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  • February 5, 2012 |

    The Transfer Window: recent moves including Norton Rose, Orrick, Salans and Gide

    Former Slaughter and May partner Lucy Wylde has been appointed as general counsel of the Government's Efficiency and Reform Group (ERG). Wylde left Slaughters in April last year to take up a position as GC of the Asset Protection Agency, which was set up by HM Treasury in the wake of the credit crunch to stabilise financial institutions affected by the downturn.

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  • February 3, 2012 |

    SNR Denton attributes UK merger benefits to 4% Stateside revenue hike

    SNR Denton's US arm has announced a return to top-line growth, posting a 4.4% increase in revenues for 2011, reports The Am Law Daily. The firm's Stateside operations have ended two straight years of financial decline, taking in $474.5m (£300m) in gross revenue last year, while US profits per equity partner grew almost 7% to $880,000 (£556,000) after a 15% rise in 2010.

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  • February 2, 2012 |

    Aviva names four firms on catastrophic loss panel as AMP confirms new Asia roster

    Herbert Smith has been selected by Aviva as one of four firms to sit on its UK catastrophic loss panel, with the appointment coming as Australian wealth manager AMP has finalised its new Asia legal roster following its merger with AXA Asia-Pacific. Herbert Smith has been selected for the Aviva panel alongside Mayer Brown, Clyde & Co and Reynolds Porter Chamberlain, with the 
roster taking effect from January this year.

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  • January 23, 2012 |

    Links, White & Case and Skadden make SocGen's French line-up

    Societe Generale has drawn up a roster of law firms to provide advice in France, with Linklaters, White & Case and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom among those making the cut. CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre; Linklaters; White & Case; De Pardieu Brocas Maffei and Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel have all been selected to provide general legal advice to SocGen in France.

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  • January 19, 2012 |

    Bakers wins Europe adviser role for telecoms company Colt

    Baker & McKenzie has 
been selected as FTSE 250 telecoms company Colt's preferred legal adviser for commercial work following a three-month tender process involving more than 45 firms. The appointment, which took effect earlier this month (1 January) and will run for an initial period of three years, will see Bakers providing all commercial, IT, telecommunications and regulatory advice to the company across Europe.

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  • January 19, 2012 |

    Stayin' alive (just) – high street woe looks set to shake restructuring market out of relative calm

    With budget fashion retailers Peacocks and Barratts this week looking set to join a growing list of high street casualties in the latest round of economic turmoil, 2012 should – in theory – shape up to be a busy year for City restructuring and insolvency partners. To date, January has already seen the likes of Addleshaw Goddard, Travers Smith, Linklaters and SJ Berwin win roles on the administrations of Blacks Leisure and lingerie chain La Senza and, with many predicting a surge of additional collapses, the tally of firms winning work from turbulence on the high street is obviously set to increase. Still, a quick glance behind the more high-profile headlines shows that restructuring – and in particular, insolvency – work has so far failed to see the sustained upsurge predicted in the wake of Lehman Brothers' collapse and the onset of the last recession. While there was a run of deals in the wake of the banking crisis through 2009 and early 2010, by consensus pickings have been slimmer than restructuring teams expected.

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  • January 13, 2012 |

    Salans broadens Turkey capabilities with new alliance deal

    Salans has sealed a new alliance deal in Turkey, joining forces with local firm Balcioglu Selcuk Akman in a deal which will expand its practice in the country. Salans, which was formerly allied with Turkey's Ozel & Ozel, has had a presence in the country for eight years. The new alliance will hand the firm new capability in banking, finance and litigation.

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  • January 12, 2012 |

    Switzerland

    Baker & McKenzie, Prager Dreifuss and Schellenberg Wittmer size up the key issues in the Swiss legal market, including tax liabilities for UK residents with Swiss bank accounts, the overhaul of the Insurance Contract Act and the introduction of a new simplified form of plea bargaining...

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  • January 12, 2012 |

    A shrinking world for evaders

    UK residents with Swiss bank accounts must disclose their UK tax liabilities or pay a witholding tax. Baker & McKenzie's Ashley Crossley discusses the impact of the high profile move against tax evasion

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  • January 12, 2012 |

    Travers Smith secures pension work mandate for Vodafone

    Travers Smith has won Vodafone as a first-time client, with the City firm securing a mandate to carry out pensions work for the telecoms giant. The firm was appointed in December last year, despite missing out on a spot on Vodafone's new UK panel announced in September 2011. The relationship will be managed by Travers pensions partner Peter Esam, with the firm hoping to expand the relationship into off panel mandates in other practices where possible.

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