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  • September 23, 2009 |

    Addleshaws weighs up move towards all-equity partnership

    Addleshaw Goddard is looking to overhaul its partnership structure, with the firm taking its first steps towards going all-equity. The national firm is considering phasing out its 74-strong fixed-share partner rank in preference of an all-equity partnership model - a move that could be in place as early as May next year.

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  • September 23, 2009 | International Edition

    Commentary: Partner hires - the revolving door starts spinning again

    With the first half of 2009 defined by widescale redundancies and partnership restructurings at some of the City's top names, the fallout has meant the trend post-summer is equally clear: lateral hiring - and lots of it. Barely a day goes by without claim or confirmation of another partner move; generally someone heading out of a top 10 City firm for somewhere smaller, although not exclusively - as Linklaters' hire of Herbert Smith litigation partner Christa Band demonstrates.

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  • September 23, 2009 |

    Commentary: Partner hires - the revolving door starts spinning again

    With the first half of 2009 defined by widescale redundancies and partnership restructurings at some of the City's top names, the fallout has meant the trend post-summer is equally clear: lateral hiring - and lots of it. Barely a day goes by without claim or confirmation of another partner move; generally someone heading out of a top 10 City firm for somewhere smaller, although not exclusively - as Linklaters' hire of Herbert Smith litigation partner Christa Band demonstrates.

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  • September 23, 2009 |

    Smart talking

    One of the first industries to ride the mobile email wave was the legal sector. Busy, often travelling and with a constant influx of calls and emails to manage, lawyers soon recognised that pocket-sized mobile devices were the ideal tools to remain connected to clients and colleagues and manage hectic diaries while out of the office. Access to email on the go is often credited with improving client service, greater efficiency and increased productivity. We are now witnessing a quiet revolution in the way its technology is being utilised by law firms.

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  • September 16, 2009 |

    Investment manager adds Addleshaws to legal panel

    Addleshaw Goddard has been appointed to the F&C REIT Asset Management legal panel for the first time. The national firm has been appointed alongside regular adviser Olswang, with the appointment coming after a competitive tender process involving some eight firms.

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  • September 16, 2009 |

    Proskauer seals 'coup' with hire of Travers investment funds chief

    Travers Smith is set to lose the head of its investment funds group, Bob Barry, to the London arm of US practice Proskauer Rose. Barry, who has been a partner at Travers since 2003, advises on fund formations for private equity, real estate, fund of funds and hedge fund clients. In the past, he has advised groups including RBS Asset Management and Silverfleet Capital Partners.

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  • September 9, 2009 |

    Reed Smith hires Addleshaws duo for finance push

    Reed Smith has bolstered its financial industry group (FIG) in the UK with the hire of two banking partners from Addleshaw Goddard. Phillip Slater and Lucy Newcomb are set to join Reed Smith's City acquisition finance practice. Slater has been a partner with Addleshaw since 2005 while Newcomb was promoted last year.

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  • September 9, 2009 |

    Pinsents signs deal to broker litigation insurance

    Pinsent Masons has sealed a groundbreaking deal with a major insurer that makes it one of the first major law firms with authority to broker after-the-event (ATE) insurance for commercial litigation clients. The national law firm signed a deal with FirstAssist Legal Protection to launch a package called CaseCover earlier this month (1 September). The package gives the firm delegated authority to insure an unlimited number of commercial litigation cases.

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  • September 7, 2009 |

    Barclays appoints Herbert Smith partner as deputy group GC

    Barclays has appointed Herbert Smith partner Michael Shaw to the role of deputy group general counsel. Shaw is a prominent lawyer in Herbert Smith's corporate practice, having advised on a string of major bids in recent years, including acting for EdF on its £12.5bn takeover bid of British Energy and for the investment banks advising Rio Tinto on BHP Billiton's $147bn (£89.6bn) hostile bid.

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  • August 19, 2009 |

    Addleshaws signs up two partners for disputes push

    Addleshaw Goddard has recruited two litigation partners from the London arm of Winston & Strawn, it has emerged. Winston UK litigation practice head Jamie Harrison and partner Kent Philips, both of whom specialise in commercial litigation and international arbitration, will join Addleshaws as partners in September.

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