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  • April 10, 2008 |

    Firms win panel spots for Yorkshire local authorities

    Thirteen law firms have won places on the first-ever panel created by four of Yorkshire's largest county councils. Firms including Addleshaw Goddard, Beachcroft, Walker Morris, Browne Jacobson, Weightmans and Bevan Brittan were appointed to the West Yorkshire Local Authorities (WKLA) legal panel at the end of last month. The firms have been hired for an initial three-year period with the option for a renewable two-year extension.

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  • April 10, 2008 |

    Addleshaws promotes nine to partnership

    UK national Addleshaw Goddard has made up nine lawyers to its partnership, the firm announced last week (4 April). The new appointments, which are effective from 1 May, almost double last year's tally of five new partners, taking the firm's total to 185. Partners were made up across the firm's three offices, with Manchester and Leeds gaining two partners apiece while the City arm gained five.

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  • April 9, 2008 |

    Banking: Banking burdens

    Bank accounts are an obvious and fruitful avenue of enforcement for judgment creditors, and with good cause -they are a readily available pot of money held by a reputable institution that is likely to comply with any court order given to them. Banks holding money for a judgment debtor are the target of domestic enforcement action in the form of third party debt orders. These orders carry with them an administrative burden for the bank. While it can deduct a statutory sum of currently £55 from the debt to cover its expenses this nominal amount (if deducted at all) may not reflect the actual compliance cost to the bank.

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  • April 4, 2008 |

    City gets lion's share of Addleshaws' nine promotions

    National heavyweight Addleshaw Goddard has made up nine lawyers to its partnership, including five in London, the firm announced today (4 April). The new appointments, which are effective from 1 May, almost double last year's tally when just five new partners were made up. They will take the firm's total partnership to 185.

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  • April 3, 2008 |

    McGrigors takes on lateral from Addleshaws

    McGrigors' fledgling Manchester office has bagged its first lateral hire, bringing in projects partner Nick Ogden from Addleshaw Goddard. Ogden joined the office, which opened at the beginning of the year, last month (17 March), becoming the second partner alongside construction partner Peter Blackmore.

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  • April 2, 2008 | International Edition

    Dentons, SJ Berwin check out £1.2bn Sainsbury's property JV

    Denton Wilde Sapte and SJ Berwin have won lead roles advising supermarket giant Sainsbury's on a £1.2bn property joint venture with British Land. Dentons beat a host of panel firms to win the lead role for Sainsbury's, fielding a team under property partner Andrew Bedford and corporate partners Richard Macklin and Matthew Tinger. The joint venture is part of the store's attempts to unlock value from its sizeable real estate portfolio.

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  • April 2, 2008 |

    Dentons, SJ Berwin check out £1.2bn Sainsbury's property JV

    Denton Wilde Sapte and SJ Berwin have won lead roles advising supermarket giant Sainsbury's on a £1.2bn property joint venture with British Land. Dentons beat a host of panel firms to win the lead role for Sainsbury's, fielding a team under property partner Andrew Bedford and corporate partners Richard Macklin and Matthew Tinger. The joint venture is part of the store's attempts to unlock value from its sizeable real estate portfolio.

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  • March 31, 2008 |

    Pinsent Masons makes up 17 to partnership

    Pinsent Masons has made up 17 lawyers to its partnership, the national heavyweight announced today (31 March). The new appointments, which are effective from 1 May, grow the national firm's total partnership to 301. The number falls just short of last year's record total of 20 new partners.

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  • March 31, 2008 |

    French independent takes Asia team from rival

    UGGC & Associes, the French ally of UK national giant Addleshaw Goddard, has extended its reach overseas after taking on the entire Asian practice of domestic rival Adamas. The deal adds 25 lawyers and branches in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Taipei to UGGC's network of offices, which also includes outposts in Brussels and Casablanca. Adamas partners Franck Desevedavy, Olivier Dubuis, Olivier Lefebure, Alina Quach and Arnaud Depierrefeu all transfer to UGGC as part of the move.

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  • March 28, 2008 | International Edition

    Dentons in for Sainsbury's £1bn British Land JV

    Denton Wilde Sapte and SJ Berwin have won lead roles advising supermarket giant Sainsbury's on a £1.2bn property joint venture with British Land. Dentons saw off a host of panel advisers to win the lead role for Sainsbury's, fielding a team under property partner Andrew Bedford and corporate partners Richard Macklin and Matthew Tinger. The joint venture is part of the store's attempts to unlock value from its sizeable real estate portfolio.

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