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  • May 3, 2007 |

    Beware those cap-wearing Trojan horses

    Interesting to hear of ‘revelations’ concerning the shock use of liability caps. Perhaps it was slightly less revelatory three years ago, when…

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  • May 3, 2007 |

    Norton Rose snaps up Orrick Paris tax chief

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe's respected Paris tax head, Stephane Salou, is joining Norton Rose in a coup for the top 15 UK firm. Salou, who spent a period at the helm of Orrick's Paris office and is highly rated in the French market, will join the City firm's local office on 9 May.

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  • May 2, 2007 | International Edition

    Path to partner at top firms gets longer despite booming City scene

    The wait for partnership is getting longer at the UK's leading firms, according to research by Legal Week, which shows it took 8.7 years on average for lawyers to make partner this year, compared with 8.1 years in 2004. The partnership track has increased in length each year for top City lawyers during the last four years, despite the fact that a number of firms, including Ashurst, Lovells and Herbert Smith, saw a significant drop in the time it took to make partner this year.

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  • May 2, 2007 |

    Path to partner at top firms gets longer despite booming City scene

    The wait for partnership is getting longer at the UK's leading firms, according to research by Legal Week, which shows it took 8.7 years on average for lawyers to make partner this year, compared with 8.1 years in 2004. The partnership track has increased in length each year for top City lawyers during the last four years, despite the fact that a number of firms, including Ashurst, Lovells and Herbert Smith, saw a significant drop in the time it took to make partner this year.

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  • May 2, 2007 | International Edition

    Simmons promotes 13 but just three in City

    Simmons & Simmons has announced its partner promotions for this year, with its finance and Italian practices the main beneficiaries as the City firm promotes 13 lawyers to its partnership. Simmons announced the promotions today (2 May), with four new partners promoted in Milan, ahead of the firm's City headquarters, which received just three promotions.

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  • May 2, 2007 |

    Simmons promotes 13 but just three in City

    Simmons & Simmons has announced its partner promotions for this year, with its finance and Italian practices the main beneficiaries as the City firm promotes 13 lawyers to its partnership. Simmons announced the promotions today (2 May), with four new partners promoted in Milan, ahead of the firm's City headquarters, which received just three promotions.

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  • April 30, 2007 |

    Ashurst adds to funds group with Ameer hire

    Ashurst has boosted its investment funds practice with the appointment of Debevoise & Plimpton funds senior associate Chezard Ameer as a partner at the firm. Ameer specialises in private investment funds and has experience of structuring pan-European private equity funds and institutional investment products.

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  • April 27, 2007 | International Edition

    Partnership track results: Associates waiting longer to make partner

    Associates at the UK's top firms are generally taking longer to make partner, according to new research conducted by Legal Week. The figures show that it took 8.7 years on average for lawyers to make partner this year, compared with 8.1 years in 2004. This is despite the fact that several firms, including Ashurst, Lovells and Herbert Smith, saw a significant drop in the time it took to make partner this year.

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  • April 27, 2007 |

    Partnership track results: Associates waiting longer to make partner

    Associates at the UK's top firms are generally taking longer to make partner, according to new research conducted by Legal Week. The figures show that it took 8.7 years on average for lawyers to make partner this year, compared with 8.1 years in 2004. This is despite the fact that several firms, including Ashurst, Lovells and Herbert Smith, saw a significant drop in the time it took to make partner this year.

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  • April 26, 2007 |

    Student news round-up - solicitors

    War for talent pushes retention rates past 90% with Freshfields looking to keep more The UK's top firms are keeping a tight grip on their trainees, with…

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