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Eversheds secures fixed-fee deal with Int'l Air Transport Association
Eversheds has secured a three-year fixed fee contract with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in Africa and the Middle East.
Bond Dickinson cleans up with Colgate Palmolive panel place
Hygiene giant Colgate Palmolive added Bond Dickinson to its panel just weeks before the merger between Bond Pearce and Dickinson Dees, The Lawyer has learned.
King GC Whalen quits gaming company to go it alone
King.com general counsel Marcus Whalen is to leave the online gaming company to take up a consultancy position.
Bell Capital GC quits for Qatar Investment Authority
Bell Capital general counsel Tom Bartos has left the role for an M&A position at the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), the state-owned investment arm of the Gulf state.
Tribunal rules against Travers in pregnancy discrimination case
Travers Smith has lost a discrimination case brought against it by a former trainee who claimed she was not given a permanent job because of her pregnancy.
Irwin Mitchell closes in on £200m turnover
Irwin Mitchell’s legal practice is closing in on the £200m revenue mark, with the firm’s commercial business generating revenues of £40m over the last financial year.
Mini pupillage becomes work experience in private school auction row
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has requested that Westminster School change the name of its mini-pupillage auction to work experience amid controversy over the sale of a work placement.
A&O keeps associate salaries static after breaking trainee pay freeze
Allen & Overy has held associate pay levels at 2012/13 rates after unveiling its first increase in trainee salaries for the first time since 2010.
Eversheds launches in Beijing with Morgan Lewis and Uria hires
Eversheds is set to open its Beijing office with two new hires.
Editor's Picks
King of the world?
King & Wood Mallesons’ groundbreaking Asia-Pacific merger has won plaudits from many. But expanding the firm into new jurisdictions may prove trickier, with negotiations in Singapore falling apart and a US or UK merger still just a dream.
The Lawyer Interview
Outside track
Taking a radical approach to outsourcing helped Chris Vaughan, GC at infrastructure giant Balfour Beatty, build a legal function fit for a complicated world
Notebook
Links odds-on to get Glenstrata work
Glencore dominance in super-miner sees Linklaters take pole advice position
Market Analysis
Abroad-minded
UK associates may have to move out if they want to move up, as firms look to add strength in growing economies
When the numbers don’t add up anymore
Redundancies are sweeping the legal industry as firms of all sizes adjust to a world of permanent price pressure - and partners are no longer secure in ivory towers
System change
Budget tracking has become a core part of many in-housers’ roles, and delegates at our recent Portugal summit considered the hi-tech approach
All eyes on energy
The arrival of Texas firm Andrews Kurth in the UK proves how busy the oil and gas market has become. But the sector’s high level of activity has caught the eye of the European Commission
Opinion
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A waste of time and money
Putting up third-rate witnesses could see lawyers hit with wasted costs orders in the Jackson era
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Untangling the great contract net
Judgment sheds light on enforceability of net contribution clauses in consumer contracts, but what of business ones?
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Blackburn FC's defence exposed
Barrister acting for football club over dismissal claim must have known he was onto a loser
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Increasing costs sealed with LIPs
The Big Bang may have proffered the public greater choice, but there is a high price to pay
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Why paying for pupillages is bad for the bar
Auctioning work experience places to the highest bidder is an inherently unfair system
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Women in the law
Nicky Richmond says more needs to be done to keep women in the law, following the prospect of Government targets in the FTSE100.
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Cash alone does not tempt associates
Last year we launched our inaugural City associate attitudes survey. The findings surprised anyone who assumed that junior and mid-level lawyers were obsessed with money; the firms they consistently ranked top were not the stony Wall Street practices but genial internationalists like Baker & McKenzie.
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Learns the lessons of disasters
With global profits should come global corporate responsibility
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Snags in the great legal sell-off
If Whitehall lawyers are to be part of a civil service spin-out, there are state and EU legalities to consider
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Talk is not so cheap for employers
A CoA decision against Commerzbank is a warning that common law contractual rules are alive and kicking
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Avoid DPAs American-style
Before DPAs become law, we should scope out the pitfalls in the US system and learn from them quickly
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A personal 'thank you' to the Boss
Manchester United’s biggest legal fan, Mark Rawlinson, pays tribute to his footballing hero
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Sand bank city: a free enterprise
Abu Dhabi financial free zone means opportunities for common law-qualified lawyers
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Joining the dots of the dotted line
Contracting parties that don’t take advice on which law governs their agreement are asking for trouble
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Can new Act clean up libel law?
New Defamation Act’s demand that claimants prove serious damage first could end the gravy train of McLibels
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When the lovers’ knot unravels
France is to allow gay marriage, but unlike England, its courts are not prepared if the union ends in divorce
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A shortlist of the highest calibre ever
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A revolution in French employment law?
French employment law is set to change, but the proposals have caused dissent and strikes.
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Tough questions to face on trainees
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A touch of steel in the boardroom
Australian boards should put foreign bids under the microscope to avoid a repeat of the Sundance saga
In-House Interviews
Outside track
Taking a radical approach to outsourcing helped Chris Vaughan, GC at infrastructure giant Balfour Beatty, build a legal function fit for a complicated world
Phone ranger
Leading a tiny team at the raging heart of the great 21st century patent war is… tremendous fun, says Nokia litigation boss Richard Vary
ABScape plan
Using the ABS structure to deliver council legal services? Creative thinking indeed, but Lambeth director of governance Mark Hynes is pondering it
The Lawyer Global
Revealed: King & Wood Mallesons' Singaporean merger fallout
King & Wood Mallesons’ year-long merger negotiations with Singaporean firm WongPartnership failed just days before a tie-up was to be announced to the market, The Lawyer can reveal.
Edwards Wildman teams up with M&A boutique Ismen for Turkey launch
US-firm Edwards Wildman is to open an office in Istanbul through an association with Turkish M&A firm Ismen, months after the two firms worked together on a £36m deal.
Herbies strengthens nascent Frankfurt base with Norton Rose hire
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has appointed Norton Rose’s Frankfurt corporate team leader Nico Abel as its second partner for its new German offices.
