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  • September 27, 2011 |

    A&O signs up with ethnic minority recruiter to target black candidates

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has become the latest major law firm to actively target ethnic diversity recruitment by hiring an agency which focuses on African Caribbean graduates. The magic circle firm has signed up to work with Rare Recruitment, joining Clifford Chance (CC), Hogan Lovells, Herbert Smith and Travers Smith among law firm clients of the diversity specialist agency.

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  • September 21, 2011 |

    On the bonfire - moves to burn up the UK's competition regime divide lawyers

    It looks like it's almost a done deal. Among antitrust advisers, the expectation is that it is only a matter of time before the Government makes good on its proposal to merge the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) with the Competition Commission (CC).

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  • September 20, 2011 |

    RBS Insurance turns to RSA to recruit new general counsel

    RBS Insurance (RBSI) has turned to RSA Insurance for its new general counsel and company secretary. RSA's group legal director, Humphrey Tomlinson, is set to join RBSI, where he will be tasked with building the Bromley-based insurer's standalone legal and secretariat functions ahead of its divestment from RBS Group.

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  • September 15, 2011 |

    How the top international law firms stack up in Asia

    Clifford Chance: 366 lawyers across eight offices. Hong Kong - 138 lawyers including 32 partners, Singapore - 72 lawyers including 15 partners, Tokyo - 51 lawyers including nine partners, Shanghai - 22 lawyers including five partners, Beijing - 29 lawyers including six partners, Bangkok - 16 lawyers including two partners Sydney - 21 lawyers including seven partners Perth - 17 lawyers including seven partners Key deals include: • advising the underwriters on Prada's Hong Kong listing; • advising the underwriters on Glencore's dual listing in Hong Kong and London; and • advising the managers on Volkswagen's dim sum bond - the first by a German company.

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  • September 14, 2011 |

    Slaughters ups secondments to referral firms in Asia

    Slaughter and May is set to tighten its relationships with local firms in Asia, with the firm planning to increase secondments to the region and send lawyers to Korea for the first time. The elite law firm is aiming to increase its lawyer secondments across Asia in general but particularly in Japan – where it works with firms including Anderson Mori & Tomotsune and Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu – and South Korea, where despite links with Kim & Chang and Shin & Kim the firm has not carried out secondments to date.

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  • September 14, 2011 |

    Battle royale - the tussle for global dominance shifts eastward

    With elite Wall Street firms finally breaking into Hong Kong law, the stage is set for a high-stakes struggle across Asia between the world's top law firms. Georgina Stanley and Simon Petersen report

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  • September 14, 2011 |

    Top firms break ground with project to boost access to law, but challenge has only begun

    Despite already being touted as a landmark for the industry, the law firms behind the initiative aimed at improving access to the profession are hoping to substantially expand the number of firms 
backing the scheme. The scheme launched with 23 major firms across the UK and Ireland but the backers of the project to hand work experience to under-privileged children believe it will be essential to secure the active support of more law firms before addressing the considerable challenge of building links and co-operation with a broad base of schools nationally.

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  • September 14, 2011 |

    Ladbrokes brings in e-billing to scrutinise firms ahead of review

    Ladbrokes has introduced an electronic billing and online performance review system for its legal advisers ahead of a review of the gambling company's eight-strong panel next year. The e-billing and law firm appraisal system, introduced this month, allows Ladbrokes' in-house team, which is headed by general counsel Jonathan Adelman, to assess firms according to criteria including 'value for money', 'responsiveness' and 'commerciality'.

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  • September 13, 2011 |

    Slaughters leads alongside US firms on £1.5bn transatlantic takeover bid

    Slaughter and May and a number of US firms have won roles on US manufacturing company Colfax Corporation's £1.5bn takeover bid for UK engineering group Charter International. Slaughters has taken the lead role for Charter on the deal, which is conditional upon regulatory and shareholder approvals. The magic circle firm is fielding a team under London corporate partners Andy Ryde and Robin Ogle.

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  • September 13, 2011 |

    DLA Piper and Olswang win roles as Vodafone confirms new legal panel

    Vodafone has completed a review of its group and UK legal advisers, with Olswang and DLA Piper winning first-time appointments. The panel is divided into two - a group panel which will handle the legal services for Vodafone's corporate centre and a dedicated UK panel.

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