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  • January 19, 2012 |

    Finance partners cheer bid to make London a renminbi trading hub

    Finance partners have welcomed plans by the UK Government to help strengthen London's position as a leading financial centre by turning it into an offshore trading hub for China's renminbi (RMB) currency. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne signed a deal on Monday (16 January) in Hong Kong setting out plans to make London a trading centre for the currency, which is becoming increasingly important as China's economic power continues to grow.

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  • January 19, 2012 |

    Pinsents and McGrigors in merger talks over near-£300m tie-up

    Pinsent Masons and McGrigors are in merger talks over a deal that could create a combined firm with revenues of around £282m. The talks have been confirmed by both firms today (19 January) with partner votes expected to be held in February. If a deal goes ahead, the combined firm would be ranked 12th in the UK top 50, with McGrigors reporting 2010-11 turnover of £70m and Pinsents' revenues standing at £212.5m.

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  • January 16, 2012 |

    LG rebuilds City finance practice with hire of Stephenson Harwood team

    LG has moved to rebuild its City finance practice with a team hire from Stephenson Harwood. Real estate finance consultant John Fox and senior associates Matthew East and Simon Elphick will all join LG as partners in March.

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  • January 13, 2012 |

    Salans broadens Turkey capabilities with new alliance deal

    Salans has sealed a new alliance deal in Turkey, joining forces with local firm Balcioglu Selcuk Akman in a deal which will expand its practice in the country. Salans, which was formerly allied with Turkey's Ozel & Ozel, has had a presence in the country for eight years. The new alliance will hand the firm new capability in banking, finance and litigation.

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  • January 12, 2012 |

    Travers Smith secures pension work mandate for Vodafone

    Travers Smith has won Vodafone as a first-time client, with the City firm securing a mandate to carry out pensions work for the telecoms giant. The firm was appointed in December last year, despite missing out on a spot on Vodafone's new UK panel announced in September 2011. The relationship will be managed by Travers pensions partner Peter Esam, with the firm hoping to expand the relationship into off panel mandates in other practices where possible.

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  • January 9, 2012 |

    SNR Denton signs up Linklaters banking partner for London base

    SNR Denton has recruited a Linklaters banking partner, with Edward Hickman joining the transatlantic firm's London office today (9 January). Hickman, who has been a partner in Linklaters' structured finance team for the last six years, will join SNR Denton's banking and finance department, which is headed up by City partner Paul Holland since he replaced Serge Sergiou in the role last November.

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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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