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  • July 2, 2007 |

    Pinsents joins pay war with £63k City NQ rate

    Pinsent Masons has responded to the ongoing pay war among the UK's national firms by unveiling a 19% pay hike for its newly-qualified (NQ) solicitors in the City. Legal Week can reveal today (2 July) that NQ lawyers in the capital will take home £63,000, up from £53,000 during the equivalent period last year.

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  • June 22, 2007 |

    DLA Piper ups City pay 19% but just 4% in regions

    DLA Piper has spiced up the ongoing pay war among the UK's top national firms after unveiling a 19% salary rise for its newly-qualified (NQ) solicitors in the City but an increase of just 4% in the regions. Legal Week can reveal today (22 June) that NQ lawyers at the transatlantic giant's London arm will pocket £63,000 for 2007-08, up from £53,000 last year.

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  • June 21, 2007 |

    BT boosts offshore legal capabilities with double South America opening

    BT is expanding its offshore legal function with the launch of two outposts planned for Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires later this year. The new centres, which will house 5-10 lawyers when they are set up at the end of the year, will become BT's second and third offshore legal operations and will support the company's legal function in the US.

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  • June 18, 2007 | International Edition

    LA's O'Melveny makes City disputes move

    O'Melveny & Myers is launching a London litigation and arbitration practice with the hire of two partners from Watson Farley & Williams. The US firm is bringing in Watson Farley international litigation head David Kavanagh, together with fellow contentious partner David Foster.

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  • June 18, 2007 |

    LA's O'Melveny makes City disputes move

    O'Melveny & Myers is launching a London litigation and arbitration practice with the hire of two partners from Watson Farley & Williams. The US firm is bringing in Watson Farley international litigation head David Kavanagh, together with fellow contentious partner David Foster.

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  • June 13, 2007 |

    Pinsents and Maclays jump on digital bandwagon with launch of podcasts

    National firms Pinsent Masons and Maclay Murray & Spens have become the latest major UK practices to join the digital revolution with both firms' employment practices this month launching podcast services.

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  • June 13, 2007 | International Edition

    Simmons and Camerons latest to exceed £500k PEP barrier

    City duo Simmons & Simmons and CMS Cameron McKenna have both broken the £500,000 profits per equity partner (PEP) barrier for the first time, taking the number of top firms to have hit the figure for the first time to seven so far this year.

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  • June 13, 2007 |

    Simmons and Camerons latest to exceed £500k PEP barrier

    City duo Simmons & Simmons and CMS Cameron McKenna have both broken the £500,000 profits per equity partner (PEP) barrier for the first time, taking the number of top firms to have hit the figure for the first time to seven so far this year.

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  • June 13, 2007 |

    Giants get in-house legal re-jig

    McDonald's UK legal team was boosted last month by the hire of high-profile ex-easyGroup general counsel Dell Burnside. It is the second move in less than a year for Burnside, who left easyGroup only six months ago to head up the legal team at mobile phone trade group, the GSM Association (GSMA).

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  • June 12, 2007 |

    Government names record 48 firms on super-panel

    A record 48 firms have bagged places on the Government's legal panel, the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) announced today (12 June). The OGC estimates the contracts will be worth a total of around £240m over the next four years.

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