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  • July 25, 2012 |

    Professional body calls for reforms to back UK as global services hub

    Senior figures in the legal profession have called for lower taxes and a less bureaucratic regulatory regime to protect the UK's £167bn professional services industry from growing threats posed by emerging economies. The call is contained in a report published this week by the Professional and Business Services Group (PBSG), a body established in March 2010 whose membership includes the senior partners of Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Robert Elliott (pictured) and Will Lawes.

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  • July 24, 2012 |

    Shoosmiths confirms 86 job cuts after two-month consultation

    Shoosmiths has confirmed it is making 86 members of staff redundant following a two-month consultation process that came to an end yesterday (23 July). The cuts comprise 71 voluntary and 15 compulsory redundancies, and primarily affect the firm's volume motor personal injury team, which is based in Basingstoke.

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  • July 12, 2012 |

    Perfectly engineered fit: up close with Siemens GC Claire Carless

    Claire Carless, the newly-appointed Siemens GC, goes a long way to dispelling the myth that a serious career woman can't have it all, finds Caroline Hill

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  • July 12, 2012 |

    Siemens advisers on standby for review of engineering giant's roster

    Siemens is gearing up for a review of its UK and Ireland law firm roster this autumn following the appointment of new general counsel Claire Carless earlier this year.

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  • July 6, 2012 |

    Pinsents grows 4% pre-merger with McGrigors taking joint turnover to £295m

    Pinsent Masons saw turnover rise by 4% in the last financial year before its merger with Scots firm McGrigors went live on 1 May. The firm saw revenue climb to £221m in 2011-12 up from £213m in 2010-11, when revenues grew by 3%. Asia saw the biggest increase in fee income, with Pinsents' offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, Beijing and Shanghai reporting a 30% jump in turnover, while Middle East revenue grew by 15%.

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  • July 5, 2012 |

    Simmons and Hogan Lovells advise on £1.24bn sale of Veolia UK water business

    Simmons & Simmons and Hogan Lovells have taken the lead roles on utility giant Veolia's sale of three of its UK water businesses in a deal worth £1.24bn.

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  • July 2, 2012 |

    SJ Berwin to push cross-selling after review of partner pay system

    SJ Berwin has opted against plans to impose a merit-based system for partner pay, with the firm instead set to incorporate softer criteria such as cross-selling into its current system. The changes to the firm's remuneration system, which will go to a partner vote later this month, were presented at a May partnership conference by new management duo Stephen Kon and Rob Day - senior and managing partner respectively.

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  • June 28, 2012 |

    Lloyd's building gets new lease of life as LG and Norton Rose advise on £131m refinancing

    LG and Norton Rose have advised on the £131m refinancing of London's iconic Lloyd's building after it was awarded English Heritage Grade 1 listed status last year. LG acted for the underwriters, DG Hyp and Deutsche Postbank, led by finance head Nick Turner alongside finance partner Jon Lent, tax partner Elliot Weston and real estate partner Christine Jackson. Norton Rose advised the building's owner, One Lime Street London, with a team led by London real estate finance head Lucy Wolley Dod, real estate partner David Hawkins and banking and finance consultant Ksenia Orlova.

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  • June 28, 2012 |

    New Dundas management duo set out plans and reaffirm UK merger aspirations

    Dundas & Wilson's newly-elected joint managing partners have set out plans to bulk up in the UK and improve communication at the firm.

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  • June 26, 2012 |

    Pinsents hires seven Germany partners for debut Euro launch in Munich

    Pinsent Masons is set to open its first continentual European office in Munich after recruiting seven partners from three German firms. The new office, which will be headed by von Boetticher Hasse Lohmann founding partner Ulrich Lohmann, will focus on corporate, information technology and dispute resolution.

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