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  • July 12, 2012 |

    Claiming Churchill's legacy - charting the eventful history of the Human Rights Act

    Born in controversy, 9/11 kept the Human Rights Act at the forefront of a heated political debate. Charlotte Edmond traces the celebrated and reviled law's recent history

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  • July 12, 2012 |

    Links and Eversheds act on Dairy Crest deal

    Eversheds and Linklaters have advised on the £344m sale of Dairy Crest's French arm to Montagu Private Equity.

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  • July 10, 2012 |

    Trio post retention rates as Wragges trainees turn down £5k deferral offer

    Slaughter and May, Ashurst and SNR Denton have all posted healthy September trainee retention rates, with Slaughters set to keep on 91% of its newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers. Forty-two of Slaughter's 46 qualified trainees have been offered places at the firm, with the 91% figure marginally up on the firm's March intake this year, when 90% were kept on at the magic circle firm. A further two trainees resigned from the firm before the qualification process began.

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  • July 5, 2012 |

    Partners say City firms are out of the dark ages on flexi-working

    The overwhelming majority of partners believe law firms must allow both partners and associates to work flexibly, despite acknowledging the difficulties it can cause in terms of career progression. Legal Week's latest Big Question survey found almost half of the 140 respondents said it was essential for firms to offer flexible working opportunities to partners and associates, with a further 36% believing it to be 'very important' for partners, rising to 37% for associates.

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  • June 26, 2012 |

    Ex-Dewey finance chief urges London partners to team up for US defence

    Dewey & LeBoeuf's former finance chief Bruce Johnston has called on former members of the defunct firm's UK partnership to group together and instruct US bankruptcy counsel to assess their personal liability in the firmwide bankruptcy. Johnston, who was part of the City crisis committee charged with winding down the UK limited liability partnership (LLP) in early May, has urged 22 former Dewey London partners to jointly instruct US bankruptcy counsel to establish whether they should take part in the firmwide bankruptcy settlement put forward last week (19 June).

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  • June 25, 2012 |

    Norton Rose and A&O lead ranking of firms associates want to work for

    Norton Rose and Allen & Overy (A&O) have emerged as the law firms that associates at rival firms would most like to work for, according to new research from Legal Week. Legal Week Intelligence's flagship Employee Satisfaction Report 2012 found the pair ranked ahead of Slaughter and May, Clyde & Co and Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) as the five most popular firms to work for, as rated by peers at other law firms.

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  • June 18, 2012 |

    Ex-Simmons senior partner receives OBE in Queen's Birthday Honours

    Former Simmons & Simmons senior partner Bill Knight has been awarded an OBE in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours list. Knight, who was chairman of the Financial Reporting Council until retiring in March this year, has been awarded the honour for services to financial regulation. He was succeeded as chairman of the regulator by former Herbert Smith partner Richard Fleck after spending eight years in the role.

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  • June 14, 2012 |

    The new, new wave - the rapid expansion of the newest entrants to the London legal market

    As new firms continue to flock to London, the cautious growth of earlier entrants has been cast aside in favour of heavy investment and dramatic expansion. JDG Chambers reports

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  • June 12, 2012 |

    Carey Olsen launches new Cayman base with triple hire from offshore rival

    Carey Olsen is launching in the Cayman Islands with a double partner hire from the local base of offshore rival Maples and Calder, marking a move into both Cayman and British Virgin Islands (BVI) advice for the firm. The two partners, Jason Allison and Jarrod Farley, will be joined at Carey Olsen by Maples associate Nick Bullmore, who is joining the new base as a partner.

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  • June 11, 2012 |

    The Transfer Window: recent moves including CMS, Shoosmiths and K&L

    CMS Cameron McKenna has appointed Rita Lowe as its new UK head of banking and finance, replacing Will Meredith in the role. Lowe, whose practice focuses on advising distressed companies and investors, is currently leading the Camerons team advising Dewey & LeBoeuf's UK LLP on its wind-down proceedings, which is expected to take up to 12 months to complete.

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