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  • July 12, 2012 |

    South African lawyers express concern over Government proposals to cap fees

    South African lawyers could face their legal fees being capped under controversial new Government proposals designed to improve access to legal services in the country and make the profession more representative.

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  • July 5, 2012 |

    Bakers management reshuffle sees London partner take top M&A role

    Baker & McKenzie has completed a management overhaul which has seen the firm appoint a new global head of M&A, as well as new managing partners for its Paris, Eastern European, German and Austrian offices.

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  • June 28, 2012 |

    Legal Week Law - quarterly peer review

    A roundup of the best legal briefings on Legal Week Law in the past three months

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  • June 28, 2012 |

    Our Lehman - the final days of Dewey

    In the second of a two-part special, Friederike Heine and Alex Novarese chart the last days of ailing US giant Dewey & LeBoeuf as the firm hurtles towards its collapse...

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  • June 28, 2012 |

    A measure of success - best briefings of the past three months on Legal Week Law

    Since our first briefings round-up three months ago, many of the key issues affecting in-house legal teams, such as the eurozone crisis, data protection laws and commercial litigation, have developed or taken on radically new directions. Elsewhere, a number of high-profile cases and judgments have tested basic legal concepts, notably in employment and contract law.

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  • June 28, 2012 |

    Hogan Lovells, BLP and Freshfields top UK lawyer satisfaction rankings

    Hogan Lovells, Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are leading their UK peers when it comes to lawyers' satisfaction with their work and choice of firm, according to a major research project from Legal Week. The 2012 Employee Satisfaction Report (ESR) from Legal Week Intelligence, which grades leading law firms according to the estimation of their lawyers across five 'core' areas (professional, personal, management, career & development, and salary & benefits) found Hogan Lovells had the most satisfied lawyers of the top 20 UK firms.

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  • June 27, 2012 |

    Bakers promotes trio of City lawyers in 63-strong partnership round

    Baker & McKenzie has announced its 2012 promotions round, with three London lawyers making the cut out of a global total of 63. The promotions, which bring the total number of partners in the firm to 1,400, will take effect next month (1 July).

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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 25, 2012 |

    Ex-Dewey partners pursued by banks over professional practice loans

    Former partners of bankrupt firm Dewey & LeBoeuf are being pursued by banks trying to reclaim money they lent through professional practice loans. Citi is among the lenders attempting to claw back loans made to both lateral hires and internal partner promotions at Dewey to fund their capital contributions to the firm, according to ex-partners.

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  • June 14, 2012 |

    Ex-Dewey team lead on $1.1bn Kazakh oil deal for Morgan Lewis

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius and Baker & McKenzie have taken lead roles on the $1.1bn (£713m) financing of Kazakhstan state oil and gas company, KazMunaiGas, by the Export-Import Bank of China.

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