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  • May 20, 2008 |

    Beachcroft misses budget with 2.5% fee rise

    Beachcroft has failed to hit budget for 2007-08 after posting an increase in turnover of just 2.5% for the last financial year, with fee income at the national firm hitting £114m. The firm admitted that the performance was "less than budgeted" but stressed that the small rise in revenue had come off the back of a bumper 2006-07 that saw the firm break through the £100m turnover barrier for the first time.

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  • May 20, 2008 |

    2008 Assistant Pay League: a Legal Week Wiki special

    Who pays what and how. Your A-Z guide to the pay scales at the top UK and US firms.

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  • May 15, 2008 |

    BLP leads trio on new AMEC M&A panel

    Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has been reappointed to the main corporate panel of global engineering company AMEC alongside City giant Linklaters and national heavyweight Pinsent Masons. The trio will advise the FTSE 100-listed company on all its M&A and corporate finance work.

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  • May 15, 2008 |

    Eversheds results: revenue and PEP up 10%

    Eversheds has become the latest firm to post double-digit growth in both turnover and profits per equity partner (PEP) after the national giant announced its latest financial results today (15 May). Revenue at the top 10 UK firm jumped by 10% over the last 12 months, from £356m in 2006-07 to £390m for the most recent financial year.

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  • May 15, 2008 |

    Norton Rose reaches new high in latest bumper results round

    A raft of firms including Norton Rose, Shoosmiths, Pinsent Masons and Ashurst have posted bumper revenue results for 2007-08. Norton Rose saw the most significant growth, with the firm posting a 27% increase in revenues, taking turnover at the top 10 City firm to a new high of £297m. The increase is significantly up on last year, when the firm posted an 11% rise, taking revenues to £233m while profits per partner rose by 15% to £512,000.

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  • May 15, 2008 |

    Pinsents, DLA latest firms to join City-wide hunt for new premises

    Pinsent Masons and DLA Piper are on the hunt for new London premises, becoming the latest national law firms to review their City presence.The two firms are actively looking for new premises in the City, with Pinsents hoping to unite its two offices - currently in Finsbury Square and Clerkenwell - under one roof, while DLA Piper is looking at a number of options for its London presence, including new office space. It is understood that if the firm does not go for entirely new premises it would have to have two locations in the City.

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  • May 12, 2008 |

    Pitmans picks up Nabarro pensions partner

    Pitmans is launching a London pensions team after the hire of a partner from City firm Nabarro. Ian Flowers joins the Thames Valley leader's City office as a partner from Nabarro, where he headed up the pensions team at the firm's outpost in Sheffield.

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  • May 12, 2008 |

    Pinsents posts 11% fees boost to break £200m

    Pinsent Masons has smashed through the £200m barrier after recording double-digit growth in turnover for the third consecutive year, the national giant announced today (12 May). Fee income at the top 15 UK firm was up by 11% over the last 12 month, reaching a new high of £213m - up from £192m last year.

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  • May 8, 2008 | International Edition

    Field Fisher builds up franchising practice with Eversheds triple-lawyer appointment

    Field Fisher Waterhouse has bagged a three-lawyer team from Eversheds, taking respected franchising head Chris Wormald to co-head its practice.Wormald joins Field Fisher along with consultant and former franchising head Martin Mendelsohn and senior associate Shelley Nadler.

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  • May 8, 2008 |

    Nabarro hires in pensions and environment

    Nabarro has announced the arrival of two new partners to bolster its environment and pensions practices. Clare Deanesly joins the City outfit from US firm Jones Day, where she headed up the London environment group. Her practice has a focus on waste management, contaminated land and renewable energy.

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