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  • April 14, 2010 |

    Bakers City chief on the four key challenges for the global law firm

    Recent moves by some English firms to establish a presence in Australia seem to have re-ignited interest in the concept of the global law firm. This is good news, given it was not so long ago that it looked as if the global downturn would result in international law firms retrenching rather than expanding further.

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  • March 31, 2010 |

    Bakers London restructuring sees £3m redundancy costs

    Baker & McKenzie spent over £3m restructuring its London office last year after making 70 employees redundant. The firm, which laid off 21 fee earners, 21 business support staff and 28 secretaries in its London office in May last year, paid out £3.1m in redundancy costs over the 2008-09 financial year, according to the latest limited liability partnership filings at Companies House.

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  • March 30, 2010 |

    Dechert signs up Ashurst corporate partner in boost for City base

    Dechert is set to boost its UK corporate and securities practice with the hire of Jonathan Angell from Ashurst. Angell will join the US law firm's London arm next week, having been a partner at Ashurst since 2001.

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  • March 26, 2010 |

    Mayer Brown, Camerons and Bakers at the table on £400m Camelot sale

    Mayer Brown and Baker & McKenzie have taken the lead roles on the sale of the National Lottery operator Camelot for just under £400m. The board of Camelot has agreed to sell the company to one of Canada's largest pension funds, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTTP), in favour of a rival bid from buyout giant CVC.

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  • March 24, 2010 |

    Linklaters names new Germany senior partner to succeed Lappe

    Linklaters has elected a new senior partner in Germany, with Frankfurt finance partner Carl-Peter Feick appointed to succeed Michael Lappe. Feick will take up the new three-year post from 1 May, when Lappe will have completed two terms and will therefore not be eligible for re-election.

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  • March 24, 2010 |

    Former DLA Piper partner sentenced in Singapore after forgery trial

    A former partner at DLA Piper in Singapore has been sentenced to two months in jail for lying about his annual compensation, reports The Am Law Daily. Rudy Lim, who was based at DLA's Singapore arm for several years, handling project development and finance work, joined US firm Duane Morris in late 2006 in anticipation of the firm opening a Singapore office.

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  • March 24, 2010 |

    The smoking section - British American Tobacco's GC in profile

    During the 1640s, lawyers in Virginia were paid in pounds of tobacco - a way of working that would continue to suit British American Tobacco (BAT) quite nicely, jokes the company's general counsel, Neil Withington. But resigned to the likely failure of resurrecting such a payment method, Withington is instead focusing on the rather more 21st century concept of legal process outsourcing as he bids to keep BAT's external legal spend as tight as possible.

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  • March 22, 2010 |

    Bakers boosts City regulatory team with Barlows partner hire

    Baker & McKenzie has significantly boosted its regulatory capabilities in the City with the hire of highly rated Barlow Lyde & Gilbert partner Ian Mason. Mason, the former head of the FSA's wholesale group in the the body's enforcement division, becomes Bakers' second financial regulatory partner in the City.

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  • March 17, 2010 | International Edition

    Pharmaceuticals: The game changer

    The pharmaceutical industry is facing uncertain times as a once-lucrative business model buckles under a globalising world economy. Charlotte Edmond reports on the companies and lawyers battling to secure all-important intellectual property in a rapidly changing market

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  • March 17, 2010 |

    Pharmaceuticals: The game changer

    The pharmaceutical industry is facing uncertain times as a once-lucrative business model buckles under a globalising world economy. Charlotte Edmond reports on the companies and lawyers battling to secure all-important intellectual property in a rapidly changing market

    1 minute read