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  • August 28, 2012 |

    Bakers retains global top spot with 2% revenue rise as PEP falls 9%

    Baker & McKenzie has posted a single-digit increase in global turnover for the financial year ending 30 June, cementing its position as the world's largest law firm by revenue. The firm took in total revenues of $2.313bn (£1.466bn) during 2011-12 - a 2.1% increase on the previous 12 months and a new record high for the firm.

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  • August 22, 2012 |

    The Transfer Window: recent moves including DLA, Plexus and CC

    DLA Piper has added a partner to its German finance and projects practice with the hire of Linklaters managing associate Wolfram Distler. Distler, who will join DLA's Frankfurt base as of 1 September, has been at Linklaters since 2003, primarily in Frankfurt as well as two spells in the magic circle firm's London office.

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  • August 2, 2012 |

    Firm trio win spots on outsourcing provider's inaugural global panel

    Baker & McKenzie, DLA Piper and CMS have all scored roles on information technology company Atos' first-ever global legal panel. The French IT services provider, which is the worldwide IT partner for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, confirmed the three-firm line-up late last month following a tender process led by Atos senior vice-president and group general counsel Alexandre Menais.

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  • August 2, 2012 |

    Virgin Media general counsel quits for 'personal reasons'

    Virgin Media general counsel Scott Dresser has resigned from the company "for personal reasons", just over 18 months after his promotion to the top legal role. The media and telecoms giant announced that Dresser's resignation would be effective immediately, and that he would return to the US in October after assisting with the handover.

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  • July 30, 2012 |

    New Dewey filing confirms names of six pre-collapse merger suitors

    A new Dewey & LeBoeuf bankruptcy filing has confirmed the identities of six potential merger partners that reviewed the firm's audited financial reports ahead of its collapse, reports The Am Law Daily. The 355-page financial statement, filed on Thursday (26 July) by advisers overseeing the Chapter 11 bankruptcy, details various payments made amid Dewey's death spiral as well as gross revenue figures for certain debtor entities in 2010 and 2011.

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  • July 30, 2012 |

    Dewey's UK LLP looks to liquidation as unsecured creditors may lose out

    Administrators of Dewey & LeBoeuf's UK limited liability partnership (LLP) have proposed moving the business, which comprises the defunct US law firm's London and Paris arms, from administration into liquidation as many unsecured creditors, owed a total of £5.2m, look set to lose out.

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  • July 25, 2012 |

    Bakers follows UK firms into Morocco with Casablanca launch

    Baker & McKenzie is set to launch a new office in Morocco with a team led by corporate partner Kamal Nasrollah, who joins from the local office of French law firm August & Debouzy. Nasrollah will head the new Casablanca base, which will become Bakers' third office on the African continent alongside Cairo and Johannesburg. He will join the firm alongside four associates, two of whom will be based in Paris.

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  • July 19, 2012 |

    Linklaters and Slaughters among firms on $5bn UK-Japan advertising agency merger

    Linklaters and Slaughter and May are among a raft of international law firms advising on a $5bn (£3.2bn) deal to create one of the world's largest advertising agencies.

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  • July 19, 2012 |

    Linklaters sets sights on South Africa entrance as alliance talks begin

    Linklaters is drawing up plans to enter the sought-after African legal market, with the firm aiming to replicate its deal with Allens in Australia by linking up with one of South Africa's leading independent law firms.

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  • July 12, 2012 |

    Siemens advisers on standby for review of engineering giant's roster

    Siemens is gearing up for a review of its UK and Ireland law firm roster this autumn following the appointment of new general counsel Claire Carless earlier this year.

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