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  • March 5, 2008 |

    Grid goes national on new UK panel

    Energy giant National Grid has put the finishing touches to its new-look general commercial and disputes panel, with three national firms among the winners from the UK-led review. Wragge & Co is named on the panel alongside City outfit Berwin Leighton Paisner as general advisers to National Grid, with Eversheds mandated to advise on commercial litigation and construction work. National rival Hammonds, meanwhile, will advise on general commercial and health and safety matters.

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  • March 1, 2008 |

    Do you know where your data is?

    How corporate counsel and IT teams can work together to address the implications of data protection, retention and discovery. Panellists: Alessandro Moretti, executive director, UBS; Laurence Pender, enterprise business manager, Guidance Software; Mark Surguy, senior associate, dispute resolution & litigation, Pinsent Masons; Paul Gilbert, chief exec and founder of LBC Wise Counsel. Register here to watch this archived free presentation.

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  • February 28, 2008 |

    City LawSoc unveils plans to beef up its profile

    The City of London Law Society (CLLS) has set out its objectives for 2008, with the organisation intending to step up its lobbying activities and bolster its membership.The body's latest business plan, announced in mid-February, outlines nine objectives for the year. Key goals include improving the representation of members' interests with the Government and other regulatory bodies, recruiting additional members, promoting City solicitors and improving its own internal management.

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  • February 21, 2008 |

    Pro bono competition venture wins more firms and attracts EC interest

    A pro bono scheme set up to provide free competition law advice to individuals and small businesses has caught the attention of the European Commission (EC).More than 35 City and national firms, including CMS Cameron McKenna, Pinsent Masons, Ashurst, Baker & McKenzie, Taylor Wessing, Simmons & Simmons, Reed Smith Richards Butler and Macfarlanes, as well as two sets of chambers, now participate in the project, which originally saw 21 firms club together to form the group in October 2006.

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  • February 6, 2008 | International Edition

    Norton Rose and DLA Piper outstrip competition in AIM client rankings

    Norton Rose and DLA Piper continue to boast the broadest base of clients listed on London's Alternative Investment Market (AIM), with the duo topping new quarterly client rankings released this week.Norton Rose maintained its position of advising more AIM-listed clients than its UK rivals, with the top 10 City firm holding a client base of 65 businesses, according to Hemscott statistics.The figures - which are taken from deals during the period from the beginning of October to the beginning of January - rank DLA Piper in second place, closing the gap on Norton Rose by gaining four clients over the quarter to bring the firm to 59 in total.

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  • February 6, 2008 |

    Norton Rose and DLA Piper outstrip competition in AIM client rankings

    Norton Rose and DLA Piper continue to boast the broadest base of clients listed on London's Alternative Investment Market (AIM), with the duo topping new quarterly client rankings released this week.Norton Rose maintained its position of advising more AIM-listed clients than its UK rivals, with the top 10 City firm holding a client base of 65 businesses, according to Hemscott statistics.The figures - which are taken from deals during the period from the beginning of October to the beginning of January - rank DLA Piper in second place, closing the gap on Norton Rose by gaining four clients over the quarter to bring the firm to 59 in total.

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  • January 30, 2008 |

    Dundas client wins tender for £4.2bn Forth Crossing project

    Scots leader Dundas & Wilson is celebrating after a client won the contract for the £4.2bn replacement Forth Crossing, one of the largest-ever civil engineering projects north of the border. Dundas' client, a consortium led by engineering and project firms Jacobs and Arup, beat five other tenders to win the contract to advise Transport Scotland on the entire project, from design to completion.

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  • January 30, 2008 |

    Online special: CSR winning more lawyer converts

    Only a small percentage of UK lawyers are strongly opposed to taking on ethically-questionable mandates, a survey of the profession has found, even though the majority believe doing so can damage a law firm's reputation. Just 11% of leading UK lawyers said ethics should be a major consideration in accepting new clients in the latest Legal Week/EJ Legal Big Question survey. The majority (66.5%) said law firms should consider instructions from controversial regimes or corporate clients on a case-by-case basis.

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  • January 23, 2008 |

    NEC Group's first-ever GC begins cost-driving review

    Entertainment venues giant NEC Group's first-ever general counsel is gearing up for a review of its legal advisers, it has emerged, while Christian Salvesen is to lose its second senior in-house lawyer in recent months.

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  • January 23, 2008 |

    Pinsents' German ally signs up to tax network

    Pinsent Masons' German ally, Luther, has joined Taxand, a network of independent tax advisers. As part of the change Luther has hired tax consultant Ulrich Siegemund, who will join the firm on 1 February. Siegemund, who has worked as a partner at Deloitte since leaving Luther in 2002, will be followed by a team of eight to 10 further tax specialists. The Taxand network has a member in 41 countries.

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