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  • June 12, 2007 | International Edition

    City firms play host to Law Society PR drive

    The Law Society is launching a marketing campaign to boost awareness of the support services it provides to solicitors, with the society setting up stalls in the staff entrances and restaurants of 14 major UK firms. The body is targeting solicitors passing through Farringdon, Temple and Liverpool Street with adverts illustrating the services available. Slogans used on the adverts include 'Helping you meet the obligations on money laundering' and 'Equipping you to do the job'.

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  • June 12, 2007 |

    City firms play host to Law Society PR drive

    The Law Society is launching a marketing campaign to boost awareness of the support services it provides to solicitors, with the society setting up stalls in the staff entrances and restaurants of 14 major UK firms. The body is targeting solicitors passing through Farringdon, Temple and Liverpool Street with adverts illustrating the services available. Slogans used on the adverts include 'Helping you meet the obligations on money laundering' and 'Equipping you to do the job'.

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  • June 12, 2007 | International Edition

    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 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 11, 2007 |

    A glimpse of the future

    Calling all partners. If one of your expensive gadgets breaks down, don’t - for Pete’s sake - call the head of IT.Delegates at the Legal Week…

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  • June 7, 2007 |

    A&O boosts online capacity with £1m derivatives launch

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has invested more than £1m in a database product for the derivatives industry that the City giant hopes will further build on its suite of cutting-edge online banking tools.

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  • June 7, 2007 |

    Facebook wrangle leaves firms uncertain about web revolution

    Allen & Overy's (A&O's) slightly fumbling recent attempts to deal with the Facebook phenomenon may have given rivals a good opportunity for a laugh at the City giant's expense. But the reality is that most of A&O's rivals are trying themselves to figure out whether online social networking and related techniques like blogging are key communication tools or a dangerous threat and distraction to be contained at all costs.

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  • June 6, 2007 |

    Bevan Brittan creates new rank in bid to reward high-achievers

    Bevan Brittan has introduced a new rank for its associates as more UK firms make strides to retain their junior lawyers.

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  • June 6, 2007 |

    Commentary: Islamic finance is not a licence to print money

    Everyone wants to be a millionaire and, it would seem at City law firms, everyone wants to be in Islamic finance. But do the two necessarily go hand-in-hand?

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  • June 6, 2007 |

    Links conflicted out as A&O bags Investec corporate first

    A Linklaters conflict has given Allen & Overy (A&O) its first corporate deal for Investec - advising the banking group on its £283m acquisition of Kensington Group.

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