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  • November 14, 2013 |

    Confidence grows as top firms see half-year revenues climb

    Widespread year-on-year revenue growth across the UK's top law firms at the half-year point has helped drive business confidence among partners to its highest point in several years. Firms including Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters, Macfarlanes and Ashurst are all expecting to post a rise in H1 figures on last year as the impact of increased deal flow in the second half of the year starts to be seen.

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  • November 13, 2013 |

    Davis Polk launches City trainee scheme with £100k NQ rate

    Davis Polk has introduced a London trainee scheme for newly qualified lawyers in a bid to build its English-law capability. The US firm will use its English law partners and senior associates to provide the training, with trainee lawyers set to receive a salary of £50,000 in the first year and £55,0000 in the second.

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  • November 12, 2013 |

    Virgin Group kicks off review of legal panel

    Virgin Group has launched a review its legal panel, which currently runs to eight firms, ahead of possible changes to the roster.

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  • November 11, 2013 |

    Davis Polk's City office makes fourth English law lateral with Ashurst hire

    Davis Polk & Wardwell has launched an English law finance practice in London with the appointment of Ashurst finance partner Nick Benham, who becomes the firm's tenth full time partner based in London.

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  • November 7, 2013 | International Edition

    A thankless task – back office staff deserve more respect

    With a string of high-profile mergers from Ashurst Australia to King & Wood Mallesons and SJ Berwin going live in recent months, it can be easy to forget the leg work done behind the scenes – much of which it is still going on – to push these deals over the line. What at partner level boils down to a tie-up of compatible practices takes a serious amount of work from support teams ranging from human resources to marketing and IT to align systems and processes and unite the firms.

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  • November 7, 2013 |

    A thankless task – back office staff deserve more respect

    With a string of high-profile mergers from Ashurst Australia to King & Wood Mallesons and SJ Berwin going live in recent months, it can be easy to forget the leg work done behind the scenes – much of which it is still going on – to push these deals over the line. What at partner level boils down to a tie-up of compatible practices takes a serious amount of work from support teams ranging from human resources to marketing and IT to align systems and processes and unite the firms.

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  • November 7, 2013 |

    A technology odyssey – Information Technology Report 2013

    What does the future hold in store for law firms' technology systems? This year's Legal Week Intelligence Information Technology Report reveals all...

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  • November 7, 2013 |

    Ashurst corporate head resigns in wake of management elections

    Ashurst global head of corporate Stephen Lloyd has resigned from the partnership. Lloyd has been a partner at Ashurst since 2003 and was appointed joint head of the global corporate, commercial and competition practice in July alongside legacy Blakes partner Phil Breden who is based in Sydney.

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  • November 6, 2013 |

    Macfarlanes re-elects senior management team

    Macfarlanes has re-elected its senior management team, with managing partner Julian Howard and senior partner Charles Martin chosen to serve further three-year terms. The new terms will be Martin's (pictured) third as senior partner and Howard's second as managing partner. The re-elections were approved by the firm's partnership at the beginning of the year, with the new terms starting next May.

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  • November 5, 2013 |

    Ashurst completes governance overhaul with new board appointments

    Ashurst has completed the revamp of its global governance structure with the election of eight partners to its board. The appointments, which came into effect from 1 November, have finalised Ashurst's global management team after the firm voted through the full financial integration of Ashurst and legacy Blake Dawson.

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