• May 30, 2007 | International Edition

    Bakers calls on Camerons for first City CFO

    Baker & McKenzie's London office has appointed its first chief financial officer after staging an unusual raid on CMS Cameron McKenna. Arthur Ferry is set to join Bakers later this year and will report directly into the firm's newly-reappointed City managing partner, Gary Senior He will fill the void left by Bakers finance director John Raimbach, who is understood to be leaving the firm in August to take a career break. Raimbach joined in October 2001 from Lovells where he spent seven years as financial controller.

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  • May 30, 2007 |

    Bakers calls on Camerons for first City CFO

    Baker & McKenzie's London office has appointed its first chief financial officer after staging an unusual raid on CMS Cameron McKenna. Arthur Ferry is set to join Bakers later this year and will report directly into the firm's newly-reappointed City managing partner, Gary Senior He will fill the void left by Bakers finance director John Raimbach, who is understood to be leaving the firm in August to take a career break. Raimbach joined in October 2001 from Lovells where he spent seven years as financial controller.

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  • May 17, 2007 |

    Overview: A Whirlwind Tour

    The intense focus on pay rises at the top London firms may have stolen the headlines of late, but the truth is that there is just as much happening in the regional, offshore and international legal markets as in the City - as Legal Week's editorial team demonstrates in this round-up of events from Nottingham to New York.

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  • May 16, 2007 |

    Nabarro raids rivals for latest round of lateral partner hires

    Nabarro has announced a trio of partner hires including Allen & Overy (A&O) corporate partner Patrick Speller and Osborne Clarke (OC) co-head of planning Wesley Fongenie.

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  • May 16, 2007 |

    Bakers appoints Trappehl as new German head

    Baker & McKenzie has appointed Munich labour law partner Bernhard Trappehl as its new German managing partner. Trappehl takes over the reins from the previous incumbent, Frankfurt labour law partner Guenther Heckelmann, in July. The appointment follows the firm's announcement earlier this month that Gary Senior has been re-elected as London managing partner.

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  • May 9, 2007 |

    Senior wins second term as Bakers London chief

    Baker & McKenzie has re-appointed Gary Senior as its London managing partner. Senior's second term will start on 1 September and is due to last for three years. His reappointment was uncontested, with voting of the London partners closing on Friday (4 May). Senior was initially appointed for a three-year term in September 2003, replacing Russell Lewin, but he has already agreed to extend his initial term by one extra year.

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  • April 27, 2007 |

    Legal Week Student firm guide: Clifford Chance

    When people refer to global law firms they generally mean Clifford Chance (CC) - the world's largest law firm, with an annual turnover of more than £1bn. While other firms such as Baker & McKenzie have also spread out around the globe, CC is one of the few that can handle top-tier work through sizeable offices across Europe, the US and Asia.

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  • April 26, 2007 |

    Know your firm: Firm foundations

    Proving you have researched the firm you want to work for is crucial come interview time. Legal Week Student offers an insight into the top 10 UK firms - their top partners, their cultures and their biggest clients

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  • April 25, 2007 |

    Simmons bags second lucrative deal for Telefonica in £2bn Airwave 02

    Simmons & Simmons has secured its second major instruction for Telefonica, advising the Spanish telecoms giant on its £2bn sale of emergency services network Airwave to Guardian Digital Communications.

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  • April 25, 2007 |

    Strategy dispute hits Linklaters Brazil ally with 27-lawyer split

    Linklaters' Brazilian ally, Lefosse, is to split, with a significant number of lawyers leaving to create an independent firm after a strategy dispute.

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