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  • August 8, 2007 |

    Linklaters management rated top of UK elite for second year running

    Peer group survey rates Linklaters as having the best management among the UK's top 10 firms, while lawyers also voice their faith in the improving standards of law firm leadership. Ben Mitchell reports on the results of the latest Big Question survey

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  • July 19, 2007 |

    Big four secure world-beater status as top 50 breaks £10bn

    London's big four have secured their place among the emerging global elite after what will be seen as a breakthrough year for the UK's leading law firms.

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  • July 18, 2007 |

    Nationals get City status with strong results

    Top national firms have outperformed their City counterparts, making the group among the strongest performers in the UK over the past six years.

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  • July 17, 2007 |

    The unloved lawyer

    As the six readers of this blog will be aware, I would seriously like to know why nobody wants a City solicitor on their board. Our firms are some of the…

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  • July 16, 2007 |

    Halliwells hikes City NQ pay to £62k

    Halliwells has become the latest national practice to unveil substantial salary hikes for its newly-qualified lawyers (NQs), Legal Week can reveal today (16 July). NQs at the top 40 UK law firm's City arm will now take home £62,000 - representing a 22% increase on the £51,000 paid out to London NQs last term.

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  • July 16, 2007 |

    Pinsents picks up new procurement chief

    Pinsents Masons has poached Bevan Brittan corporate and commercial partner Ruth Smith as its new head of procurement. Smith, who will be based in Pinsents' Birmingham office when she joins the national law firm later this year, is to head up a team of 11 dedicated lawyers - the largest procurement group at a major UK law firm.

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  • July 11, 2007 |

    Salary boost for regional NQs at Hammonds

    Hammonds has underlined its commitment to its regional network after unveiling an 18% pay hike for its newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers outside the City.

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  • July 9, 2007 |

    Hammonds matches £40k NQ pay in regions

    Hammonds has underlined its commitment to its regional network after unveiling an 18% pay hike for its newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers outside the City. NQs at Hammonds' regional offices in Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester will now take home £40,000, up from £34,000 during the equivalent period last year, the national firm announced today (9 July).

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  • July 6, 2007 |

    Barclays review keeps faith with familiar faces

    Barclays has unveiled its eagerly awaited new panel, with all the bank's main panel firms reappointed to its coveted main roster. Mandates for the bank's general advisory panel, which are set to run for two years, have been handed out once again to historical advisers to Allen & Overy (A&O), Clifford Chance (CC), Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters, Lovells, DLA Piper and Simmons & Simmons.

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  • July 4, 2007 |

    Deal Week Dispatch: 4/7/2007

    Deal Week Dispatch brings readers an early taster of news from Legal Week's unparalleled Deal Week section, with Linklaters, Macfarlanes and Pinsent Masons among the deal-doers.

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