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  • April 1, 2008 |

    ...Legal Week Lunchbox: 1/04/08...

    The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today; plus the pick of the day's posts; and an updated Hit Parade

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  • March 31, 2008 |

    Pinsent Masons makes up 17 to partnership

    Pinsent Masons has made up 17 lawyers to its partnership, the national heavyweight announced today (31 March). The new appointments, which are effective from 1 May, grow the national firm's total partnership to 301. The number falls just short of last year's record total of 20 new partners.

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  • March 19, 2008 |

    HBJ Gateley picks up Pinsents' Pigden

    HBJ Gateley Wareing has hired the head of commercial at Pinsent Masons, Simon Pigden, to lead its own commercial department, it was announced today (19 March). Pigden, who was based at Pinsents' Birmingham office, joins HBJ Gateley as a partner and will oversee the Anglo-Scots firm's national commercial practice.

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  • March 13, 2008 |

    Pinsents loses out as National Grid completes panel review

    FTSE 100 energy giant National Grid has finalised its UK-based general commercial and disputes panel with historic adviser Pinsent Masons missing out on a place on the main roster. Wragge & Co and Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) have won places as general advisers to National Grid, with Eversheds mandated to advise on commercial litigation and construction work. National rival Hammonds will advise on general commercial and health and safety matters. Pinsents, while missing out on a formal place on the panel, will continue to provide competition advice.

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  • March 10, 2008 |

    City giants top slashed LS Trillium panel

    Land Securities Trillium (LST) has slashed its roster of external advisers, with two-thirds of its previously preferred firms missing out, following the property outsourcing giant's first-ever formal panel review. Allen & Overy (A&O) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are handed coveted roles as LST's main strategic advisers at the top of a three-tier panel system.

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  • March 6, 2008 |

    LLP status goes live as Pinsents taps Eversheds for property duo

    Pinsent Masons has hired two property partners from rival Eversheds as the top 20 UK firm last week went live with its conversion to a limited liability partnership (LLP).

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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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