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  • January 17, 2013 |

    Pinsent Masons and Linklaters advise on £321m M25 upgrade project

    Pinsent Masons and Linklaters are among a raft of firms advising on a deal that has seen construction companies Balfour Beatty and Skanska secure a £321m contract from the Highways Agency to upgrade the M25. A 50/50 joint venture (JV) between the companies – both of which are part of the Connect Plus motorway management consortium – is set to upgrade around 29 miles of road between junctions five to seven and 23 to 27 through Kent, Surrey, Essex and Hertfordshire.

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  • January 17, 2013 |

    Line-up of law firms win places on long-awaited Government super-panel

    Eversheds, Ashurst and DLA Piper are among more than 25 law firms appointed to the long-awaited Government Procurement Service (GPS) legal panel following the conclusion of a lengthy and much-delayed review. The overhaul of the panel – formerly known as Catalist – was originally launched in September 2010 in a bid to reduce Whitehall's legal spend and cut back the number of firms used by Government departments.

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  • January 17, 2013 |

    Better out than in – how Carillion's legal process outsourcing venture worked wonders for the company

    Last year, Carillion launched a legal process outsourcing venture to help the company tackle its huge volume of employment work. Legal head Richard Tapp talks to Caroline Hill about how his unusual approach has brought about myriad opportunities...

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  • January 14, 2013 |

    Siemens cuts UK panel to just three firms as OC, Eversheds win roles

    Siemens has cut its UK legal panel to just three firms, with previous adviser Reed Smith reappointed alongside new roles for Eversheds and Osborne Clarke (OC). The company's previous panel included a number of other firms including Pinsent Masons, Addleshaw Goddard, Watson Farley & Williams, Manches and Hill Hofstetter.

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  • January 10, 2013 |

    Law firms name first compliance officers for new regulatory regime

    Law firms across the UK have named the individuals who will take up the newly created compliance officer roles under the Solicitors Regulation Authority's (SRA) new regulatory regime. The SRA set a deadline of 1 January to approve law firms' compliance officers for legal practice (COLP) and finance and administration (COFA) – roles that have been brought in as part of the post-Legal Services Act shift to outcomes-focused regulation.

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  • January 10, 2013 |

    Partners back apprenticeships into law but fear trainees will struggle for acceptance

    Moves to establish an apprenticeship route to the profession have drawn considerable support from senior lawyers, despite fears that such candidates will struggle to compete with university-track practitioners. The latest Legal Week Big Question survey comes after news last month that BPP Law School is in talks to create a vocational job route, which could help non-traditional candidates qualify as solicitors.

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  • January 2, 2013 |

    Mills & Reeve secures senior Squire Sanders Birmingham corporate hire

    Mills & Reeve has strengthened its Birmingham corporate team with appointment of Squire Sanders partner and private equity specialist Peter McLintock. McLintock joined legacy firm Hammonds from Wragge & Co in 2004, and headed up the firm's corporate transactions, finance and governance practice group until the arrival of current head Edward Dawes in 2011

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  • December 17, 2012 |

    The Transfer Window: recent moves including Addleshaws, DWF and A&O

    Addleshaw Goddard has bolstered its finance services team with the hire of Olswang regulatory partner Brian McDonnell. McDonnell will join Addleshaws early next year after almost five years at Olswang. He was previously a regulatory lawyer at the London Stock Exchange, and also spent 10 months on secondment at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

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  • December 17, 2012 |

    Eleven firms appointed to debut Ofgem environmental panel

    Addleshaw Goddard, Pinsent Masons and SNR Denton are among a clutch of 11 firms appointed to a debut legal panel to handle advice relating to Ofgem's environmental efforts.

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  • December 13, 2012 |

    Commercial Team of the Year: Burges Salmon

    Among the short-listed firms to stand out in this category were Pinsent Masons, whose entry focused on its high-profile efforts to help London Welsh in its appeal against the Rugby Football Union for denying the club promotion to the Premiership. The case, which saw the club successfully appeal to secure a place for the 2012-13 season, is regarded as significant in giving guidance for sporting bodies in how they should approach decisions.

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