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  • March 28, 2007 |

    Editor's Comment: Here, there and everywhere

    London, Paris, Istanbul... Milton Keynes. This is the extent of Denton Wilde Sapte's current network of offices in Western Europe. It makes for an unusual geographic spread. But this somewhat uneven, if not downright quirky European network is not atypical of those on offer at many of London's large band of mid-market firms.

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  • March 28, 2007 |

    Pinsents raids McGrigors for four-lawyer IP team

    Pinsent Masons has bolstered its intellectual property (IP) team with the hire of four new lawyers from McGrigors. Catrin Turner, who headed up McGrigors' national IP, IT and commercial group, will join the firm, together with Jennifer Holroyd, Leonie Power and Tom Mannion. Both Turner and Holroyd will join the firm at partner level.

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  • March 28, 2007 |

    DLA Piper takes lead for Montagu on £588m sale to ABN-backed club

    DLA Piper has acted for key client Montagu Private Equity on its £588m sale of waste management group Cory Environmental to a consortium led by ABN Amro. The firm secured the mandate to advise Montagu ahead of a number of the buy-out house's other advisers on the deal, which was signed last week after an auction process.

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  • March 28, 2007 |

    Dentons signs up for MoD contracts role

    Denton Wilde Sapte is advising the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on the negotiation of a series of industry contracts after winning a tender for the role last year. The firm is advising on discussions between the MoD and Devonport Management over contracts relating to maritime facilities at Devonport. The negotiations also involve a long-term partnering agreement between the MoD and BAE Systems over fixed-wing aircraft.

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  • March 20, 2007 |

    Pinsents picks up insurance director from Skandia

    Pinsent Masons has secured a new director for its insurance and reinsurance group, it was announced today (20 March). Non-lawyer Mike Evans joins the national firm this month as a director of life insurance from investment giant Skandia UK, where he was formerly chief operating officer. Evans, a qualified actuary, is also a non-executive director of asset management company Hargreaves Lansdown and ING Real Estate Investment Management.

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  • March 7, 2007 |

    The South: Shipshape and then some

    Far from being the two-horse town it once was, Bristol is now seen as a serious contender to London as local firms reap the benefits of their investments. Ed Thornton reports

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  • March 6, 2007 |

    Ashurst joins Slaughters on £1bn Countrywide sale

    Ashurst has bagged a major role opposite Slaughter and May acting for longstanding client Countrywide on the £1bn takeover approach from US private equity group Apollo Management. Ashurst is advising Countrywide - the UK's largest estate agent - on a bid that values the group at 590p per share.

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  • March 5, 2007 | International Edition

    Slaughters bags £2bn Olympic Village development role

    Slaughter and May has bagged a plum role advising on the £2bn development of the 2012 Olympic Village. Slaughters' corporate real estate group is acting for new client Lend Lease on the high-profile project, advising on the development, real estate and financing aspects of the Olympic development In its first instruction for the client, the magic circle firm is fielding a team headed by corporate partner James Featherby, real estate partner Dermot Rice and project finance partner Steven Edwards.

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  • March 5, 2007 |

    Slaughters bags £2bn Olympic Village development role

    Slaughter and May has bagged a plum role advising on the £2bn development of the 2012 Olympic Village. Slaughters' corporate real estate group is acting for new client Lend Lease on the high-profile project, advising on the development, real estate and financing aspects of the Olympic development In its first instruction for the client, the magic circle firm is fielding a team headed by corporate partner James Featherby, real estate partner Dermot Rice and project finance partner Steven Edwards.

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  • February 28, 2007 |

    National salaries left behind as gap widens between London and regions

    Top firms operating in major regional markets are to come under renewed pressure to raise pay for junior lawyers amid evidence that the gap between the City and the rest of the UK is widening. Newly-qualified lawyers in the UK's five biggest cities outside London now take home an average salary of £35,200, compared with the benchmark £56,000 figure for top London lawyers.

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