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  • November 25, 2012 |

    Pinsents hires CC corporate veteran as firm posts 4% H1 revenue hike

    Pinsent Masons has announced a 4% rise in half-year revenues alongside a notable addition to its corporate team with the hire of long-serving Clifford Chance (CC) partner Jonathan Beastall. Pinsents, which merged with Scots firm McGrigors at the start of the 2012-13 financial year, has taken in revenues of £146m for the first six months of the year.

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  • November 25, 2012 |

    Linklaters and Addleshaws head up £12bn wealth management merger

    Linklaters and Addleshaw Goddard are advising on the merger of wealth management business Quilter & Co and investment firm Cheviot Asset Management, in a deal set to create a combined group with assets of more than £12bn. The merger, which is subject to regulatory approval, is expected to be finalised by the end of the year, with the merged firm known as Quilter Cheviot.

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  • November 21, 2012 |

    Kennedys set for Scots merger with insurance firm Simpson & Marwick

    Kennedys is set to become the latest UK top 50 firm to move into Scotland, with partners voting on a potential merger with specialist insurance firm Simpson & Marwick later this week. The merger would hand Kennedys five offices in Scotland, with Simpson & Marwick having a presence in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee and East Lothian.

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  • November 9, 2012 |

    LG set to cut 18 roles as spate of recent law firm layoffs continues

    LG has begun a redundancy consultation which is set to affect 18 individuals across the firm, covering both lawyers and support staff. The firm announced the consultation today (9 November), with the cuts attributed to an attempt to align "resources with what remains a difficult market".

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  • November 8, 2012 |

    Pinsents confirms second round of post-merger back office job cuts

    Pinsent Masons is to cut around 15 support staff after announcing its second redundancy consultation since its merger with Scots firm McGrigors went live in May. The national firm confirmed the consultation today (8 November), with the cuts expected to affect staff in the firms' finance and knowledge management teams.

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  • November 6, 2012 |

    Outsourcer CPA appoints first-ever GC with hire of ex-DLA and Pinsents lawyer

    CPA Global has appointed its first-ever general counsel with the hire of Ancestry.com legal vice president Ruth Daniels. Daniels joined the legal service outsourcer (LSO) in September this year as part of CPA's expansion plans, following its acquisition by private equity house Cinven in March.

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  • November 2, 2012 |

    Keoghs secures outside investment as LDC takes minority stake

    DLA Piper and Pinsent Masons are advising as Keoghs sells a 22.5% stake in its business to private equity house LDC after the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) approved plans for its conversion to an Alternative Business Structure (ABS). The outside investment, which is due to formally complete on 9 November, will see LDC take a minority stake in the Bolton-based law firm.

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  • November 1, 2012 |

    Partners look to insurance lenders to help fuel market resurgence in commercial real estate

    Real estate partners are hoping for an upturn in market activity as a result of increased investment by insurance groups, according to new research highlighting the emergence of new lenders in the real estate sector.

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  • November 1, 2012 |

    Moving up - the young stars out to prove nationals can do M&A in the big leagues

    Legal Week recently spent some time talking to the major national firms to identify up-and-coming corporate lawyers - Gerard Starkey and Alex Novarese report

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  • October 25, 2012 |

    UK partners welcome EU delay on female quotas for company boards

    UK partners have welcomed a decision to postpone plans to impose an EU-wide quota dictating the number of women on company boards. EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding had been pushing for a vote to take place earlier this week (23 October) on a proposed law which would force companies to keep 40% of positions on their supervisory boards for women by 2020, however the delay means it will not now be discussed until 14 November.

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