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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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  • July 17, 2009 |

    Twelve firms sign up for College of Law disputes training

    Twelve City law firms have signed up to the College of Law's dispute resolution training consortium. The programme of twelve courses concentrates on the basics of litigation and alternative dispute resolution, and will be taught to lawyers from zero to three years' post qualification experience. It follows similar pooled training programmes that have been introduced during recent years in the areas of corporate, property and banking.

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  • July 9, 2009 | International Edition

    International law firms: Batten down the hatches

    If ever there was a market to test the commitment of international firms to their London office, this would be it. Plummeting workloads and high operating costs have meant more so than ever the City is proving an expensive toehold.

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  • July 9, 2009 |

    International law firms: Batten down the hatches

    If ever there was a market to test the commitment of international firms to their London office, this would be it. Plummeting workloads and high operating costs have meant more so than ever the City is proving an expensive toehold.

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  • June 29, 2009 |

    Clyde & Co revenue rise hits double-digit mark with 18% increase

    Clyde & Co has posted a double-digit rise in revenue, with turnover for 2008-09 breaking through the £180m mark. The top 20 firm saw revenues jump by just under 18% to hit £185m, up from £157m the previous year. Overall profits at the firm grew by 11% however profits per equity (PEP) partner remained broadly steady with last year, when the firm reported a 10% increase in PEP to £550,000.

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  • June 26, 2009 |

    Clydes boosts Paris with CC hire

    Clyde & Co has picked up Clifford Chance's (CC's) Paris environment head Pierre Bechmann.

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  • June 24, 2009 |

    Manches boosts IP litigation with Addleshaws partner hire

    Manches has signed up intellectual property (IP) and litigation partner Margaret Tofalides from Addleshaw Goddard. Tofalides, who headed up Addleshaws' retail and data and information groups, has experience of working on a wide range of IP matters with a focus on litigation. She has acted for the likes of Argos, Homebase and Harrods.

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