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  • March 12, 2012 |

    The Transfer Window: recent moves including SNR Denton, Jones Day and Dickinson Dees

    SNR Denton has seen the departure of its London telecoms head Rod Kirwan, who has left to take up a new role as regional general counsel for the Caribbean at Cable & Wireless Communications. Kirwan left SNR Denton in January this year and will now be based in Barbados with Cable & Wireless. TMT partner Jan Willem van den Bos has taken over the leadership of SNR's City telecoms team.

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  • March 12, 2012 |

    McGrigors construction team joins Eversheds ahead of Pinsents tie-up

    Eversheds is adding to its Manchester construction team with the hire of an eight-strong team of lawyers from McGrigors led by partners David Moss and Paul Giles. The group, which is being joined by Addleshaw Goddard partner Nigel Proctor, has opted to leave the Scottish firm ahead of its forthcoming merger with Pinsent Masons due to client conflicts.

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  • March 11, 2012 |

    Stephenson Harwood wins lead on £3bn London waste-to-energy project

    Stephenson Harwood has won the key role to advise the North London Waste Authority (NLWA) on a £3bn waste-to-energy procurement project, after a competitive tender which saw the firm see off former adviser Eversheds. The project will see the creation of new waste treatment facilities in north London and a new fuel use facility to optimise energy recovery from solid recovered fuel. By 2045, the facilities are expected to handle around 3% of the UK's municipal waste tonnage.

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  • March 8, 2012 |

    UK duo lead on £300m refinancing for student housing company

    Pinsent Masons and Olswang have advised on HSBC's and the Royal Bank of Scotland's (RBS') £300m refinancing of student accommodation provider Liberty Living. Pinsents acted for the banks, with London real estate chief William Oliver heading up the firm's efforts with support from a team of banking and property lawyers. Olswang acted for Liberty Living, fielding a team led by real estate finance head Eleni Skordaki and property partner Tim Westhead.

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  • March 8, 2012 |

    City firms foresee slow growth but Q3 revenues rise 7% at top 100

    The UK's top 100 law firms saw fee income increase by 7.2% year-on-year during the third quarter of 2011-12 according to new research, which shows firms are predicting slower growth for the coming financial year due to the ongoing economic uncertainty in the eurozone. Deloitte's latest legal sector survey, covering the three-month period ending 31 January, shows that while fee income increased in Q3 this year compared with 2011, the growth is down on last quarter, when the same firms reported an increase in turnover of nearly 10%.

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  • March 8, 2012 |

    Dundas set for new leadership as managing partner Shaw steps down

    Dundas & Wilson managing partner Donald Shaw has resigned from his position, it was announced yesterday (7 March). The reasons for the move remain unclear, but a firm spokesperson confirmed that Shaw will remain with the firm and return to full-time client work.

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  • March 5, 2012 |

    Salans posts 5% turnover hike for 2011

    Salans has unveiled its financial results for 2011, posting a 5% increase in turnover to €206.3m (£169.7m). The firm saw revenue rise 5% on the figure of €196.5m (£163.8m) posted at this time last year, while net profit fell marginally to €41.9m (£34.9m), down from the 2010 figure of €42.1m (£35.1m).

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  • March 5, 2012 |

    Ashfords and Rochman Landau merger forms new £30m firm

    Ashfords Solicitors has expanded its London presence through a merger with 34-lawyer firm Rochman Landau, in the latest example of consolidation in the UK legal market The tie-up, which went live last week (29 February), has seen Rochman's 50 London staff join Ashfords, giving the combined firm a total headcount of more than 450 staff in six offices across the south of England.

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  • March 1, 2012 |

    Quartet of firms appointed to Southbank Centre legal panels

    Herbert Smith, Pinsent Masons, Eversheds and Farrer & Co have won places on the Southbank Centre's first legal panels, which cover property and planning work; employment and pensions; and commercial and other legal services.

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  • February 16, 2012 |

    Charles Russell hires employment partner from Pinsents

    Charles Russell has bulked up its employment and pensions team with the hire of Pinsent Masons employment partner Robert Mecrate-Butcher. Mecrate-Butcher, who joined Pinsents in 2007, works across both contentious and non-contentious employment law, with a particular focus on advising clients in the insurance and banking sectors. He specialises in TUPE advice, with his practice also 
covering diversity and equality issues, executive departures and the enforcement of restrictive covenants. The hire takes the combined employment and pensions group to 11 partners.

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