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  • November 22, 2007 |

    Whitehall links gift Pinsents £650m borders role

    Pinsent Masons has cashed in on its position on the Government's central legal panel by snaring a £650m mandate to advise the Home Office on a new 10-year programme to tighten security at the UK's borders. The national giant bagged the eye-catching instruction to advise on the hi-tech 'e-borders' system after winning a competitive tender process against other firms on the Government's Catalist panel.

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  • November 21, 2007 |

    Pinsents adds partner duo to regulatory team

    Pinsent Masons has hired a brace of new partners in a boost for its regulatory practice. Tim Dolan joined the national giant earlier this month from SJ Berwin, where he was an associate. Dolan has also previously worked for the enforcement arm of the Financial Services Authority. Meanwhile, Jacob Ghanty joins Pinsents as a partner after a spell at national rival Eversheds, where he was an associate. Both Dolan and Ghanty will be based in London.

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  • November 21, 2007 |

    Pinsents takes lead on £150m hospital PFI

    Pinsent Masons has won the headline role on a £150m private finance initiative at a West Midlands hospital.

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  • November 21, 2007 |

    Diary deal special: undress to impress

    Slicker-than-an-oiled-cormorant City outfit Travers Smith was last week celebrating its latest transactional coup as private equity pinch-hitters Chris Hale and David Innes advised long-time deal-date 3i on its purchase of high-end pants brand Agent Provocateur.

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  • November 20, 2007 | International Edition

    Beachcroft outsources Bristol front office

    Beachcroft is to outsource all its front-office functions in Bristol to services provider Intelligent Office UK, as the national firm prepares to transfer to new office space in the southwest city next year. The move will see five staff, including those manning the firm's reception and meeting rooms, transferred to Intelligent Office, with two further staff members set to join the team onsite.

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  • November 20, 2007 |

    Beachcroft outsources Bristol front office

    Beachcroft is to outsource all its front-office functions in Bristol to services provider Intelligent Office UK, as the national firm prepares to transfer to new office space in the southwest city next year. The move will see five staff, including those manning the firm's reception and meeting rooms, transferred to Intelligent Office, with two further staff members set to join the team onsite.

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  • November 14, 2007 |

    Deal Week Dispatch: 14/11/07

    Deal Week Dispatch brings readers an early taster of news from Legal Week's unparalleled deals coverage, with Ashurst, Wragges and Bakers among the movers and shakers

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  • November 12, 2007 |

    Simmons, Dentons in double-digit H1 growth

    City firms Denton Wilde Sapte and Simmons & Simmons have announced double-digit growth in turnover for the first half of the financial year. Dentons saw revenue increase by 10% for the most recent six-month period, while profits jumped by 24%. Simmons, meanwhile, said fee income had increased by 16% compared to the equivalent period last year.

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  • November 12, 2007 | International Edition

    Norton Rose, LG top new AIM adviser rankings

    Norton Rose, LG, Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) and DLA Piper are among a clutch of UK firms to have cashed in on the rapid growth of the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in recent years, according to new figures released today (12 November). Top 10 City firm Norton Rose advises more AIM-listed clients than any other UK practice, according to the Hemscott statistics, having acted for 64 businesses to have floated on London's junior stock exchange.

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  • November 12, 2007 |

    Norton Rose, LG top new AIM adviser rankings

    Norton Rose, LG, Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) and DLA Piper are among a clutch of UK firms to have cashed in on the rapid growth of the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in recent years, according to new figures released today (12 November). Top 10 City firm Norton Rose advises more AIM-listed clients than any other UK practice, according to the Hemscott statistics, having acted for 64 businesses to have floated on London's junior stock exchange.

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