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  • July 21, 2009 |

    Perks of the job

    Legal Week takes a look at some of the bait law firms are using to hook potential recruits...

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  • July 16, 2009 |

    Field Fisher hires Halliwells partner in litigation boost

    Field Fisher Waterhouse has made its eighth lateral partner hire so far this year, with the City law firm set to boost its disputes practice. Commercial litigation partner Michael Mulligan will join the dispute resolution practice on 1 September from Halliwells, bringing with him a practice focused on contentious insolvency, asset recovery and fraud work.

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  • July 10, 2009 |

    Addleshaws rolls out flexi-work scheme

    Addleshaw Goddard has rolled out a flexible working scheme after 95% of fee earners voted in favour of the plans.The scheme, which started on 1 July, will run for a 12 month period and will see the firm putting some fee earners onto a four day week in return for 85% of pay.

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  • July 9, 2009 |

    Addleshaws wins key Barclays role as bank confirms new panel line-up

    Barclays has completed its panel review, with Addleshaw Goddard winning a coveted spot on the bank's main panel.

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  • July 9, 2009 |

    Addleshaws partners asked to repay profits to cover tax bill

    Addleshaw Goddard earlier this year asked partners to return some profits handed out ahead of schedule in order to pay a tax bill, it has emerged. The top 20 law firm requested that equity partners pay back some profits that had been distributed in late 2008.

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  • July 9, 2009 |

    Diageo hands CMS pan-Euro mandate and reviews advisers

    Diageo has handed CMS Cameron McKenna a flagship appointment, with the UK firm and its eight-firm CMS alliance appointed as preferred adviser for commercial work across continental Europe. The news comes as the drinks giant - which owns brands including Guinness and Smirnoff - launches an informal review looking at how it can cut legal spend globally without creating a formal legal panel.

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  • July 2, 2009 |

    Addleshaws wins Barclays role as bank confirms new panel line-up

    Barclays has completed its panel review, with Addleshaw Goddard winning a coveted spot on the bank's main panel. The national firm joins Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance , DLA Piper, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters, Lovells and Simmons & Simmons on the bank's general advisory roster, with Barclays also appointing a string of firms to 10 specialist panels.

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  • July 2, 2009 |

    Addleshaws targets four key sectors for growth in five-year strategy plan

    Addleshaw Goddard is to align its business around four key sector groups as part of its new five-year strategy. The national firm has highlighted financial services, public sector, retail and consumer and real estate for growth, with the firm hoping the focus will help strengthen ties with existing clients as well as attracting new clients. The sectors will run alongside Addleshaws' existing four main practice divisions – real estate, contentious and commercial, and finance and projects and corporate.

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  • July 2, 2009 |

    Trowers posts double-digit rise in turnover

    Trowers & Hamlins has posted a double-digit increase in turnover for the last financial year, with the law firm one of a band within the UK top 50 to report their 2008-09 financial results during the last week. Trowers saw revenues hit £89.5m during the last financial year compared with £77.6m the year before, representing a 15% jump in fee income.

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  • June 29, 2009 |

    Addleshaws reports 30% partner profit falls for 2008-09

    Addleshaw Goddard saw its profits per equity partner (PEP) plunge by 30% over the last financial year, the firm announced today (29 June). The national firm saw turnover for 2008-09 fall by just over 11% to £173.3m down from £195.4m. PEP meanwhile dropped by 30.8% falling from £586,000 in 2007-08 to £405,000 for the last financial year.

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