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  • November 23, 2012 |

    RPC takes on insurance GC as partner

    Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC) has recruited corporate insurance specialist Charlotte Taggart as partner from independent insurance broker Lockton Companies International. Taggart, who spent four years at Lockton as international general counsel, will join RPC on 1 January, bringing the number of corporate insurance lawyers at the firm to 35.

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  • November 22, 2012 |

    Slaughters, Bird & Bird and BLP lead City pack on client satisfaction

    Slaughter and May, Bird & Bird and Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) have emerged as the top-rated law firms in the UK top 20 according to a major new research project by Legal Week which canvassed the opinions of more than 1,200 clients. Legal Week Intelligence's ninth annual Client Satisfaction Report puts the firms squarely ahead of rivals based on responses from more than 1,650 individuals at 1,204 companies, including 89% of the FTSE 100.

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  • November 22, 2012 | International Edition

    Rage against the machine – can Linklaters still do the vision thing?

    Lauded as a world-beater during the boom, Linklaters found itself in 2012 dogged by controversy and discord after its latest restructuring. Georgina Stanley asks if the City icon can still do the vision thing

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  • November 22, 2012 |

    Rage against the machine – can Linklaters still do the vision thing?

    Lauded as a world-beater during the boom, Linklaters found itself in 2012 dogged by controversy and discord after its latest restructuring. Georgina Stanley asks if the City icon can still do the vision thing

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  • November 15, 2012 |

    Herbert Smith and Freshfields act on cancer trust's London IPO

    Herbert Smith Freehills and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have advised on the £200m London listing of an investment trust set up to support cancer charities. Freshfields acted for Battle Against Cancer Investment Trust (BACIT) with a team including London corporate partners Jonathan Baird, Guy Morton and Mark Watterson.

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  • November 15, 2012 |

    Links, Taylor Wessing and Olswang dine out on Pizza Hut restaurant sell-off

    Olswang, Linklaters and Taylor Wessing have all picked up roles advising on the sale of Pizza Hut's UK dine-in restaurants to specialist restructuring investor Rutland Partners. The sale by Pizza Hut owner Yum! Brands will see Rutland invest £20m in the business as part of a wider £60m refurbishment and restructuring programme. It will then run the 330 restaurants under a franchise agreement from Yum!.

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  • November 15, 2012 |

    First among equals: Stars at the Bar 2012

    Ben Rigby profiles the 10 most acclaimed young commercial advocates making their mark in a fiercely competitive arena...

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  • November 15, 2012 |

    Black Solicitors Network names UK's most diverse law firms

    Shoosmiths has been named as the UK's most diverse law firm for the second year running by the Black Solicitors Network (BSN) Diversity League Table. A total of 50 law firms, including 30 top 100 UK firms, took part in the research, with participants marked out of 500 in two key areas - demographics and policy and practice.

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  • November 9, 2012 |

    LG set to cut 18 roles as spate of recent law firm layoffs continues

    LG has begun a redundancy consultation which is set to affect 18 individuals across the firm, covering both lawyers and support staff. The firm announced the consultation today (9 November), with the cuts attributed to an attempt to align "resources with what remains a difficult market".

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  • November 9, 2012 |

    Herbert Smith and Slaughters drink to Diageo's £1.2bn India deal

    Herbert Smith Freehills and Slaughter and May are advising on British beverage giant Diageo's £1.2bn purchase of a 53.4% stake in Indian drinks company United Spirits. Herbert Smith is acting for United Spirits and parent company United Breweries led by City corporate partners Alan Montgomery and Roddy Martin alongside India practice chairman Chris Parsons.

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