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  • January 27, 2013 |

    The Transfer Window: recent moves including Addleshaws, Links and DLA

    Addleshaw Goddard has turned to Linklaters for the hire of a new private equity partner in London. The firm is taking on Ben Rodham, who is a managing associate at the magic circle firm, where he has worked with clients including Bridgepoint, Carlyle, Hg Capital, Montagu and Terra Firma. He has also spent time Linklaters' Dubai and Hong Kong offices.

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  • January 24, 2013 |

    Herbert Smith and Eversheds carve up £70m in TfL billings over five years

    Herbert Smith Freehills and Eversheds have earned a combined total of more than £70m from work for Transport for London (TfL) since 2008, a freedom of information request submitted by Legal Week has revealed. The two firms are the biggest earners from contracts awarded by the transport body over the five-year period to the end of 2012, with Herbert Smith billing £42.2m and Eversheds £31.5m. Key TfL work Herbert Smith has handled in recent years includes advising on the upgrade and extension of the East London Line, and the administration of transport group Metronet, the UK's first-ever public-private partnership (PPP) insolvency

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  • January 24, 2013 |

    Magic circle duo post marginal dips in spring NQ intake

    Magic circle duo Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Slaughter and May have posted marginal drops in trainee retention rates for their spring intakes, posting figures of 85% and 86% respectively.

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  • January 22, 2013 |

    A&O joins host of firms announcing trainee retention rates

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has become the latest to confirm its spring trainee retention rates, with the magic circle firm seeing the number staying on dip to 70%. The firm offered 38 of its 53 newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers a role, with 37 of these accepting.

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  • January 22, 2013 |

    Magic circle duo lines up on £1bn Virgin Money credit card deal

    Allen & Overy (A&O) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have advised on Virgin Money's acquisition of £1bn of credit card assets from Bank of America subsidiary MBNA.

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  • January 18, 2013 |

    Paul Hastings hires Weil London capital markets head

    Paul Hastings' London office has hired Weil Gotshal & Manges local capital markets and hedge fund head James Cole for its securities and capital markets practice. Cole, who will formally join the firm on 1 March, advises clients including investment banks, hedge funds and financial institutions on all aspects of capital markets transactions and distressed investment opportunities.

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  • January 17, 2013 |

    Line-up of law firms win places on long-awaited Government super-panel

    Eversheds, Ashurst and DLA Piper are among more than 25 law firms appointed to the long-awaited Government Procurement Service (GPS) legal panel following the conclusion of a lengthy and much-delayed review. The overhaul of the panel – formerly known as Catalist – was originally launched in September 2010 in a bid to reduce Whitehall's legal spend and cut back the number of firms used by Government departments.

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  • January 17, 2013 |

    Law Society backs targets to boost senior female lawyer ranks

    The Law Society has called on law firms to introduce targets to boost the number of female lawyers in senior roles, in a wide-ranging report canvassing almost 1,200 lawyers around the world. The recommendation is one of a number of proposals put forward in the report by the representative body, which last week presented the survey's findings at a women in law summit held at its City base.

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  • January 17, 2013 |

    Better out than in – how Carillion's legal process outsourcing venture worked wonders for the company

    Last year, Carillion launched a legal process outsourcing venture to help the company tackle its huge volume of employment work. Legal head Richard Tapp talks to Caroline Hill about how his unusual approach has brought about myriad opportunities...

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  • January 17, 2013 |

    Ladbrokes bets on change with major panel review and end to hourly billing

    Gaming group Ladbrokes has completed a sweeping overhaul of its external counsel that slashes its adviser roster, marks a major departure from hourly billing and deploys technology to bolster efficiency. Slaughter and May, SJ Berwin, Clyde & Co and South West firm Trethowans are among the primary appointees to the FTSE 250 company's legal panel.

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