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  • December 24, 2008 | International Edition

    DLA Piper secures lead role on demise of Zavvi

    DLA Piper's Manchester office has landed the lead role advising on the collapse of entertainment retailer Zavvi.

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  • December 24, 2008 |

    DLA Piper secures lead role on demise of Zavvi

    DLA Piper's Manchester office has landed the lead role advising on the collapse of entertainment retailer Zavvi.

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  • December 19, 2008 |

    BLP set for Russia launch with Moscow entry

    Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) is on the verge of completing a tie-up with partners from one of Russia's leading firms in a move which would represent the UK firm's first foray into the country. According to Russian media reports, Moscow's Pepeliaev Goltsblat & Partners is to break up following a fallout between the firm's name partners that will lead to the creation of a joint practice with BLP.BLP confirmed that the firm is in advanced discussions with Andrey Goltsblat to take a number of partners from the Russian firm as part of the new launch, with an announcement of the full details imminent.

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  • December 18, 2008 |

    Career Clinic: The best of 2008

    A look back at the most-read dilemmas from the last 12 months of Career Clinic

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  • December 17, 2008 |

    Slaughters to advise Royal Mail in part-privatisation move

    The Royal Mail has turned to regular adviser Slaughter and May following recommendations to Government that the institution should move towards a part-privatisation. Relationship partner Jeff Triggs is leading for the elite firm, which was brought on board following a report by former Ofcom deputy chairman Richard Hooper into the Royal Mail, which also suggested that it closes around 35 of its mail centres.Slaughters is advising the state-owned group on matters arising from the report, including any possible strategic partnership with a private sector company.

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  • December 15, 2008 | International Edition

    Camerons scraps partner rank across CEE offices

    CMS Cameron McKenna has overhauled its international partnership structure, scrapping the rank of partner in its offices across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Eight CEE partners will take up a new salaried 'international manager' rank - bringing them in line with the rest of Camerons' international offices. The decision means the firm has effectively axed the partner rank outside of the UK.

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  • December 15, 2008 |

    Camerons scraps partner rank across CEE offices

    CMS Cameron McKenna has overhauled its international partnership structure, scrapping the rank of partner in its offices across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Eight CEE partners will take up a new salaried 'international manager' rank - bringing them in line with the rest of Camerons' international offices. The decision means the firm has effectively axed the partner rank outside of the UK.

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  • December 11, 2008 |

    New study reveals carbon footprint of UK firms

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has been named as the firm with the largest carbon footprint out of of a group of 18 UK firms that have chosen to publicly reveal their environmental impact. Based on the Legal Sector Alliance's (LSA) newly-developed tool, dubbed the LSA Protocol, which enables law firms to make an estimate of the level of carbon dioxide emissions it is responsible for, A&O was responsible for 27,269 tonnes of CO2 - or 8.52 tonnes per employee.Magic circle rivals Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer were ranked second and third with total emissions of 20,848 tonnes and 16,270 tonnes respectively.

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  • December 11, 2008 |

    Litigation and regulatory team of the year

    The economic downturn has turned the spotlight away from transactional departments and towards litigation and regulatory teams. The judges chose White & Case to receive this year's award on the back of its extraordinary caseload. Arguably the most important case was the successful House of Lords appeal by former Morgan Crucible chief executive Ian Norris over the US Department of Justice's attempts to extradite him by re-characterising price-fixing as conspiracy to defraud.

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  • December 10, 2008 |

    City firms still getting support from banks despite credit squeeze

    Ailing banks may be squeezing swathes of corporate Britain, but leading commercial law firms seem to be escaping the worst of the credit crunch, according to new research.The latest Legal Week Big Question survey underlines the extent to which banks are continuing to cultivate links with large law firms, despite the ongoing credit squeeze. Sixty-two percent of partners said their firm's commercial banks had been 'supportive', including 16% who said the banks had been 'extremely supportive'.A further 29% of respondents said their bank's stance had been 'OK', though 8% said their lender was 'not very supportive'. Only 1% viewed their banks as 'not at all supportive' in light of the current downturn. Likewise, only 13% of partners said banks had put pressure on their firm to improve performance.

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