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  • November 24, 2011 |

    Employment partners welcome plans to overhaul UK regulations but warn conciliation service may struggle with demand

    City employment partners have come out in broad support of fundamental changes to the UK's employment laws proposed by Business Secretary Vince Cable and intended to significantly reduce the number of cases reaching tribunal each year. In a speech yesterday (24 November) Cable announced a consultation on the most significant shakeup of the UK's employment regulations in decades.

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  • November 24, 2011 |

    King & Wood Mallesons emerges as post-merger name as Mallesons partners approve union

    Australia's Mallesons Stephen Jaques and Chinese giant King & Wood have moved a step closer to a merger, with Mallesons' partners yesterday (23 November) approving the tie-up. The approval, which comes as King & Wood partners are expected to vote on the merger this week, paves the way for the firms to combine as King & Wood Mallesons early next year.

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  • November 23, 2011 |

    Hong Kong horizons - what will the Asian legal market look like in 2021?

    Key Asian economies have established themselves globally as the West falters. 
Sofia Lind asks what the regional economy will look like in 2021

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  • November 23, 2011 |

    Stephenson Harwood posts 4% increase for first half

    Stephenson Harwood has continued its upward trajectory and posted a 4% increase in revenues at the half-year stage, becoming the latest in a string of UK law firms to announce positive financial results. The firm's revenues for the six-month period ending 31 October rose to £51.4m from £49.6m a year ago. It comes after the top 30 firm saw revenues climb by 16% during the full 2010-11 financial year to £107m, marking the third consecutive year of growth for the firm despite the 
economic downturn.

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  • November 23, 2011 |

    SJB and Links advise as Westfield sells assets in the north

    SJ Berwin and Linklaters have taken lead roles as Westfield has moved to sell £55m worth of assets in the north of England in order to focus on high-scale shopping ventures. Westfield has sold the 75% stake it held in the Broadmarsh shopping centre in Nottingham to Capital Shopping Centres in a deal that also saw Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe take premium roles.

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  • November 23, 2011 |

    SJ Berwin sees revenues stay static at £84m at H1 point

    SJ Berwin has become the latest firm to post its half-year results, with the City firm seeing fee income remain static over the first six months of the 2011-12 financial year. Revenue for the period stood at £84m - the same as last year, when turnover climbed 9% on the previous year's figure.

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  • November 23, 2011 |

    King & Wood Mallesons emerges as post-merger name as partners vote on union

    Australia's Mallesons Stephen Jaques and Chinese giant King & Wood could rebrand as King & Wood Mallesons early next year if partners this week approve a ground-breaking tie-up between the two firms. Partners at Mallesons are voting on the deal today (23 November), with King & Wood understood to be making a decision tomorrow (24 November).

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  • November 23, 2011 |

    Ashurst construction partner engineers a role at Bechtel

    Ashurst real estate partner Alex Cunliffe has left the firm to take up an in-house role at engineering company Bechtel. Cunliffe, a member of Ashurst's non-contentious construction team in London becomes the 27th partner to leave the firm since May 2010.

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  • November 21, 2011 |

    Mallesons and King & Wood partners to vote on union this week

    Mallesons Stephen Jaques and Chinese giant King & Wood are set to vote on a potential tie-up this week as groundbreaking talks between the two firms continue. Mallesons partners will vote on the deal on Wednesday (23 November), with partners at King & Wood also expected to vote on the union this week.

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  • November 18, 2011 |

    First Bribery Act sentencing sees former court clerk handed six-year term

    A former magistrates' court clerk has become the first person to be sentenced under the UK Bribery Act, after he admitted accepting a £500 bribe to "get rid" of a speeding charge. Munir Patel has been sentenced to six years in prison at Southwark Crown Court today (18 November) after last month pleading guilty to bribery and misconduct in public office during his employment as an administrative clerk at London's Redbridge Magistrates' Court.

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