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  • May 16, 2011 |

    Pinsents announces financial results as revenues rise by 3%

    Pinsent Masons has announced the details of its 2010-11 financial results, with the firm posting 3% revenue growth for the full financial year. Firmwide revenue climbed from £206m in 2009-10 to £213m, according to the firm's preliminary unaudited results.

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  • May 13, 2011 |

    Hare Court silk appointed to lead World Cup bribery probe

    The Football Association (FA) has appointed James Dingemans QC of 3 Hare Court to investigate allegations of misconduct by FIFA officials surrounding England's 2018 failed World Cup bid. Dingemans was appointed on Thursday (12 May) to review claims made by former FA chairman Lord Triesman to a Parliamentary select committee this week relating to allegations that four FIFA officials had sought "bribes" to back England's bid.

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  • May 11, 2011 |

    Balfour Beatty to press firms on outsourcing in UK adviser review

    Balfour Beatty is set to review its roster of UK legal advisers, with the construction giant planning to ramp up its use of legal process outsourcing (LPO). David Mercer, general counsel of Balfour Beatty's UK construction services division, is leading the review, with the process being overseen by global general counsel and company secretary Chris Vaughan, who joined in 2007 from SABMiller.

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  • May 11, 2011 |

    BLP adds financial services partner to City base with Mayer Brown hire

    Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has hired Mayer Brown financial services partner Nick Kynoch in a bid to strengthen its City practice. Kynoch joined the UK top 20 firm's financial services and markets group last week along with two associates, after 10 years at Mayer Brown. He has been a partner since 2007, and his client portfolio includes Bank of New York Mellon, Northern Trust, Danske Bank and RBC Dexia.

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  • May 5, 2011 |

    Post-merger turbulence puts pressure on for SNR Denton

    Understandably, the news that SNR Denton's UK arm has launched a sector and practice review to boost profitability was played down by new UK chief executive Matthew Jones as house-keeping. But if strong indications prove correct that profits per equity partner (PEP) are to fall sharply for the UK partnership - perhaps below £250,000 - the firm will be under considerable pressure to demonstrate that it can get the practice back on track.

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  • April 27, 2011 |

    Herbert Smith makes up 13 to partnership including City six

    Herbert Smith has announced its annual partner promotions with more than half of the new partners made up outside of the City. The firm has promoted 13 lawyers to its partnership, including six in London. The promotions are effective as of 1 May.

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  • April 21, 2011 |

    Mishcons and Pinsents swell partner promotions numbers in 2011 rounds

    Pinsent Masons and Mishcon de Reya have announced the details of their 2011 promotions, with Mishcons making its first-ever partner promotion outside of the UK. Vincent Filardo joins the partnership in Mishcons' New York civil and criminal litigation practice, while Derval Walsh has been made up in the City litigation practice.

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  • April 21, 2011 |

    Pinsents adds two partners in Dubai boost

    Pinsent Masons has boosted its Middle East projects and construction team with two new partners, with one more set to relocate to the region later this year. Projects and finance specialist Simon Harvey will join Pinsents' Dubai office from Baker & McKenzie this June, while international arbitration specialist Bjorn Gehle will join in July from Clayton Utz's Sydney base. Gehle, a special counsel at the Australian firm, advises on infrastructure and construction projects, international trade, energy and resources as well as corporate disputes.

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  • April 21, 2011 |

    Kickbacks – does the Bribery Act deserve to be mired in controversy?

    "Talk of golf days being banned and arrests at Wimbledon – that was all hype," says Barry Vitou, Pinsent Masons partner and co-author of thebriberyact.com, discussing the much-touted anti-corruption legislation that will finally come into effect later this summer. And the implementation of the Bribery Act has certainly been noticed; arguably not since the Human Rights Act 1998 has a piece of primary legislation with wide implications for companies attracted such sustained political controversy. In the wake of a fierce lobbying campaign from business groups claiming, in one case, that the Act would be like equivalent US legislation "on acid" – leading to extreme claims that even basic corporate hospitality would be banned under the legislation – the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) announced in January that the Act's implementation would be delayed from its target of April 2011.

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  • April 20, 2011 |

    SNR Denton overhauls UK strategy as partner profits disappoint

    SNR Denton is reviewing the focus of its UK business as part of a push to boost profitability, with profits per equity partner (PEP) at the firm's UK arm expected to drop by more than a third this year. The newly-merged law firm is reviewing the practice and sector focus of its UK limited liability partnership (LLP) as it attempts to shore up revenues and profits going into the new financial year.

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