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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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  • September 10, 2009 |

    Taylor Wessing bets on property with W&C hire

    Taylor Wessing has bolstered its City real estate practice with the hire of White & Case partner Lorraine Ufland. Ufland, who joined the US firm in 2003 from LG, will start working at Taylor Wessing later this month, taking the real estate partner count to 13. Her hire marks the firm's first lateral partner appointment since November 2008, when it hired insurance partner Anthony Menzies from Clyde & Co.

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  • September 9, 2009 |

    Simmons calls in Ashurst partner to help with media and telecoms push

    Simmons & Simmons has strengthened its City telecoms practice with the hire of a partner from Ashurst. Andrew McMillan, who headed Ashurst's communications sector group, joined Simmons' corporate and commercial practice at the end of last month and will form part of the law firm's media and telecommunications (TMT) sector group, which includes five partners in London.

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  • September 9, 2009 |

    RBS puts select firms on fast track; Nestle unveils UK counsel

    Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has invited a handful of its closest legal advisers to 'fast-track' its general legal review, it has emerged, guaranteeing a group of core firms places on its coveted panel. The bank contacted a number of its key advisers earlier this summer inviting them to join the panel early providing they agreed to basic terms on fees, rather than waiting until the full review is completed later this year. It is thought Allen & Overy (A&O), Linklaters, Ashurst and Denton Wilde Sapte are among those invited to take part.

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  • September 9, 2009 |

    Sodexo unveils nine firm roster

    Nine law firms have scored roles on food and facilities management services group Sodexo's new legal panel. Top 25 firms Ashurst, Eversheds, DLA Piper, SJ Berwin and Beachcroft have all won spots on Sodexo's UK & Ireland panel, while Davenport Lyons, Devonshires, Lindsays and Shadbolts have also won roles.

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  • September 4, 2009 |

    Latham seals hire of former Ashurst partner duo in Milan

    Latham & Watkins has boosted its Italian practice with the hire of Ashurst's former Milan managing partner Riccardo Agostinelli. Agostinelli, who was office managing partner until his departure, left Ashurst last month together with finance partner Lorenzo Vernetti. Both are now set to join Latham in Milan.

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  • September 4, 2009 |

    Linklaters matches Slaughters at top of FTSE 100 client rankings

    Linklaters has joined Slaughter and May at the top of the Hemscott rankings of legal advisers to FTSE 100 companies, with both firms listed as advising 25 of the UK's biggest companies. Hemscott's Q3 rankings put the firms neck-and-neck for the first time. Slaughters has dominated the list since the rankings were first released in 2005, at which point it had 10 more FTSE 100 clients than Freshfields.

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  • September 1, 2009 |

    DLA Piper signs up Linklaters partner for EMEA corporate team

    DLA Piper has bolstered its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) corporate practice with the addition of Linklaters partner Jon Hayes. Hayes, who trained at the magic circle firm and became a partner in 2001, joins DLA today (1 September) with the aim of boosting client ties with London corporates and international clients. He will work alongside DLA's EMEA corporate head Juan Picon. Hayes said: "The practice has a strong, upper mid-market reputation in London and fantastic international capabilities that will provide me with a great platform from which to develop relationships with clients whose legal needs extend beyond single transactions or are truly global."

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  • September 1, 2009 |

    From herded cats to well-drilled troops

    Slaughters, Linklaters and BLP are praised for quality leadership as partners become late converts to the value of management in the legal profession. Claire Ruckin reports

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