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  • May 24, 2000 |

    It's a tough job...

    Being a senior partner in a modern law firm has never been tougher. The role has come a long way from the old buffer who has reached the position purely by dint of length of service. So, asks Philip Hoult, why would anyone want the job?

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  • May 24, 2000 |

    Refusing to pay a higher price

    Following the recent pay hikes for assistants in private practice, Mary Mullally speaks to some of the top in-house players to find out how these increases will affect them and what they plan to do about it

    1 minute read

  • May 17, 2000 |

    Slaughters gears up to replace Henderson

    Candidates start to emerge to lead most profitable City firm into the future

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  • May 17, 2000 |

    Slaughters poised to scoop golden Egg

    Legal Week Reports

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  • May 17, 2000 |

    Making it on the list

    Saira Zaki speaks to Jim Bays, chief legal counsel of engineering giant Invensys about his individual method of choosing external advisers, and his directory of lawyers who are graded and ranked according to ability, regardless of their firm

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  • May 17, 2000 |

    Invensys slashes legal spend

    Legal Week Reports

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  • May 10, 2000 |

    Linklaters faces stepping out of the Circle

    Cement maker considers City firm's future on panel after Linklaters chose to act for rival in hostile bidBy Saira ZakiBy Saira Zaki

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  • May 10, 2000 |

    Law Society threatens to downgrade Oxford rating

    Embarrassment for Group of Eight as City LPC provider faces two-place rating drop

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  • May 10, 2000 |

    GERMANY: High stakes

    There are two choices for German firms: merge to form an even bigger firm or stay independent and hope that you benefit from the new round of referrals available as Anglo-Saxon and German firms pair off. Richard Tromans reports

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  • May 10, 2000 |

    Managing a Makeover

    What do you do when your firm is stuck in a rut? Tony Morris explains how Marriott Harrison managed to re-focus its practice and get the message across that it was not just a media law firm

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