Insurance specialists Kennedys and Berrymans Lace Mawer have joined the top 50 after both reported revenue increases of more than 20%. Together with fellow insurance firms Holman Fenwick Willan, Barlow Lyde & Gilbert and Clyde & Co, the group significantly outperformed the top 50 as a whole.

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  • July 28, 2009 |

    Clydes boosts disputes practice with Halliwells partner hire

    Clyde & Co has continued its hiring spree with the addition of commercial disputes partner Marko Kraljevic. Kraljevic joins the insurance specialist from Halliwells, where he was a partner in the firm's London office. His practice focuses on international arbitration in international trade, shipping, trade contract disputes and international investment within the shipping, petroleum and coal industries.

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