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  • July 25, 2013 |

    Norton Rose Fulbright and Mayer Brown lead as China insurer buys Lloyd's building

    Norton Rose Fulbright and Mayer Brown have taken the lead roles on Commerz Real's high-profile sale of London's iconic Lloyd's building to Chinese insurance giant Ping An. The One Lime Street landmark, the headquarters of insurance market Lloyd's of London, has been sold for £260m in a deal that closed earlier this month. Norton Rose Fulbright's real estate practice advised a fund managed by longstanding client Commerz Real on all legal aspects of the sale, with a team led by City real estate partner David Hawkins. Frankfurt partner Oliver Sutter provided support on German law matters.

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  • July 25, 2013 |

    Dentons sets ambitious post-merger strategy to ramp up partner profits

    Dentons has set out ambitious plans to ramp up profits per equity partner (PEP) across the UK, Middle East and Africa (UKMEA) following the three-way merger that created the firm earlier this year. The firm, formed this March by the combination of SNR Denton, Salans and Canada's Fraser Milner Casgrain, has laid out a three-year strategy to increase profitability in the UKMEA region, with lateral hires forming a key part of the growth plans. UKMEA chief executive officer Matthew Jones (pictured) denied that a specific target for PEP had been set; however, several partners told Legal Week that the firm was aiming for UKMEA PEP to reach that of firms such as Norton Rose Fulbright and DLA Piper (£477,000 and £596,000 in 2011-12 respectively), with other sources citing targets as high as £850,000.

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  • July 23, 2013 |

    Credit Agricole kicks off review of external legal advisers

    Credit Agricole is conducting a review of its external legal advisers, with all firms previously appointed to the French bank's panel asked to re-pitch for a place. Clifford Chance (CC), Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Ashurst, Hogan Lovells, Linklaters, Gide Loyrette Nouel, Norton Rose Fulbright and Baker & McKenzie are all understood to be re-applying for places on the bank's global roster.

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  • July 16, 2013 |

    Two firms appointed to Crown Estate energy and infra roster after tender

    Bond Dickinson and Norton Rose Fulbright have been appointed to the Crown Estate's slimmed down energy and infrastructure panel. The appointments to the new panel, which run until April 2016, follow a competitive tender process. The former line-up included legacy Bond Pearce and legacy Norton Rose, both of which have since gone through mergers to form Bond Dickinson and Norton Rose Fulbright respectively.

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  • July 16, 2013 |

    Norton Rose Fulbright turns to CMS for City private equity partner hire

    Norton Rose Fulbright has bulked up its City corporate and M&A team with the hire of CMS Cameron McKenna partner Richard Bull. Bull, who was made up as a corporate partner at CMS in 2009, acts primarily for private equity clients, sponsors, portfolio companies and management teams, with particular experience in the financial services and technology sectors.

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  • July 15, 2013 |

    Eight-partner Norton Rose Fulbright Dubai team leaves for Baker Botts

    Baker Botts has sealed the hire of a 14-lawyer team from Norton Rose Fulbright in the Middle East, including eight legacy Fulbright & Jaworski partners. The team, which made up the bulk of legacy Fulbright's operation in Dubai's Festival City, includes corporate partner John Lonsberg, who helped to establish Fulbright's presence in the Middle East when he joined the firm in 2005.

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  • July 11, 2013 |

    Links, Travers and Shoosmiths come out top in associate satisfaction poll

    Linklaters and Norton Rose Fulbright have been rated as the law firms that associates at rivals would most like to work for, according to new research by Legal Week. Legal Week Intelligence's flagship Employee Satisfaction Report (ESR) this year found the pair ranked ahead of Slaughter and May, Allen & Overy (A&O) and Pinsent Masons as the five most popular firms to work for, as rated by peers at rival law firms. Norton Rose, A&O and Slaughters have been in the top five for the last three years of the survey, while Pinsents and Linklaters are new entrants this year, replacing Berwin Leighton Paisner and Clyde & Co.

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  • July 11, 2013 |

    Singapore leader Rajah & Tann seals alliance with triple merger of Malaysia firms

    Rajah & Tann has made its formal debut into Malaysia this month after signing a strategic alliance with local Malaysian outfit Christopher & Lee Ong. The Singapore firm, which also did tie up with Indonesian firm Assegaf Hamzah & Partners in May, is among a number of outfits from the city-state looking to grow its footprint in South East Asia and tap the steady flow of deals from the region.

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  • July 10, 2013 |

    Line-up of top law firms win spots on new RBS EMEA panel

    Clifford Chance (CC), Allen & Overy (A&O), White & Case and Eversheds are among a host of firms to have won places on Royal Bank of Scotland's (RBS) EMEA legal panel. At least 21 international firms have taken coveted spots on the panel - which covers the bank's legal work across 24 European, Middle East and African countries - following a competitive tender process.

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  • July 5, 2013 |

    Eversheds posts 3% revenue rise with partner profits up 2% to £642,000

    Eversheds has posted a 3% increase in revenues and a 2% rise in profits per equity partner (PEP) over the 2012-13 financial year. The firm saw its revenues increased to £376m from £366m while PEP rose from £632,000 last year to £642,000 this year. According to Eversheds, net profit rose 6% with all litigation teams witnessing strong growth while its financial institutions and energy and natural resources sectors grew by 20% and 14% respectively.

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