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  • January 27, 2010 |

    Deal lawyers set to AIM slightly less low in 2010

    Ask a corporate partner specialising in work on London's Alternative Investment Market (AIM) to describe 2009 and "horrendous" and "not a good year" are some of the milder descriptions you're likely to hear. Looking at the statistics it is easy to see why, as the market saw a dismal tally of just 36 admissions, with the number of initial public offerings (IPOs) barely scraping double digits at just 13.

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  • January 19, 2010 |

    Former DLA partner joins Dorsey's City arm

    Dorsey & Whitney has boosted its London corporate capabilities with the hire of former DLA Piper partner Kate Francis. Francis, who resigned from DLA last August, becomes the tenth corporate partner in Dorsey's London office. She joined the partnership at DLA in 2005 and her practice focuses on capital markets and M&A.

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  • January 18, 2010 |

    Eversheds and Pinsents head up quintet of firms on first-ever Tyne & Wear panel

    Eversheds and Pinsent Masons have won spots on the Tyne & Wear Metropolitan Authority's first-ever legal panel. The new panel sees the five northeast local authorities that constitute Tyne & Wear draw up a joint legal panel in a bid to drive down legal costs.

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  • January 13, 2010 |

    Simmons regains prized role as MoD unveils new projects panel

    Simmons & Simmons has won back its position on the Ministry of Defence (MoD) major projects panel four years after being dropped from the roster. The top 15 City law firm is one of seven firms to be appointed by the MoD for a four-year term starting last week (10 January). Field Fisher Waterhouse is also a new addition to the panel while Wragge & Co, Pinsent Masons, Denton Wilde Sapte, Mills & Reeve and Shepherd and Wedderburn have been reappointed.

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  • January 13, 2010 |

    Simmons rated as UK's most gay-friendly firm

    Four law firms have been included in this year's Workplace Equality Index compiled by gay rights charity Stonewall. The index, which ranks the top 100 gay-friendly employers in the UK, included Simmons & Simmons as the highest-ranked law firm in 15th place, up from 31st place last year.

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  • January 13, 2010 |

    New research highlights financial benefits of legal process outsourcing

    New research produced by PricewaterhouseCoopers has highlighted the growth of legal process outsourcing (LPO) services in the wake of the economic downturn. The study, which canvassed 514 outsourcing service providers in 50 countries around the world, identified legal services outsourcing as providing the highest cost savings - 44% - in comparison to other markets.

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  • January 13, 2010 |

    The nuclear option

    Mark Richards, international operations chief counsel at US engineering firm CH2M Hill, is pleased to be back in the office. He recently returned from Abu Dhabi, where he spent much of last year leading the primary contractor selection on United Arab Emirates' nuclear power programme, which CH2M Hill is project managing - a baptism of fire to a job that Richards began in September 2008. It has been an interesting project, he says, but has not left much time to get to grips with the other elements of his newly-created London-based role.

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  • January 7, 2010 | International Edition

    Pinsents recruits DLA partner to head up Manchester banking team

    Pinsent Masons has bolstered its Manchester banking and finance practice with the hire of Matthew Morgan from DLA Piper. Morgan joined Pinsents this week (4 January) to lead the national firm's banking team in Manchester.

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  • January 7, 2010 |

    Pinsents recruits DLA partner to head up Manchester banking team

    Pinsent Masons has bolstered its Manchester banking and finance practice with the hire of Matthew Morgan from DLA Piper. Morgan joined Pinsents this week (4 January) to lead the national firm's banking team in Manchester.

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  • January 5, 2010 |

    Pinsents projects partner receives CBE in New Year Honours list

    Pinsent Masons projects partner Martin Harman has been awarded a CBE in the New Year Honours list. Harman, who joined legacy firm Masons' construction group in 1975 and has been a partner for 24 years, received the honour for services to international trade and the legal profession.

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