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  • May 3, 2012 |

    New entrants make mark in Manchester as local projects boost region's economy

    Against an ever more gloomy economic outlook in the UK, for some leading law firms, Manchester is offering the opportunity to defy the downturn, with a host of firms planning to expand in the city.

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  • May 3, 2012 |

    Family matters - are law firms delivering on their flexible working promises?

    HR departments are sympathetic to flexible working. But their frustration is that they will write up a policy and invite line managers to a training course on it and then, because it wasn't mandatory, the managers often won't even bother attending...

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  • April 26, 2012 |

    Fortune's firms - as King & Wood goes global, can its Chinese rivals follow?

    The internationalisation of China's legal market has seen the country's law firms prosper both locally and abroad. Can they continue to dominate their market as other global firms move in? Alice Gartland reports

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  • April 13, 2012 |

    Salans to pull plug on Beijing and refocus China efforts on Shanghai

    Salans is set to close its five-person Beijing office, leaving the firm with a single base in mainland China in Shanghai. Partners voted to close the office late last month, nearly four years after the office opened in July 2008. Managing counsel Aiping Bao, the only full-time member of staff in Salans' Beijing base, is expected to relocate to Shanghai, taking total headcount in the office to 38. Salans is still in discussions with the four remaining support staff working in Beijing.

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  • April 11, 2012 |

    Pinsents and Bird & Bird advise on Chinese consumer brand AIM listing first

    Pinsent Masons, Bird & Bird and Ogier have landed roles on the AIM listing of China sportswear group Naibu, in the first flotation of a Chinese consumer brand on the junior London market. Corporate finance partner Sean Page led the Pinsents team on the £68m listing, which raised £6m in new money for Naibu's expansion plans.

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  • April 5, 2012 |

    Appeal court finds dishonest solicitor should have been struck off

    The Court of Appeal has ruled that a legal disciplinary body should have struck off a solicitor that had been found to have acted dishonestly. The closely watched judgment from Lord Justices Moore-Bick, Maurice Kay and Hooper handed down this week (3 April) found the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) should have struck off solicitor Anthony Dennison.

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  • April 4, 2012 |

    Pinsents and Gateley among ten-firm line-up on new sports panel

    Pinsent Masons, Gateley and Bates Wells & Braithwaite are among a host of firms appointed to a new panel designed to offer sports and recreation organisations easier access to legal services. The Legal Panel Framework comprises ten firms which will offer services across 19 areas of law, including advice on athlete selection, EU sports policy and child protection.

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  • March 22, 2012 |

    DAC Beachcroft adds new Scotland presence with joint venture deal

    DAC Beachcroft and Andersons Solicitors have sealed a joint venture that will see the Scots firm rebrand as DAC Beachcroft Scotland. The 11-partner boutique, which specialises in insurance litigation and dispute resolution work, has offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh and around 40 fee earners spread between the two cities.

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  • March 21, 2012 |

    Budget ushers in key changes for private client and property lawyers

    Private client lawyers are set to see a significant increase in work over the coming months as measures affecting high net worth individuals take centre stage in this year's Budget, which was unveiled today (21 March). Chancellor George Osborne has put measures targeting the wealthy at the core of a budget that is also set to cut tax for business and clamp down on tax avoidance by corporates and individuals.

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  • March 21, 2012 |

    CC and Travers advising as GAME Group confirms administration plan

    Clifford Chance (CC) and Travers Smith are advising GAME Group as the video games retailer confirmed today (21 March) that it has filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator. The confirmation comes after the company announced that trading in its shares had been suspended pending clarification of its financial position.

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