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  • May 30, 2007 |

    Profile: The governor

    India's new Chief Justice has overcome cultural hurdles to take his post at a momentous historical period for the country's courts. Dominic Carman talks to India's top judge about market liberalisation, his favourite UK judges and judicial reform

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  • May 29, 2007 |

    CC partner profits break £1m for the first time

    Clifford Chance (CC) has broken the £1m average profits per equity partner (PEP) barrier for the first time, after the magic circle firm announced its end-of-year results today (29 May). PEP was up by a quarter (25%) from £814,000 in 2005-06 to a new mark of £1,015,000. Revenue at the City giant is up by 16%, from £1.029bn to £1.194bn.

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  • May 24, 2007 | International Edition

    Linklaters gifts global staff £2,500 bonus

    Linklaters has announced that it is to pay all its staff a profits-related bonus worth £2,500. The bonus will be paid out to the magic circle firm's entire global staff, excluding partners. Staff based in the City will be paid £2,500, with an equivalent rate paid to workers in other offices.

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  • May 24, 2007 |

    Linklaters gifts global staff £2,500 bonus

    Linklaters has announced that it is to pay all its staff a profits-related bonus worth £2,500. The bonus will be paid out to the magic circle firm's entire global staff, excluding partners. Staff based in the City will be paid £2,500, with an equivalent rate paid to workers in other offices.

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  • May 24, 2007 |

    Freshfields, Dentons lead on Toon takeover bid

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Denton Wilde Sapte has bagged lead roles on the latest takeover attempt at a major English football club, as billionaire Mike Ashley prepares a £133m offer for Newcastle United. Freshfields corporate partner Christopher Mort led a team advising Ashley on his acquisition of a 41.6% stake in the club from Newcastle United president Sir John Hall. Ashley bought the stake through special-purpose vehicle St James' Holdings for £55m, it was announced yesterday (23 May).

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  • May 23, 2007 |

    Buncefield fire aftermath set to generate big-ticket disputes work

    A raft of major UK firms are squaring up in the aftermath of the Buncefield disaster, Legal Week has learned, in what promises to spark one of the largest pieces of commercial litigation ever seen in the UK.

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  • May 23, 2007 |

    Top firms maintain lockstep but usher in more power to intervene

    Top commercial law firms are increasingly turning to performance-based pay packages as the UK's legal elite looks to reward its outstanding performers.

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  • May 23, 2007 |

    Dealmaker: Adrian Bott

    One of the City's most experienced transactional media specialists, Adrian Bott heads Osborne Clarke's corporate team

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  • May 23, 2007 | International Edition

    SJ Berwin outpaces CC with 16% NQ pay-hike

    SJ Berwin has hiked its pay for newly-qualified lawyers to £64,000, matching the increases already announced by City rivals including Ashurst and Herbert Smith. The pay-rise represents a 16% increase on last year's rate of £55,000 and places SJ Berwin above magic circle firms Clifford Chance and Slaughter and May, which both pay new solicitors £63,500.

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  • May 23, 2007 |

    SJ Berwin outpaces CC with 16% NQ pay-hike

    SJ Berwin has hiked its pay for newly-qualified lawyers to £64,000, matching the increases already announced by City rivals including Ashurst and Herbert Smith. The pay-rise represents a 16% increase on last year's rate of £55,000 and places SJ Berwin above magic circle firms Clifford Chance and Slaughter and May, which both pay new solicitors £63,500.

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