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  • October 8, 2013 |

    Saudi Arabia allows first women to practise in Kingdom's courts

    Saudi Arabia has permitted its first group of women to practise law in the Kingdom's courts. Four female lawyers were granted licences by the Ministry of Justice on Sunday, allowing them to change their status from legal consultants to attorneys, according to local media.

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  • October 4, 2013 |

    Ashurst cuts 120 London jobs as redundancy round closes

    Ashurst is set to cut 120 roles from London following the conclusion of a redundancy consultation that had placed 350 roles at risk. Following the announcement in June it was set to open a low cost centre in Glasgow, Ashurst put 350 London support roles at risk of redundancy. Of these, 120 London roles will be lost with staff given the option to transfer up to Glasgow.

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  • October 3, 2013 |

    Ashurst three-year round-up

    A look back at the largest deals Ashurst has worked on over the past three years

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  • October 1, 2013 |

    Mayer Brown raids SJB real estate team for second London lateral in a week

    Mayer Brown has recruited SJ Berwin real estate partner Pat Jones, marking the firm's second lateral hire in London in less than a week. Jones joins the firm today, after 10 years at SJ Berwin. She advises clients in the real estate and retail sectors on complex structured development, investment and joint ventures.

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  • September 26, 2013 |

    UK duo take top roles on creation of world's biggest solar power plant

    Ashurst and Norton Rose Fulbright have landed key roles on the creation of the world's largest solar power plant, which is under construction in Ouarzazate, Morocco. Ashurst advised the project company ACWA Power on the development and financing of the first phase of the programme, with a team led by energy partner David Wadham and finance partner James Coiley. ACWA Power will sell the plant's output to the Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (Masen) under a 25-year power purchase agreement. Masen currently owns 25% of ACWA Power. Norton Rose Fulbright advised Masen, with global head of energy Simon Currie taking the lead role.

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  • September 26, 2013 |

    Vote on Ashurst's full Australian integration passes with 'overwhelming' support

    The full financial integration of Ashurst and its Australian arm has been approved by both partnerships and will take effect on 1 November 2013. The vote – which opened on 10 September for Ashurst partners – closed this morning and required a 75% majority for the combination to go ahead.

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  • September 23, 2013 |

    Candidates emerge as Ashurst prepares for chairman elections

    Ashurst's dispute resolution partner Ben Tidswell and legacy Blakes competition and consumer protection partner Peter Armitage will run against current senior partner Charlie Geffen for the role of chairman. Partners were informed this morning that Geffen, Tidswell and Armitage had come forward as contenders for the role, which will replace the senior partner position.

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  • September 20, 2013 |

    DLA adds Asia Pacific corporate head with double hire in Sydney

    DLA Piper's Sydney office has recruited a corporate partner duo, including Bryan Pointon, who joins as head of corporate for Asia-Pacific, from Gilbert + Tobin. Pointon, a top-ranked private equity lawyer who spent 15 years at King & Wood Mallesons and previously practiced at Latham & Watkins in New York, makes the move alongside David Ryan from Baker & McKenzie.

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  • September 19, 2013 |

    A slice of the pie – keeping lawyers motivated as equity ranks shrink

    For disgruntled lawyers increasingly worried about whether they will ever join the hallowed ranks of their firm's equity partnership, DWF and Wragge & Co are helpful case studies on the sometimes polarised attitudes of legal sector employers. DWF has gatecrashed the UK top 20 following a spurt of mergers, including the pre-pack purchase of Cobbetts, but it has the lowest equity partner proportion of any firm in the top 50. Out of an average partner number last year of 285, only 59 held equity, just 21% of the partnership.

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  • September 16, 2013 |

    Mishcon, Field Fisher lead as Beeb says bye-bye to Teletubbies

    Mishcon de Reya and Field Fisher Waterhouse advised on the BBC's sale of the international rights for popular childrens' TV shows Teletubbies and In the Night Garden to DHX Media.

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