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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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  • December 13, 2012 |

    New Hong Kong laws push firms to review paternity pay policies

    Law firms in Hong Kong are facing an overhaul of their paternity leave policies following a move to force all private companies in the region to provide employees with at least three days' paid leave. The government proposals, endorsed by the Hong Kong Labour Advisory Board last month, will see men paid at least 80% of their salaries for the paternity leave period.

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  • December 13, 2012 |

    Partners scale back hopes for year ahead as economic woes hit business confidence

    The prolonged eurozone downturn and economic stagnation in the UK are continuing to dent business confidence within the legal profession, with one in three partners expecting revenues to fall or remain static at their firm over the coming year. Legal Week's latest business confidence survey found 28% of respondents forecasting static revenues for 2013 – almost double the proportion making the same prediction in July, when the survey was last conducted – while a further 7.5% expect revenues at their firm to drop next year.

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  • December 11, 2012 |

    SNR Denton and Pinsents on board £1.2bn MoD-BAE submarine deal

    SNR Denton and Pinsent Masons have taken advisory roles on the negotiation of a £1.2bn contract between BAE Systems Marine (BAE) and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for the fourth of the Royal Navy's Astute Class nuclear-power submarines.

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  • December 10, 2012 |

    LG confirms layoffs of eight fee earners and eight support staff

    LG has concluded the redundancy consultation it began last month, with 16 employees - including eight fee earners - asked to leave the firm. The news comes after the firm announced an 18-strong redundancy consultation in early November, with the cuts attributed to an attempt to align "resources with what remains a difficult market".

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  • December 7, 2012 |

    Pinsents to cut 15 back office jobs in post-merger redundancy round

    Pinsent Masons has made 15 back office job cuts as a result of its second redundancy consultation since its merger with Scots firm McGrigors went live in May. The national firm has confirmed that the consultation, which kicked off last month, has ended, with 13 voluntary and 2 compulsory departures in the finance and knowledge management teams. No fee earner roles have been affected

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