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  • April 10, 2007 |

    Salans swallows Pinsents ally for Spanish launch

    Salans has launched in Spain after taking over the local ally of national giant Pinsent Masons, as well as securing a merger with a two-partner litigation boutique. Salans has taken over Pinsents ally Masons Buxeda Menchen, as well as boutique Alonso Armand Boedels, to create a 24-lawyer Spanish practice with offices in Madrid and Barcelona.

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  • April 10, 2007 |

    Hammonds promotions boost City and Leeds

    Hammonds has promoted 11 lawyers to its partnership, the national firm announced today (10 April). The appointments, which take effect from 1 May, see four new partners each made up in the national firm's offices in the City and in Leeds.

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  • April 4, 2007 |

    Firms woo talent with record '07 partner round

    Top UK law firms are preparing for a record number of partner promotions as they continue to enjoy the fruits of Europe's booming M&A market. Linklaters, Eversheds, DLA Piper and Pinsent Masons have all announced that they will be making up their largest-ever partnership rounds this year, while almost every top 20 UK firm has, to date, promoted more than last year.

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  • April 2, 2007 |

    Pinsents promotes 20 in record partnership round

    Pinsent Masons has made up a record 20 lawyers to its partnership, it was announced today (2 April). The new appointments, which are effective from 1 May, grow the national firm's total partnership to 275. The firm's corporate and property departments each saw four promotions, as did the firm's employment, pensions and tax group.

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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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