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  • March 19, 2013 |

    Pinsents adds two financial services partners with Eversheds and CC hires

    Pinsent Masons has moved to strengthen its financial services team with the hires of Richard Tripp and Monica Gogna from Eversheds and Clifford Chance (CC) respectively. Tripp, who will joins Pinsents' Leeds office on 29 April, is a restructuring specialist who has acted on several high-profile matters including the administrations of Little Chef, Pindar and Modus Group.

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  • March 14, 2013 |

    Pinsents and Freshfields advise on £385m Ferrovial utilities purchase

    Pinsent Masons and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have both played lead roles on Spanish infrastructure company Ferrovial's £385m acquisition of UK utilities and government services company Enterprise from private equity house 3i. The deal, which requires approval from the European Commission, will see Enterprise merged with Amey, the UK public services and infrastructure business purchased by Ferrovial in 2003. The combined company will have turnover of £2.3bn and a total of 21,000 employees – doubling the size of its UK infrastructure services footprint. It will offer services across the transport, utilities, justice, environmental services and facilities management sectors as well as consulting and asset management.

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  • March 12, 2013 |

    Two-time Dundas managing partner contender Massie to leave firm

    Dundas & Wilson is set to see the departure of another senior partner, with former managing partner contender Colin Massie to leave the firm. Massie, who joined Dundas in 1996 and made partner in 2002, is a corporate partner and the former head of the firm's sports law practice. His next move is not yet known, and Dundas declined to comment on the departure.

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  • March 10, 2013 |

    SJ Berwin seals hire of Pinsents head of financial services regulation

    SJ Berwin has secured the hire of Pinsent Masons' head of financial services regulation Tim Dolan for its City financial markets practice. Dolan, who was formerly an associate at SJ Berwin before joining Pinsents' London arm as a partner in 2007, also previously worked at the enforcement arm of the Financial Services Authority (FSA).

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  • March 7, 2013 |

    Solicitor advocates turn back on the silk road as applications for QC status dwindle

    "Since 2006, just 13 solicitors have been named as QCs in the annual appointment rounds. Applications by solicitors are equally low, with two being made in each of the past two years – the lowest rate since solicitors were first permitted to apply..."

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  • March 7, 2013 |

    Eversheds and Squire Sanders take lion's share as GLA legal spend surges

    The Greater London Authority's (GLA) legal spend has increased more than 60-fold during the current financial year, following the transfer of responsibility for housing and regeneration work from the Homes and Community Agency (HCA). A freedom of information request submitted by Legal Week has revealed the administrative body headed by Mayor of London Boris Johnson spent £490,785 on legal services during the nine-month period from 1 April to 31 December 2012 – up on just £7,805 for the full 12 months of 2011-12.

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  • March 7, 2013 |

    Pinsents adds partner duo with KPMG and Competition Commission hires

    Pinsent Masons has strengthened its EU and competition practice with the hire of ex-Simmons & Simmons partner and Postcomm legal director Jenny Block. Block will join Pinsents' London office on 19 March as a partner following a spell working as a legal adviser at the Competition Commission. Her arrival at Pinsents will bring the number of partners in the EU and competition practice to five.

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  • March 6, 2013 |

    Scots firm Semple Fraser set for administration as rivals eye teams

    Scots firm Semple Fraser is set to go into administration after being hit hard by the downturn and a drop-off in work in its key areas of corporate, property and construction. The firm today (6 March) confirmed it has filed notice of intention to appoint an administrator, with administration described as "the only option."

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  • March 5, 2013 |

    CC overtakes Links as top law firm in annual ranking of business brands

    Clifford Chance (CC) has moved ahead of Linklaters to regain its position as the top-ranked law firm in the annual Superbrands poll of leading UK business brands. CC dropped to second place behind its magic circle rival last year, but retook the top law firm spot this year - despite dropping 63 places to rank 241 out of a total of 500 brands.

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  • March 5, 2013 |

    BLP, Pinsents and Eversheds among winners on Heathrow Airport panel

    Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) and Morton Fraser are among nine firms landing spots on Heathrow Airport Holdings' legal panel, with the duo appointed to the roster for the first time. The company, formerly known as BAA, has reappointed existing panel members Allen & Overy, Blake Lapthorn, Brodies, Eversheds, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) and Pinsent Masons, with the latter winning a spot after merging with longstanding adviser McGrigors last year.

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