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  • June 29, 2011 |

    Senior banking partner quits SNR Denton to join Norton Rose

    SNR Denton London banking partner Michael Black is set to leave the firm to join Norton Rose. Black, who is co-head of SNR Denton's financial institutions and funds sector group, joined legacy Denton Wilde Sapte in 2003 from Theodore Goddard (now Addleshaw Goddard), where he had been the firm's head of banking. He originally qualified as a barrister and lawyer in New Zealand in 1992 and has been working in London since 1995.

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  • June 22, 2011 |

    Pinsent Masons takes lead on $855m acquisition of specialist power firm

    Pinsent Masons has advised investment vehicle Horizon Acquisition on its $855m (£527m) purchase of US-based temporary power provider APR Energy. Pinsents took the lead role for Horizon in the sale after being instructed in April, with a team led by corporate partners Rob Hutchings and Paul Amiss.

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  • June 22, 2011 |

    Berrymans and Shoosmiths head up female-friendly partnership rankings

    Bird & Bird has emerged as the UK top 20 law firm with the largest percentage of female partners, with Hogan Lovells topping the rankings within the top 10. Legal Week research into female representation at partner level across the 50 largest UK law firms by revenue shows that, with women making up just under 23% of its partnership as at 1 May 2011, Bird & Bird is the highest placed firm within the top 20, closely followed by Berwin Leighton Paisner and Pinsent Masons.

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  • June 22, 2011 |

    Legacies lost - can Addleshaws regain that old polish?

    Lauded as one of the most promising mid-market players in the UK until recently, Addleshaw Goddard has run into the unfamiliar ground of poor growth and internal tensions. Georgina Stanley and Simon Petersen ask if the firm can regain that old polish

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  • June 15, 2011 |

    Linklaters and Norton Rose secure first-time RSA panel roles

    Linklaters and Norton Rose have won first-time appointments as UK insurer RSA expands its global legal panel from three firms to five. The FTSE 100 company has selected the pair to sit alongside existing panel firms Allen & Overy, Slaughter and May and Ashurst, with all five firms appointed to advise on corporate and commercial matters for a three-year term.

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  • June 1, 2011 |

    US law firms score high marks for London vacation schemes

    Three US firms have been rated among the best vacation scheme providers in the UK market, with Legal Week research also seeing Allen & Overy (A&O) identified by students as the most prestigious global law firm for the second year running. The Legal Week Intelligence 2011 Law Student Report saw Latham & Watkins and Baker & McKenzie take the top two spots for UK vacation schemes, with Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton coming in fourth place behind Ashurst.

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  • May 27, 2011 |

    BLP partners to see PEP rise 56% to £712k

    Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has announced strong financial results for 2010-11, with profits per equity partner (PEP) set to soar by an estimated 56% to £712,000. The firm's estimated PEP figure, up from £455,000 in 2009-10, comes against a 20% rise in turnover to £229m, against £191m during the previous financial year.

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  • May 19, 2011 |

    Olswang pushes revenues up 2% for second consecutive year

    Olswang has announced its financial results for 2010-11, posting a marginal increase in turnover of 2%. The firm saw revenues rise from £91m to £92.6m, in line with the previous year's results, when turnover also grew by 2%.

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  • May 18, 2011 |

    Keeping an open mind about going open plan

    The last 12 months have seen a number of law firms moving to new offices, with many signing 15 or 20-year leases. No-one can doubt that the legal market is going to change radically during that time, and no-one can be sure what the landscape will look like in 2031.

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  • May 18, 2011 |

    Vodafone puts advisers on alert with plans to cut panel

    Mobile phone giant Vodafone has kicked off a review of its global and UK legal advisers, with the overhaul marking the first time the UK panel has been updated in six years. The review will cover the external law firms advising mobile operator Vodafone UK as well as those advising Vodafone Group globally. It will not cover local mobile operators outside the UK.

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