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  • June 17, 2008 |

    Smiths Group legal chief Lillycrop steps down

    UK technology giant Smiths Group has parted company with general counsel and company secretary David Lillycrop. Lillycrop, who was also a director with the group, left the post after a restructuring meant the general counsel position no longer carried a seat on the company's board.

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  • June 12, 2008 |

    Salans hires partner duo for Frankfurt launch

    Salans will launch an office in Frankfurt next month (1 July) after announcing the hire of two partners from local independent Aderhold Gassner. Matthias Haas and Holger Scheer join Salans along with four associates. The six lawyers will staff the office alongside real estate partner Detlef Spranger, who is relocating to Frankfurt from Salans' Berlin office along with one further associate.

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  • June 12, 2008 |

    Nabarro, DLA set new pay standard for associates

    Nabarro and DLA Piper have both announced their associate salary rates for the year, with regional offices at both firms seeing the biggest boost. From September, newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers at Nabarro's City arm will earn £64,000 - an increase of around 2.5% from the current rate of £62,500. NQs in Sheffield will see an 8.5% increase from the same date - taking pay from £37,720 to £41,000.

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  • June 12, 2008 |

    Salans hires Pinsents partner for HK launch

    Salans has hired the co-head of Pinsent Masons' China corporate practice, Andrew Liu, to lead its new Hong Kong office. Liu joined Salans on 1 June, along with one associate, and is temporarily working from the firm's Shanghai office.

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  • June 11, 2008 |

    Commentary: North/south divide dogs McGrigors City ambitions

    At face value, last week's departures of Colin Gray and Colin McKay from McGrigors to Eversheds were unsurprising. After all, the firm has lost a number of partners in recent years and this, combined with the fact Gray finished his second term as managing partner in March and that McKay stood unsuccessfully as his successor, could be seen as a reasonable explanation. However, many of those who know the pair are more than a little surprised. As one former partner told Legal Week: "I was shocked - they were McGrigors through and through."

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  • June 5, 2008 |

    Trio line up on £22m barrister negligence claim

    Herbert Smith, Pinsent Masons and Barlow Lyde & Gilbert have all secured roles on a £22m case against a barrister, which is set to go to court later this month. The negligence claim, which is thought to be one of the largest cases ever pursued against a barrister, was brought against tax specialist Adrian Shipwright of Pump Court Tax Chambers and accountancy firm Baker Tilly by approximately 75 claimants.

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  • June 3, 2008 |

    Hoyle heads up Ward Hadaway Leeds launch

    Ward Hadaway is set to open an office in Leeds - its first office outside Newcastle - after bagging five new partners from rival firms. The office, which is set to open in July, will be headed by corporate finance partner Andrew Hoyle, who is overseeing the firm's ongoing plans to expand beyond its northeast heartlands.

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  • June 2, 2008 |

    DAC latest to go LLP after City merger

    Davies Arnold Cooper (DAC) has become the latest firm to covert to a limited liability partnership (LLP), it was announced today (2 June). The conversion, which took effect from the beginning of the month, was backed via a partner vote at the end of last year and will apply to the firm's UK offices in London, Manchester and St Albans as well as offices in Spain and Mexico.

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  • June 1, 2008 |

    Only Links boosts FTSE 100 clients in Q2

    Linklaters was the only City firm to increase its FTSE 100 client tally over the last quarter, according to the latest quarterly rankings from Hemscott. The firm gained two FTSE 100 clients over the quarter running from 6 Feb to 9 May, taking its tally to 21 with a market cap of £588bn. The firm's position was bolstered through the listing of Kazakhstan mining company Kazakhmys and Tate & Lyle and Alliance Trust, which entered the FTSE 100 over the quarter.

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  • May 28, 2008 |

    Pinsents boost funds arm with Ashurst hire

    Pinsent Masons has boosted its funds practice with the hire of an Ashurst senior associate as a partner. Ian Warner focuses on forming investment funds and advising clients on private equity and investment fund issues. Pinsents corporate head Gareth Edwards said: "Ian's arrival will help us to consolidate our funds work and build upon it to create a substantial practice, which will be an important asset for the corporate group and the firm's offering as a whole."

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