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  • June 16, 2009 |

    Cobbetts records 16% decrease in fee income for financial year

    National firm Cobbetts has posted a 16% drop in fee income for the last financial year. The firm saw fee income fall to £48.5m for 2008-09 from £58m the previous year, a dip of 16.3%.

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  • June 16, 2009 |

    Pinsents transfers partner to Dubai to head up local corporate team

    Pinsent Masons has added a Dubai corporate head as the firm bids to boost its Gulf presence. Birmingham-based partner Alan Wood has transferred to the emirate to head up the local corporate team, with a brief to expand the firm's capabilities in the region. The firm has not previously had a local leader of the group, which was launched in June 2008 and until now consisted of just two associates.

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  • June 11, 2009 |

    Pinsents rolls out cost-cutting plan as firm aims to stave off job cuts

    Pinsent Masons has announced a package of cost-cutting measures in an effort to avert widespread job cuts at the firm. Pinsents is rolling out a number of measures, including sabbaticals and part-time working, which will be encouraged across the firm following a successful pilot project. The UK top 20 firm confirmed that a number of jobs - including fee earners and support staff - will come under threat, but stressed these would be kept at a minimum.

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  • June 11, 2009 |

    Eversheds secures Tyco-style mandate from Smiths Group

    Eversheds has been appointed as the preferred legal adviser for technology company Smiths Group in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The law firm will provide commercial, litigation, employment, real estate and company secretarial advice across the region, with London-based head of international litigation and dispute management John Heaps acting as the relationship partner to Smiths. Eversheds will use its global account management system - first developed for its relationship with Tyco - with the London Stock Exchange-listed Smiths.

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  • June 10, 2009 | International Edition

    Commentary: Pinsents/Salans find the way but do they have the will to succeed?

    In a claim that could also be made of many of its national rivals, there has been a sense in recent years that Pinsent Masons has been struggling to strike the right tone in its international strategy as the firm shifts its practice towards a more cosmopolitan outlook. After all, its recently-announced tie-up with Salans is not the UK firm's first attempt to link with an international player. The question is whether this will deliver the solution the firm is looking for.

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  • June 10, 2009 |

    Commentary: Pinsents/Salans find the way but do they have the will to succeed?

    In a claim that could also be made of many of its national rivals, there has been a sense in recent years that Pinsent Masons has been struggling to strike the right tone in its international strategy as the firm shifts its practice towards a more cosmopolitan outlook. After all, its recently-announced tie-up with Salans is not the UK firm's first attempt to link with an international player. The question is whether this will deliver the solution the firm is looking for.

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  • June 4, 2009 |

    Pinsents splits from own international network to forge alliance with Salans

    Pinsent Masons and Salans have launched a strategic alliance, with Pinsents set to pull out of its international network, PMLG, as a result. The tie-up, which went live earlier this week (1 June) after months of discussion, will see the firms conducting joint pitches for cross-border work and committing to joint training and secondments in a bid to access new clients and boost their international scope.

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  • June 3, 2009 |

    LDA cuts adviser roster in half after review

    The London Development Agency (LDA) has completed a major review of its roster of external legal advisers, chopping its panel down from 18 firms to 8. The organisation selected Ashfords, Burges Salmon, DLA Piper, Eversheds, Herbert Smith, Lovells, Shepherd and Wedderburn and Stephenson Harwood from a total of around 200 applicants.

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  • June 2, 2009 |

    Pinsents and Salans seal strategic alliance

    Pinsent Masons and Salans have launched a strategic alliance, with Pinsents set to pull out of its international network, PMLG, as a result. The alliance, which went live yesterday (1 June) and was agreed last week, will see the firms conducting joint pitches for cross-border work and committing to joint training and secondments, in a bid to access new clients and boost their international scope.

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  • May 27, 2009 |

    £640m recycling project sees Pinsent Masons and Eversheds take lead roles

    Eversheds and Pinsent Masons have won key roles on a 20-year £640m waste management and recycling project. Eversheds advised Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority (MWDA) in partnership with Halton Borough Council on its contract with French utility giant Veolia Environmental Services, which will see the group develop a flagship materials recovery facility at Gilmoss in Liverpool and refurbish 16 household waste recycling centres. Under the deal, Veolia will also take over operation of four existing transfer stations servicing waste collection authorities.

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