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  • December 3, 2010 |

    Travers and Linklaters lead the way on £1.6bn shopping centre sale

    Travers Smith and Linklaters have bagged roles advising on the £1.6bn sale of the Trafford Centre. Travers advised long-standing client Peel Holdings, which sold the Trafford Centre to Capital Shopping Centres Group (CSC) for £1.6bn. The deal was announced last month (25 November) and is set to close by the end of the year.

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  • December 1, 2010 |

    SNR Denton and Eversheds get client vote on cost and billing practices

    SNR Denton has emerged as the highest ranked top 20 UK law firm by clients for cost and billing practices, according to Legal Week research. The merged firm was closely followed by Eversheds, Simmons & Simmons and CMS Cameron McKenna, according to Legal Week Intelligence's seventh annual Client Satisfaction Report, which is based on responses from 1,265 senior in-house lawyers.

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  • November 26, 2010 |

    Tribunal overrules unfair dismissal claims for fixed-share partners

    Fixed-share partners are unable to bring unfair dismissal claims, according to a recent ruling in the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT). The tribunal this month upheld an earlier ruling that claimant Martin Tiffin, formerly of Bournemouth-based law firm Lester Aldridge, was classified as a partner of the firm and not an employee, and was therefore unable to claim unfair dismissal.

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  • November 23, 2010 |

    Hogan Lovells and Eversheds set to act on Flybe LSE listing

    Hogan Lovells and Eversheds are in line to pick up lead roles on domestic airline Flybe's proposed flotation on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The airline is understood to be handing the main role on its planned listing to longstanding adviser Eversheds. London-based corporate partner Simon Masters is expected to lead the team advising on the listing, which is set to value the company at around £200m.

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  • November 3, 2010 |

    Bain Capital hunts for Europe GC as private equity firms bulk up in-house

    Bain Capital has kicked off a search for its first-ever European general counsel, as the US private equity leader moves to build a legal team to mirror the growth of its business in Europe. The Boston-based buyout house has launched its hunt for a GC within the last few weeks and has already contacted a number of City partners, including those at magic circle firms and within the City offices of US law firms.

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  • November 2, 2010 |

    Addleshaws boosts energy practice with ex-nuclear agency GC

    Addleshaw Goddard has strengthened its energy practice with the hire of the former head of legal at the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). Roger Clayson joined the national law firm earlier this week (1 November) from the NDA, where he most recently served as head of property law, having held the head of legal role between 2007 and 2009.

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  • November 1, 2010 |

    Addleshaws sets target of 25% female partners by 2014 in diversity drive

    Addleshaw Goddard is aiming for a 25% female partnership by 2014 in one of a number of new targets set out to bolster diversity within the firm. The national firm has also laid down a commitment to having 10% of all its employees from a black and minority ethnic (BME) background by 2014. Currently, 20% of the firm's partnership is female - an above-average proportion among the UK's top 20 law firms.

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  • October 29, 2010 |

    National duo win roles on Indian takeover bid for Blackburn Rovers

    Hammonds and Addleshaw Goddard have won lead roles on the proposed takeover of Blackburn Rovers Football Club by an Indian poultry farming company. The Premier League club's owners are currently in talks with the Venky's group about a sale, reportedly worth around £40m, which is expected to close within weeks. Hammonds has won a role advising Venky's, fielding a team led by sports law heavyweight David Hull, a partner in the corporate strategy & finance department in the national firm's London office.

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  • October 27, 2010 |

    TCs up for grabs at UK top 30 firms fall by 11% over three years

    Aspiring lawyers are facing an increasingly tough battle to secure a training contract with a top UK law firm, as Legal Week research shows the total number of contracts on offer at top 30 firms has shrunk by 11% over the last three years. The research, which analyses graduate recruitment trends at 27 of the UK's top 30 firms, also highlights the vast differences in popularity between the firms, with Linklaters emerging as the firm securing the most applications for training contracts.

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  • October 22, 2010 |

    Nationwide cuts commercial lending legal panel from 60 to 17 firms

    Nationwide Building Society has cut back the number of advisers on its commercial lending panel from 60 to 17, following a rigorous selection process which kicked off in August. The building society has added seven new firms to the roster, including Addleshaw Goddard, DLA Piper, LG, Reed Smith, Shoosmiths, Taylor Wessing and TLT. Aside from the new appointments, Nationwide has retained four of the firms that were already on the panel - Burges Salmon, Nabarro, Olswang and Eversheds.

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