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  • October 21, 2010 |

    Addleshaws partner departs to join HBJ Gateley's new Manchester base

    HBJ Gateley Wareing has boosted its real estate practice in Manchester with the hire of a real estate partner from Addleshaw Goddard. Dean Copley, who joined the firm's 30-strong real estate team in Manchester on Monday (18 October), counts several national retailers and property developers among his clients, and focuses on the development and funding of residential, industrial, office and retail premises. HBJ Gateley senior partner Michael Ward said: "With the opening of our new office in the city at Ship Canal House, we are excited to welcome Dean to the firm."

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  • October 13, 2010 |

    Top names ready to battle for honours at 2010 British Legal Awards

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Hogan Lovells and Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) are among the firms shortlisted for a number of categories in the 2010 British Legal Awards. The group has been nominated for the much sought after Law Firm of the Year award alongside Clyde & Co, Sullivan & Cromwell and Travers Smith.

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  • October 13, 2010 |

    Leading firms vie for roles on first post-Lehman BarCap US roster

    Barclays Capital has kicked off a review of its legal advisers in the US, marking the first time the group has overhauled its panel since its acquisition of Lehman Brothers' US investment banking operations. The review, which is being led out of New York by Americas general counsel Michael Crowl, is believed to be part of a bid to reduce the number of external counsel after the bank's $1.75bn (£950m) acquisition of Lehman Brothers' North American investment banking and capital markets business in 2008.

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  • October 8, 2010 |

    Addleshaws to see exit of 11-strong litigation team for boutique launch

    Addleshaw Goddard has confirmed that a team of litigators are set to leave the firm's City practice at the end of this month to launch a new boutique. Litigation partners Simon Twigden, Pietro Marino and Michael Green will leave Addleshaws on 31 October to set up Enyo Law, with a further eight fee earners also joining them. Twigden - the national firm's former practice head - and Marino both handed in their notice in April this year, while Green handed in his notice last month.

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  • October 6, 2010 |

    Freshfields advises Wolseley on tax-prompted Swiss move

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has won the mandate to advise FTSE 100 plumbing and heating group Wolseley on its relocation to Switzerland for tax reasons. The magic circle firm advised the longstanding client on the move after the company failed to obtain a "clear enough view" from the coalition Government on its plans with regard to the UK's corporation tax regime.

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  • October 6, 2010 |

    Chancery and commercial Bar: Stars at the Bar

    The future of the Bar always sparks a fiery debate, and never more so than now, with the Legal Services Act (LSA) opening up new opportunities set to reshape the future of the legal profession. The upcoming changes have split lawyers into two camps: there are those who see it as a dying profession, with barristers unable and unwilling to change, and others who see the Bar as a vital part of our legal system going forward, which is opening up to modern practices.

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  • September 29, 2010 |

    City firms under pressure to bring in criminal expertise

    Commercial law firms are facing growing pressure to recruit criminal lawyers with aggressive regulation and anti-corruption legislation on the horizon, according to senior litigators. Top law firms are showing increasing interest in developing white-collar crime practices against the backdrop of the imminent introduction of the Bribery Act and an increased risk of criminal offences which corporate boards now face.

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  • September 29, 2010 |

    Kingfisher group recruits ex-Tube Lines legal chief for panel review

    Ex-Tube Lines legal chief Clare Wardle has re-emerged at Kingfisher where she is set to review the retail group's current roster of preferred firms. Wardle has taken up the role of group head of legal at Kingfisher, owner of home improvement retailers including B&Q, where she will review the current list of approved law firms. The roster consists of around 20 firms and has not been updated for several years. She replaces previous head of legal, Martin Chambers, who has retired.

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  • September 29, 2010 |

    Addleshaws' Burch takes non-exec role at Channel 4

    Addleshaw Goddard chairman Monica Burch has been added to the line up of Channel 4's new non-executive directors. The appointment, announced today (29 September) was made by Ofcom following an advertising campaign in the national papers. The role will start on 1 October for an initial three year term.

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  • September 15, 2010 |

    Addleshaws spin-off practice recruits further litigation partner from firm

    Addleshaw Goddard is set to lose another senior litigator to a disputes spin-off practice as tensions rise between the national firm and the departing partners. Michael Green is set to join colleagues Simon Twigden and Pietro Marino, who are setting up their own litigation boutique specifically targeting claimants, along with three associates.

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