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  • May 30, 2007 |

    Bakers calls on Camerons for first City CFO

    Baker & McKenzie's London office has appointed its first chief financial officer after staging an unusual raid on CMS Cameron McKenna. Arthur Ferry is set to join Bakers later this year and will report directly into the firm's newly-reappointed City managing partner, Gary Senior He will fill the void left by Bakers finance director John Raimbach, who is understood to be leaving the firm in August to take a career break. Raimbach joined in October 2001 from Lovells where he spent seven years as financial controller.

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  • May 23, 2007 |

    Buncefield fire aftermath set to generate big-ticket disputes work

    A raft of major UK firms are squaring up in the aftermath of the Buncefield disaster, Legal Week has learned, in what promises to spark one of the largest pieces of commercial litigation ever seen in the UK.

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  • May 23, 2007 |

    Pinsents boosts pensions with Eversheds hire

    Pinsent Masons has hired a senior lawyer for its Birmingham pensions team. Nick Stones joins the UK giant as a senior associate from national rival Eversheds, where he was an associate. Stones specialises in trustee and corporate advisory work, including scheme change, merger projects and public sector outsourcing. The hire is a boost to Pinsents' Birmingham pensions team, which is headed up by partner Simon Laight and recently posted a 40% income hike for 2006-07.

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  • May 17, 2007 |

    McGrigors hire continues Cohen Milstein City push

    McGrigors dispute resolution partner Anthony Maton is to quit the Scots firm's City arm to help establish the new London office of US class action giant Cohen Milstein Hausfeld & Toll, Legal Week has learned. Maton, who specialises in contract, banking, fraud and energy litigation, is to quit after nearly seven years with the 77-partner big four Scots firm.

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  • May 17, 2007 |

    Beachcroft bounces back to break £100m barrier

    Beachcroft has unveiled robust financial results for 2006-07, breaking the £100m barrier for the first time, as the national firm looks to reap the benefits of its recent restructuring. Results released today (17 May) show average profits per equity partner (PEP) at the top 25 UK outfit hitting £320,000 - an increase of 19% on last year's disappointing figure of £270,000.

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  • May 16, 2007 |

    Nabarro raids rivals for latest round of lateral partner hires

    Nabarro has announced a trio of partner hires including Allen & Overy (A&O) corporate partner Patrick Speller and Osborne Clarke (OC) co-head of planning Wesley Fongenie.

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  • May 16, 2007 |

    Norton Rose presses ahead for July LLP move

    Norton Rose is to become the latest major UK firm to convert to limited liability partnership (LLP) status, making it the seventh top 10 UK firm to make the change.

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  • May 16, 2007 |

    Pinsents appoints heads for Asia and Manchester

    Pinsent Masons has made two senior management appointments, naming a new head of Asia-Pacific and a new head of Manchester.

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  • May 14, 2007 |

    Pinsents picks up pace as PEP improves 15%

    Pinsent Masons has recorded double-digit growth in both profits and turnover for its last financial year, the UK giant announced today (14 May). Average profits per equity partner at the top 15 firm were up by 15% to hit £460,000 for 2006-07, representing a 15% improvement on last year's mark of £400,000.

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  • May 9, 2007 |

    City elite set to unveil explosive fee growth for 2007

    The UK's top firms are set for a record year of financial results on the back of double-digit hikes in revenue.

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