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  • November 7, 2013 |

    A technology odyssey – Information Technology Report 2013

    What does the future hold in store for law firms' technology systems? This year's Legal Week Intelligence Information Technology Report reveals all...

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  • November 7, 2013 |

    The Transfer Window: recent moves including Taylor Wessing, Slaughters and Osborne Clarke

    The Transfer Window is a regular round-up of recent legal moves in the UK and abroad. Please send all announcements to [email protected].

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  • November 5, 2013 |

    Norton Rose associate launches university-level answer to PRIME

    A City firm associate has set up an organisation to provide free academic and careers advice to future solicitors, with a particular focus on undergraduates from backgrounds under-represented by the profession. Aspiring Solicitors, which seeks to broaden diversity of the legal profession, is the brainchild of Chris White, who joined Norton Rose Fulbright's corporate department on qualification in 2010.

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  • October 29, 2013 |

    Norton Rose names new Asian aviation chief

    Norton Rose Fulbright has appointed banking and finance partner Keith Sandilands as its new head of aviation for Asia. Sandilands will relocate from the firm's London office to Singapore this month to replace partner Leigh Borrello, who moved to Sydney in September to build the firm's Australian asset finance practice.

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  • October 25, 2013 |

    CC and Anjarwalla take top prizes at celebration of Africa legal excellence

    Clifford Chance scooped the headline International Law Firm of the Year award at the inaugural African Legal Awards in Johannesburg last night. The magic circle firm was one of four international firms to secure awards at the sell-out event, which was attended by 200 private practice and in-house lawyers and hosted by Legal Week in association with the Corporate Lawyers Association of South Africa (CLASA).

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  • October 24, 2013 |

    Location, location, location still key as law firms see offices as vital in attracting clients

    The latest Big Question survey shows that 91% of respondents feel that a law firm's office space significantly influences how clients perceive it, with fewer than one in 10 disagreeing. The vast majority of respondents also regard office space as important in attracting and retaining talent, with 96% describing it as either very (39%) or quite (57%) important. "The location and feel of the office is much more important than you might otherwise think," said Norton Rose Fulbright global head of corporate Martin Scott (pictured, right). "It is essential to have a space that people want to be in. It's been five years since we moved but the building still feels cutting edge.

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  • October 23, 2013 |

    Counsel slams "excessive" Proskauer and Dewey fees on MF Global bankruptcy

    Fee requests filed by Proskauer Rose and legacy Dewey & LeBoeuf in the administration of derivatives broker MF Global have been labelled "excessive" in a US court. In an objection filed yesterday, a counsel to the administration rejected the applications and recommended Proskauer reduce its fee from $5m (£3.1m) to $3.25m (£2m) and Dewey drop its request from $3.75m (£2.3m) to $3m (£1.9m).

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  • October 17, 2013 |

    The next big thing – regulation's booming popularity in legal business

    September 2007. A month Ian McDonald remembers well. "My banking and finance colleague Kevin Hawken came to see me and said: 'What do you know about SIVs [structured investment vehicles]?'" recalls McDonald, London head of commercial dispute resolution at Mayer Brown. "I thought it was a kitchen gadget. I really had no idea – but that is part of the challenge as litigators." His ignorance was short-lived. Mayer Brown's litigators were among the first called upon to help restructure SIVs – complex financial products once worth an estimated $400bn (£247.3bn) – when the 2007 credit crunch halted the short-term funding that underpinned them. For McDonald and his colleagues, it marked the start of busy few years.

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  • October 10, 2013 |

    Top firms set to do battle at 2013 British Legal Awards

    Linklaters is leading the way in nominations for the top practice awards as the shortlist for the 2013 British Legal Awards has been unveiled. The magic circle has nominations M&A, banking, financing or restructuring, and commercial team of the year categories. However, it missed out on the law firm of the year shortlist.

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  • October 9, 2013 |

    CC private equity partner re-joins David Walker at Latham

    Latham & Watkins has raided Clifford Chance's (CC) private equity practice for the second time this year with the hire of Tom Evans as partner. Evans joins just months after CC private equity chief and key Carlyle relationship partner David Walker made the switch.

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