• March 28, 2008 |

    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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  • March 20, 2008 |

    Norton Rose a winner as Standard Chartered names new UK panel

    Standard Chartered Bank has unveiled its new panel of UK advisers, with Norton Rose making its debut on the roster and City rivals SJ Berwin and Bird & Bird among those to miss out. The new line-up, which follows the first review of the bank's domestic panel in four years, sees City firms Denton Wilde Sapte and Herbert Smith retained alongside southwest outfit Burges Salmon and national giants Addleshaw Goddard and DLA Piper.

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  • March 19, 2008 |

    Rolls-Royce position for Addleshaw Goddard

    Addleshaw Goddard has been added to Rolls-Royce's panel of advisers. The firm was added alongside existing panel member Eversheds following a review. Addleshaws corporate partner Michael Birchall will become the relationship partner for the client. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer remains on the company's panel as its main corporate adviser and was unaffected by the review.

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  • March 13, 2008 |

    Pannone: best law firm to work for, according to Sunday Times survey

    Manchester firm Pannone has again emerged as the highest-placed law firm in The Sunday Times' latest 100 Best Companies to Work For survey. Pannone dropped from third last year to fifth in 2008 but retained its position as the highest-ranked law firm, notching up its fifth consecutive year in the top 10. The firm was praised in the survey for creating one of the UK's best working environments, with 85% of staff highlighting the clear definition of individuals' roles as a key strength.

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  • March 13, 2008 |

    Addleshaws hiring drive continues apace with new duo for City funds

    Addleshaw Goddard is set to bolster its City funds practice with hires from Mayer Brown and Bank of America.Christy Stagemeyer and David Ive will join Addleshaws in the coming weeks as a partner and consultant respectively. Ive joins from Mayer Brown, where he was a funds and tax partner, while Stagemeyer joins from the Bank of America in New York, where she was lead counsel for the bank's alternative investment group.

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  • March 12, 2008 |

    Hold on to your talent

    The 'battle for talent', irrespective of the industry sector, has never been greater. Employers and partnerships want to keep hold of their best people…

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  • March 10, 2008 |

    Cuddly firm leagues show where there's a will...

    It’s easy to be cynical about law firms in 'good employer' league tables. For years, a select band of regional law firms have made The Sunday Times’…

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  • March 10, 2008 |

    Panonne leads legal in '08 best employer list

    Manchester firm Pannone has again emerged as the highest placed law firm in The Sunday Times' latest 100 Best Companies to Work For survey. Pannone dropped from third last year to fifth in 2008 but retained its position as the highest-ranked law firm, notching up its fifth consecutive year in the top 10. The firm was praised in the survey for creating one of the UK's best working environments, with 85% of staff highlighting the clear definition of individuals' roles as a key strength.

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  • March 5, 2008 | International Edition

    Expansive Addleshaws deals with rising costs for pensions and staff

    Addleshaw Goddard had a total pensions deficit of £8.4m last year, with each legacy firm involved in its 2003 merger having sizeable shortfalls. Both legacy firms' schemes have significant deficits, with the Addleshaw Booth & Co scheme reporting a deficit of £5.7m, while the Theodore Goddard scheme had a deficit of £2.7m.

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  • March 5, 2008 |

    Expansive Addleshaws deals with rising costs for pensions and staff

    Addleshaw Goddard had a total pensions deficit of £8.4m last year, with each legacy firm involved in its 2003 merger having sizeable shortfalls. Both legacy firms' schemes have significant deficits, with the Addleshaw Booth & Co scheme reporting a deficit of £5.7m, while the Theodore Goddard scheme had a deficit of £2.7m.

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