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  • November 19, 2013 |

    Slaughters, A&O among firms on Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi's debut panel

    Slaughter and May, Allen & Overy and Linklaters are among a raft of firms to have won a spot on The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) first ever legal panel. The panel covers Europe, the Middle East and Africa and is split into a preferred firms' panel and a transactional panel.

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  • November 19, 2013 |

    Hogan Lovells takes competition partner Jones from Norton Rose Fulbright

    Hogan Lovells has sealed the hire of antitrust partner Mark Jones from Norton Rose Fulbright, continuing its expansion drive of recent months. Jones, who will join Hogan Lovells antitrust, competition and economic regulation practice in London in the New Year, has been a partner at Norton Rose for ten years. He works in particular in the in the energy, infrastructure, insurance and retail sectors.

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  • November 14, 2013 |

    Trainee retention rates at UK top 10's HK bases remain high as firms continue to invest in Asia

    Trainee retention rates at the Hong Kong offices of the UK's top 10 law firms have remained broadly static on last year as firms continue to invest in Asian markets, despite a comparatively uncertain year for the local economy. Ninety percent (55 out of 62) of newly qualified lawyers (NQs) at the UK's top firms in Hong Kong were offered jobs this September, all of whom accepted, according to research by Legal Week.

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  • November 14, 2013 |

    Norton Rose Fulbright's Michael Grenfell takes up competition watchdog role

    Norton Rose Fulbright antitrust and competition partner Michael Grenfell is leaving the firm to become senior director of sectoral regulation at the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The CMA is a new organisation which is part of the department for Business, Innovation & Skills. It will come into power in April 2014 and will take over many of the functions and responsibilities of the Competition Commission and the Office of Fair Trading.

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  • November 8, 2013 |

    Norton Rose former Beijing head departs for role at Chinese firm

    Norton Rose Fulbright's former Beijing office head Peter Burrows has left the firm to join Chinese start up DaHui Lawyers. Burrows, who came to China in 2008 to manage and build the profile of the Beijing and Shanghai offices, joined the PRC outfit as a consultant last week with a view to boosting international standards at the firm.

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  • November 7, 2013 |

    Lawyers call for clarity of rules if UK is to become Western hub of Islamic finance

    With the Islamic finance industry estimated to be worth £1.3trn next year, it is no surprise that David Cameron wants the UK to cash in on the boom. Aiming to make London the capital of Islamic finance in the Western world, the Prime Minister last week unveiled plans for the UK to become the first non-Muslim country to issue an Islamic bond. With a history of providing financial services to the Middle Eastern markets that goes back at least 30 years, proof of the UK's growing Islamic finance sector can be found in the developments of the Qatari-backed Shard Tower and Chelsea Barracks, as well as Malaysian-backed Battersea Power Station – all of which have been funded using Shariah-compliant structures.

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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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