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  • January 4, 2012 |

    Ex-Stephenson Harwood senior partner among New Year Honours

    Former Stephenson Harwood senior partner Anthony Isaacs and Three Raymond Buildings barrister Hugh Davies are among a handful of lawyers to have been recognised in the latest New Year Honours list. Isaacs has been awarded an MBE for services to the legal profession in his past role as president of the Solicitors' Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT).

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  • December 12, 2011 |

    LG sees two more partner exits as tech and private client duo depart

    LG commerce and technology partner Richard Marke has left the firm to join Bates Wells & Braithwaite, with news of his departure coming as it emerged that the firm has asked private client partner Caroline Garnham to leave the partnership due to a conflict of interest. Marke joined UK commercial firm Bates Wells last month as a partner in the firm's corporate and commercial practice.

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  • December 12, 2011 |

    Pinsents set for Paris and Germany launches as Salans alliance ends

    Pinsent Masons is set to open its first offices in continental Europe, with the planned launches coming as it emerges that the national firm's alliance with Salans has come to an end. The firm is expecting to open in France and Germany in the first half of 2012, with the offices to focus on corporate and commercial matters, with Pinsents also hoping to carry out construction and arbitration work in Paris.

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  • December 7, 2011 |

    CSR Initiative/Programme of the Year: Field Fisher Waterhouse

    The judging panel was hugely impressed with an initiative by Field Fisher Waterhouse to establish a website that links organisations across the globe seeking pro bono legal advice with lawyers willing to give it. Like many of the best corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, the idea to launch i-Probono bubbled up from the firm's grassroots.

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  • December 7, 2011 |

    Deloitte research shows leading firms posted robust growth in second quarter

    The UK's top 100 law firms saw a year-on-year increase in fee income of nearly 10% during the second quarter of the 2011-12 financial year, with new research showing a continued improvement in trading despite the economic uncertainty in the eurozone. Figures compiled by professional services firm Deloitte show fee income across the 100 largest UK law firms by revenue increased by 9.8% during the three months ending 31 October compared with the same period last year. The increase is more than double that seen in Q1 2011-12, when revenues grew by 4% compared with the same 
period last year.

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  • December 2, 2011 |

    CMS sees single digit increase in revenues to hit £106m

    CMS Cameron McKenna has posted a 5% increase in half year revenues, with turnover standing at £106m for the first six months of 2011-12. The UK firm also posted a 5% increase for the same period last year, taking unaudited revenues to around £100m. The firm had seen a 13% dip at the same point in 2009-10.

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  • November 25, 2011 |

    Simmons revenues up 6% at the halfway stage

    Simmons & Simmons has become the latest firm to post its half-year results, with the top 20 practice seeing a 6% increase in revenues for the first half of the current financial year. The 200-partner firm generated fee income of £124.8m for the first six months of the 2011-12 year - up from £117.7m at the same point last year. The top-line rise translated into a 24% increase in profits.

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  • November 23, 2011 |

    SJ Berwin sees revenues stay static at £84m at H1 point

    SJ Berwin has become the latest firm to post its half-year results, with the City firm seeing fee income remain static over the first six months of the 2011-12 financial year. Revenue for the period stood at £84m - the same as last year, when turnover climbed 9% on the previous year's figure.

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  • November 22, 2011 |

    Eversheds, Pinsents & DAC Beachcroft grab spots on United Drug's inaugural panel

    Eversheds, Pinsent Masons and DAC Beachcroft have won roles on healthcare company United Drug's inaugural legal panel. The trio was appointed to the company's UK panel following a formal tender process over the summer and are expected to advise on a broad range of areas including M&A, commercial, competition and regulatory, dispute resolution and litigation, employment and tax.

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  • November 17, 2011 |

    Addleshaws announces 11% increase in revenues for H1 2011-12

    Addleshaw Goddard has announced an 11% increase in turnover for the first half of the 2011-12 financial year, taking fee income to £86.6m for the six month period. The figure compares with £78.1m for the equivalent 1 May-31 October period in 2010-11, which marked a 4% dip on the previous year.

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