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  • September 30, 2009 |

    Deutsche relations in spotlight after White & Case departures

    White & Case is working to renew its relationship in London with key client Deutsche Bank, after six partners with links to the client left the firm's banking and capital markets practice in 18 months. Since key relationship partner Mike Goetz quit for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in March 2008, a further five partners linked with Deutsche have left in London - putting the connection under strain. At its height the relationship was thought to be worth around $25m (£16m) a year to the firm's London office.

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  • September 30, 2009 |

    College of Law comes top of the class to seal Ashurst training tie-up

    Ashurst has become one of the last firms in the UK top 20 to sign an exclusive deal to send all its future trainees to a specific course provider. From 2010, all Ashurst trainees will study at the College of Law, with the law school beating competition from rivals including BPP, Kaplan Law School and the Oxford Institute of Legal Practice to secure the agreement.

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  • September 23, 2009 |

    UBS pushes down on rates after completion of global panel review

    Swiss banking giant UBS has overhauled its roster of preferred legal advisers, with eight firms making the grade. Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy, White & Case, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters and Simmons & Simmons were reappointed, while Herbert Smith and DLA Piper are new appointments to the global panel.

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  • September 23, 2009 |

    Former Ashurst partner joins Field Fisher's London office

    Field Fisher Waterhouse has continued its City expansion with the hire of former Ashurst structured finance partner Gonzalo Fernandez. Fernandez, who left Ashurst in August after 11 years as a partner, joined Field Fisher last Monday (14 September) as a partner in the derivatives and structured finance group.

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  • September 23, 2009 | International Edition

    Commentary: Partner hires - the revolving door starts spinning again

    With the first half of 2009 defined by widescale redundancies and partnership restructurings at some of the City's top names, the fallout has meant the trend post-summer is equally clear: lateral hiring - and lots of it. Barely a day goes by without claim or confirmation of another partner move; generally someone heading out of a top 10 City firm for somewhere smaller, although not exclusively - as Linklaters' hire of Herbert Smith litigation partner Christa Band demonstrates.

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  • September 23, 2009 |

    Commentary: Partner hires - the revolving door starts spinning again

    With the first half of 2009 defined by widescale redundancies and partnership restructurings at some of the City's top names, the fallout has meant the trend post-summer is equally clear: lateral hiring - and lots of it. Barely a day goes by without claim or confirmation of another partner move; generally someone heading out of a top 10 City firm for somewhere smaller, although not exclusively - as Linklaters' hire of Herbert Smith litigation partner Christa Band demonstrates.

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  • September 22, 2009 |

    Ex-Lovells partner Ashworth takes GC role at asset management firm

    Former Lovells corporate partner Chris Ashworth has resurfaced in Monaco, landing a general counsel role with New York company Knight Vinke Asset Management. Ashworth took up his new post earlier this month after around 25 years in private practice. Knight Vinke specialises in the financial services and energy sectors, with an emphasis on shareholder activism.

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  • September 18, 2009 |

    Ashurst boosts energy and projects team with Linklaters hire

    Ashurst has expanded its London energy and projects practice with the hire of Antony Skinner from Linklaters as a partner. Skinner, a counsel at the magic circle firm, joins the energy and project finance group after four years at Linklaters. He was promoted to counsel earlier this year.

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  • September 16, 2009 |

    French revenue rankings reveal contrasting fortunes

    Rankings from French law publication Juristes Associes show that Taylor Wessing's French operations saw the steepest revenue drop in France, with turnover falling 35% from €23m (£20m) to €15m (£13m) in 2008-09. The figures show that the firm's local office, which last year saw 12 partners leave for Nixon Peabody in a move which resulted in litigation between the two firms, fell from number 35 to number 50 in the rankings as a result of the plunge.

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  • September 15, 2009 |

    White & Case UK partners set for fall in quarterly profit payouts

    White & Case partners in London have seen their quarterly partner profit distributions fall by as much as 30% year-on-year, following a 12-month period involving a restructuring and several high-profile departures. The firm declined to comment on the exact figures, admitting only to a drop in total distributions it described as "modest".

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