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  • May 26, 2010 |

    Olswang recruits Pinsents City restructuring head

    Olswang has boosted its insolvency team with the hire of Pinsent Masons London restructuring head Seamas Gray. Gray is set to join the City law firm as a partner after quitting Pinsents, where he was joint head of the restructuring team in London alongside Richard Williams, who will now solely lead the group.

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  • May 19, 2010 |

    Taylor Wessing pensions chief joins Pinsents London office

    Pinsent Masons has bolstered its pensions practice with the hire of Taylor Wessing's UK pensions head Carolyn Saunders. Saunders is set to join the national law firm's London office as a senior partner in the pensions team later this year. She will work closely with Pinsents national head of pensions Alastair Meeks, and will advise employers and trustees on both contentious and non-contentious matters.

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  • May 12, 2010 |

    Pinsents takes starring role on sale of Withnail production company

    Pinsent Masons has advised on the acquisition of production company HandMade, the owner of rights to films including Life Of Brian, Withnail & I and Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels. A Pinsents team led by corporate partner Sean Page advised special purpose vehicle Almorah Services on the £2.3m buyout, with the deal set close later this month.

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  • April 27, 2010 |

    Pinsents set launch new Islamic finance group

    Pinsent Masons is set to launch an Islamic finance practice with the return of Al-Harith Sinclair from DLA Piper. Sinclair, a specialist in Islamic project finance structures, will join Pinsents' City office as a partner on 1 May to establish and head up the firm's Islamic finance practice.

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  • April 23, 2010 |

    Pinsents adds quartet of UK-based lawyers to partnership

    Pinsent Masons has made up four lawyers in the firm's latest promotions round, with all four of the new partners based the UK. Pensions lawyer Matthew de Ferrars is promoted in London after 12 years at the UK top 20 firm, while construction lawyer Anthony Bradley, commercial lawyer Peter Feehan and employment specialist Jon Fisher join the partnership in the firm's Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds offices respectively.

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  • April 21, 2010 |

    Dentons seals deal to provide ATE insurance

    Denton Wilde Sapte has sealed a deal with a major insurer placing it among the few major law firms with authority to broker after-the-event (ATE) insurance for litigation clients. The top 20 UK firm signed a deal with FirstAssist Legal Protection giving the firm delegated authority to set up insurance for an unlimited number of cases across fields including property, professional negligence, construction and general commercial litigation.

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  • April 16, 2010 |

    A&O, Pinsents and Freshfields check in for new BAA legal panel

    BAA has completed a tender process to cut back the number of external firms it uses, with seven appointed to the airport operator's first formal legal panel. Magic circle duo Allen & Overy and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have been appointed to the roster alongside Herbert Smith, Pinsent Masons, Blake Lapthorn and Scots duo McGrigors and Brodies.

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  • April 13, 2010 |

    Freshfields, Pinsents go nuclear with roles on slimmed-down NDA panel

    The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has unveiled its new-look legal panel, with the number of external firms the organisation uses cut back from nine to five. The nuclear clean-up group has signed up Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Pinsent Masons to its roster for the first time, while DLA Piper, Burges Salmon and Field Fisher Waterhouse have all been retained.

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  • April 8, 2010 |

    Nabarro misses out as Yorkshire development agency completes panel review

    Regional development agency Yorkshire Forward has completed an adviser review which has seen Nabarro lose its place on the organisation's legal panel. The agency has split its adviser roster in two, with Eversheds, Hammonds, Pinsent Masons, Cobbetts, Walker Morris and Addleshaw Goddard appointed to the main legal panel. The six firms were reappointed following a competitive tender process, with Nabarro the only former panel firm not to be reappointed.

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  • March 29, 2010 |

    Howard Kennedy expands projects with Simmons and Pinsents hires

    Howard Kennedy has moved to expand its projects practice with partner hires from Simmons & Simmons and Pinsent Masons. Jacqui O'Keeffe and Edward Butler joined the firm today (29 March). O'Keeffe has been head of the international environmental group at Simmons for the past four years, prior to which she was head of environment and safety at Denton Wilde Sapte.

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