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  • June 12, 2007 |

    Dentons hikes NQ pay 17% but still lags rivals

    Denton Wilde Sapte has unveiled double-digit pay rises for its trainees and associates, bringing the firm closer to the rates recently announced by City rivals. The top 20 UK firm today (12 June) confirmed it has lifted its salaries for newly-qualified lawyers from £53,000 to a new mark of £62,000 - an increase of nearly 17%.

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  • June 7, 2007 |

    Hints of early settlement as Freshfields tribunal delayed

    The key disciplinary hearing of two of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's best-known lawyers is not expected to take place until the end of the year at the earliest, it has emerged.

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  • June 7, 2007 |

    Editor's Comment: Bloodless revolution

    There comes a point where you have to give credit where it is due - Ashurst has reached that point. That comes from a magazine that has been sceptical of claims of the firm's revival. Sure, everyone acknowledged that Ashurst's banking practice, buoyed by a group of energetic and talented partners, was punching well above its weight in acquisition and structured finance. But while the firm's core M&A practice looked directionless, strategy seemed weakly articulated and the firm's international capability was a mixed bag, few would have bet on Ashurst being a serious contender at the upper end of Europe's legal market.

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  • June 6, 2007 |

    Reuters to pilot media training for its advisers

    Reuters has this week written to its legal advisers to offer them media training for the first time.

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  • June 6, 2007 |

    A shattering conclusion

    The Diary was recently duking it out with a couple of Ashurst partners over lunch at the firm's City HQ, with all the usual cat-and-mouse off-the-record questioning that entails.

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  • June 6, 2007 |

    Hamburg next in Bryan Cave European assault

    Bryan Cave has unveiled the next stage of its foray across continental Europe after announcing plans to launch a base in Germany later this summer. The US firm is hiring a four-lawyer team from Hamburg practice Buse Heberer Fromm, which was formerly part of Field Fisher Waterhouse's European Legal Alliance.

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  • May 30, 2007 |

    CC reviews HR following senior departure

    Clifford Chance (CC) is reviewing the set-up of its human resources (HR) department following the news that HR director Liz Bunce is to leave the magic circle firm next month.

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  • May 30, 2007 |

    Ashurst rising stars dominate associate M&A league tables

    Ashurst has topped the latest associate league tables with lawyers from the top 10 London firm landing four out of the top five spots in the two-year rankings.

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  • May 30, 2007 |

    Dentons and Freshfields kick off £133m Newcastle Utd takeover bid

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Denton Wilde Sapte have bagged plum roles on the latest takeover attempt of a major English football club, with Newcastle United the target of a £133m bid by UK billionaire Mike Ashley. Freshfields corporate partner Christopher Mort led a team advising Ashley on his acquisition last week of a 41.6% stake in the Premiership club from president Sir John Hall.

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  • May 30, 2007 |

    'Tis the season to be…

    Thanks to the popularity of our Legal Week Wiki pay round special with both readers and posters, we have decided to extend the model with a table and thread…

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