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  • October 25, 2012 | International Edition

    The hard sell – profiling the mad men and women who strive to sell law

    "Procter & Gamble may have been created by soap makers, but their brands have been built by running them as a rounded business," argues Mishcon de Reya's iconoclastic business development director Elliot Moss. "You would have never heard of P&G if they had left just the soap makers in charge. Law firms are no different."

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  • October 25, 2012 |

    The hard sell – profiling the mad men and women who strive to sell law

    "Procter & Gamble may have been created by soap makers, but their brands have been built by running them as a rounded business," argues Mishcon de Reya's iconoclastic business development director Elliot Moss. "You would have never heard of P&G if they had left just the soap makers in charge. Law firms are no different."

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  • October 25, 2012 |

    Freshfields eyes Australia launch as rush Down Under continues

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is weighing up plans to open in Australia as international law firms' interest in the region continues to grow. The magic circle firm has spoken to several Australian partners in recent months about potential hires as it considers whether to launch a small M&A-focused offering in the country.

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  • October 25, 2012 |

    PRIME time: training the legal stars of tomorrow

    Given the awful fact that it is now harder to enter the legal profession than it was 30 years ago, over the past few years many of the UK's largest law firms have set up schemes to reach out to schoolchildren to encourage them to apply for work experience.

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  • October 25, 2012 |

    Firms forced to bid for Asia work in front of rivals amid costs squeeze

    Partners in Hong Kong confirmed that pressure to reduce costs has resulted in occasional instances of state-owned enterprises asking tendering firms to reveal fee quotes in front of their competitors, with several magic circle and US law firms among those stating that they have been required to publically bid for some work in recent months.

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  • October 24, 2012 |

    RBS restructures panel with law firm line-up cut by 40%

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) and SJ Berwin are among a host of firms to have been appointed to the Royal Bank of Scotland's (RBS) new group and UK legal panel, following a review which has seen the bank cut back its adviser roster by 40%.

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  • October 23, 2012 |

    Slaughters set to ramp up Africa links as rivals move in on market

    Slaughter and May is making a push to tighten its links with African law firms as the magic circle firm moves to build up its practice in the region, amid growing attention from the international legal market. The firm last week teamed up with European best friends Bonelli Erede Pappalardo, Bredin Prat, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Hengeler Mueller and Uria Menendez to host a conference in Botswana attended by 27 law firms from 16 African countries.

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  • October 18, 2012 | International Edition

    New world orders: the 2012 Global 100

    At first glance the 2012 Global 100 rankings, which show revenues for the world's largest law firms rising to an all time high of $81.9bn (£50.8bn) during the last financial year, do much to prove the well-coined expression that, rain or shine, people (or at least major public companies) always need lawyers.

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  • October 18, 2012 |

    New world orders: the 2012 Global 100

    At first glance the 2012 Global 100 rankings, which show revenues for the world's largest law firms rising to an all time high of $81.9bn (£50.8bn) during the last financial year, do much to prove the well-coined expression that, rain or shine, people (or at least major public companies) always need lawyers.

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  • October 18, 2012 |

    Kennedys set to cut finance support roles as firm begins consultation

    Kennedys has launched a redundancy consultation involving up to 70 support staff in the firm's finance department. The consultation has been launched in a bid to consolidate the non-legal department, which is spread across the firm's offices in London, Sheffield, Chelmsford and Maidstone. Some of the 70 staff affected by the consultation are expected to keep their positions. The news was first reported today (18 October) on RollOnFriday.

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