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  • June 9, 2010 |

    Walker Morris secures lead role on £778m sale of Netto to Asda

    Walker Morris has taken a lead role on the £778m sale of Netto Foodstores to Asda. The Leeds-based firm advised Danish retail group Dansk Supermarked, a long-term client, on the sell-off of its Netto subsidiary to Asda, which is owned by US giant Walmart.

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  • June 9, 2010 |

    Pinsents and Salans move to 'ramp alliance up a notch'

    Pinsent Masons and Salans are taking steps to extend their alliance in a move that could see the firms' relationship become exclusive. The two firms' management met last month in Paris to discuss how they can progress the relationship. While neither firm ruled out a future merger, current discussions centre on how the two firms can work more closely together, including discussing making the year-old alliance exclusive.

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  • June 1, 2010 |

    Three-year decline in equity ranks boosts partner profits by £26k

    Rising numbers of salaried partners at the UK's leading law firms have inflated partner profits by an average of £26,000 across the top 30, according to Legal Week research. Alongside contracting equity ranks, profits per equity partner (PEP) at the UK top 30 firms would have stood at an average of £26,000 less in 2009 if the proportion of salaried partners had remained at 2007 levels.

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  • May 26, 2010 |

    Regional development agencies early victims of public spending cuts

    Sweeping curbs on public spending are set to have an early impact on the legal sector, with the Government this week announcing deep cuts in regional development agencies (RDAs) as part of an initial £6.2bn round of cuts. England's nine RDAs will lose £270m this year - roughly 20% of their budget.

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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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