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  • November 16, 2011 |

    US firms win spots as Hewlett Packard draws up global panel

    Hewlett Packard (HP) has put together a new global legal panel, with US law firms featuring heavily among those selected to advise the company over the next three years. Baker & McKenzie, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Cravath Swaine & Moore are among the firms to have been appointed to the roster alongside magic circle representative Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. The firms will provide international advice to the technology giant, which has operations in 170 jurisdictions.

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  • November 16, 2011 |

    Bright lights, big city - meet the young barristers making their mark

    Ben Rigby profiles 10 promising junior barristers singled 
out as some of the best in the profession

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  • November 16, 2011 |

    US pair excel as 1,000 clients give verdict on major firms

    A select band of US-based law firms – including Weil Gotshal & Manges and Reed Smith – have outperformed key UK rivals according to a major research project based on responses from more than 1,000 clients. Legal Week Intelligence's eighth annual Client Satisfaction Report found the duo topping a ranking of major law firms operating in the UK based on feedback from 1,069 companies, including 78% of the FTSE 100.

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  • November 15, 2011 |

    Shoosmiths tops diversity rankings as Black Solicitors Network reveals league table

    Shoosmiths has been named as the UK's most diverse law firm according to this year's Black Solicitors Network (BSN) Diversity League Table. The ranking combines law firm demographics across four different strands of diversity - disability, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation - with policy and practice information at the firms also being taken into consideration. In total, 44 law firms in the UK took part in the report.

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  • November 14, 2011 |

    Leeds Building Society turns to Bradford & Bingley for new head of legal

    Leeds Building Society has appointed a new head of legal services, bringing in Bradford & Bingley's former group head of legal for the post. Paul Jordan joined the building society earlier this month after 20 years with Bradford & Bingley, including more than 10 years as group head of legal.

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  • November 14, 2011 |

    Taylor Wessing boosts London tax with ex-Slaughters hire

    Taylor Wessing has boosted its City tax practice with the hire of former Slaughter and May partner Richard Carson. Carson retired from the magic circle firm in April after 30 years, including 20 years as a partner. He is set to join Taylor Wessing in the New Year.

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  • November 11, 2011 |

    CC, Slaughters join Links on Lloyds bidding battle as Co-op makes move

    Clifford Chance (CC) and Slaughter and May have taken lead roles alongside Linklaters on the bidding battle for the 632 branches that Lloyds Banking Group must offload to meet European state aid rules. The Co-operative Group, which has made a non-binding bid for Lloyds' retail branch network, is being advised by CC, with which it has a longstanding corporate relationship. The magic circle firm's team is being led by London corporate partners Hilary Evenett and Mark Poulton.

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  • November 10, 2011 |

    Slaughters and Macfarlanes take lead roles on cut-price sale of Comet

    Slaughter and May and Macfarlanes have lined up to advise on the sale of struggling UK electrical retailer Comet Group to private equity house OpCapita for just £2. Slaughters is advising Comet parent company Kesa Electricals on the sale of Comet's stores as well as subsidiaries, fielding a team including corporate partner Simon Robinson, finance partner Andrew McClean, tax partner Graham Iversen and pension and employment partner Eddie Codrington.

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  • November 9, 2011 |

    British Airways calls for alternative fees in first post-Iberia panel review

    British Airways (BA) has kicked off its first panel review since its merger with Spanish airline Iberia went live at the beginning of the year (24 January). The review is being overseen by head of legal Andrew Fleming, who was promoted to the role earlier this year after his predecessor Maria da Cunha took up a new post as director of people, legal and government affairs in the wake of the merger.

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  • November 9, 2011 |

    Legal education review under scrutiny as profession awaits first progress report

    "Even if the research team manages to make recommendations in time for the 2012 deadline, I am sure the regulators will drag their heels when it comes to implementation" - Cynics call for more progress on the review of legal education...

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