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  • November 18, 2009 |

    Eight more UK top 30 firms size up legal outsourcing moves

    Some of the City's leading law firms are considering outsourcing legal work as increasing numbers of firms look to cut costs by using external providers for both legal and business support. Linklaters, SJ Berwin, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and CMS Cameron McKenna are among eight firms within the top 30 currently looking at introducing some aspects of legal process outsourcing (LPO).

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  • November 17, 2009 |

    Olswang posts 3% decrease in revenues at half-year stage

    Olswang has recorded a drop in half-year revenues, with turnover dipping to £43.3m. The drop marks a 3% decrease on the same period in 2008, when the UK top 50 firm posted fee income of £44.7m.

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  • November 16, 2009 |

    Beachcroft boosts half-year revenues by 15% to £62m

    Beachcroft has posted a 15% increase in revenues for the first half of 2009-2010. The figures, which were announced internally at a partnership conference last week (13 November), show fee income at the firm rising to £62m - a 14.8% increase on the figure of £54m recorded during the the same period last year.

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  • November 12, 2009 |

    Wragges becomes latest firm to post H1 results with turnover down 3%

    Wragge & Co has recorded a drop in half-year turnover, with revenues dipping to £47.5m. The drop marks a 3% decrease in fee income from the same period in 2008, when Wragges posted revenues of £49m.

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  • November 12, 2009 |

    Pinsents posts half-year revenue drop of 7%

    Pinsent Masons has posted a drop of nearly 7% in revenues for the first half of 2009-10, joining the likes of Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), Allen & Overy (A&O) and Simmons & Simmons in seeing turnover dip. The national firm saw revenues for the six-month period drop by 6.9% to £98m - in line with the firm's expectations.

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  • November 11, 2009 |

    Pinsents partner joins Berrymans professional indemnity team

    Berrymans Lace Mawer has boosted its Birmingham professional indemnity practice with the hire of Chris Fitton from Pinsent Masons. Fitton joined Berrymans on Monday (9 November) after 15 years at Pinsents. His practice focuses on professional negligence claims against solicitors, and he becomes the second partner in the firm's Birmingham professional indemnity team, overseeing five further fee earners.

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  • November 4, 2009 |

    Trio of UK firms consider outsourcing in effort to cut costs

    Travers Smith, Hammonds and Halliwells are considering a range of outsourcing measures. The trio are the latest firms interested in cutting costs by sending either legal or back office support work to outsourcing companies. Travers is considering offshoring some legal work, with the top 50 firm set to go to India later this month to speak to several legal process outsourcers (LPOs) after seeing a pick-up in corporate activity levels.

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  • November 4, 2009 |

    Asda IP dispute hits delay due to Pinsents' Xmas shelf-stacking duties

    A High Court dispute involving Specsavers and Asda has been delayed in part due to the requirement that lawyers from Pinsent Masons - the supermarket's main adviser - are available to stack shelves at the supermarket during the Christmas period. The dispute began when Specsavers accused Asda of infringing on its trademarks with an online advertising campaign which used the slogan "Be a real spec saver at Asda". The first round closed yesterday (3 November), with the next trial date originally set for January.

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  • November 4, 2009 |

    Pinsents retains top spot in AIM-listed client rankings

    Pinsent Masons has maintained its position as the law firm with the largest number of clients listed on London's Alternative Investment Market (AIM). Hemscott rankings for the three-month period ending 5 October show that Pinsents gained one new AIM-listed client over the quarter, increasing its tally to 56.

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  • November 4, 2009 |

    Salans gears up for firmwide election across global network

    Salans is gearing up for a series of management elections before the end of the year. The firm will hold elections for its global board as well as all 21 of its office managing partner positions. All of the appointments will run for two-year terms starting in January 2010, following a partnership vote in December.

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