The Lawyer
25 August 2008
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Bevan Brittan chief exec voted out; new profit plan
28-Aug-2008
Bevan Brittan’s Stuart Whitfield is to be replaced as chief executive and replaced by non-lawyer Andrew Manning after the partnership voted him out of the position.
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BLP hires Barclays banker for finance push
26-Aug-2008
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) is looking to bulk up its finance client list with the hire of former Barclays banker Peter Harvey as a consultant.
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Cadwalader's Beijing head defects to A&O
26-Aug-2008
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft has suffered its first partner defection since it laid off 96 people in July (as reported by The Lawyer 30 July).
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Dentons aviation partner to retrain as pilot
27-Aug-2008
A Denton Wilde Sapte aviation partner is leaving the law to work as a commercial pilot after 12 years at the City firm.
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DLA Piper raids Thelen Reid for eight-partner team
26-Aug-2008
DLA Piper has launched an eight-partner raid on US firm Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner in a bid to bolster its real estate and structured finance practice.
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eLearning vs traditional instructor-led training
26-Aug-2008
Staff training and development is a necessary element of any industry but its role within the legal profession is paramount.
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Field Fisher boosts IP disputes with DLA hire
28-Aug-2008
DLA Piper has been hit by the loss of an IT litigator less than a month after making five redundant in its technology, media and communications group.
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Go East
29-Aug-2008
Go East29-August-2008Unless you’ve spent 2008 working in a box in the stationary cupboard, you’ll have noticed that firms are banking on emerging markets to get them through the credit crunch - key among those markets is the Middle East.
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Heller Ehrman in merger talks with Mayer Brown
29-Aug-2008
US firm Heller Ehrman is understood to be in talks with Mayer Brown, just two weeks after the collapse of Heller’s talks with Baker & McKenzie.
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Knowles seeks new term as DLA chief
28-Aug-2008
DLA Piper chief executive Nigel Knowles is bidding to extend his leadership of the firm until 2012 and will stand for re-election at the end of the year.
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Manchester firm follows non-doms to Switzerland
27-Aug-2008
Manchester tax and estates firm Lane-Smith & Shindler is opening an office in Zurich in a bid to attract non-doms who may leave the UK as a result of future tax changes.
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McCartney divorce makes Shackleton a household name
28-Aug-2008
Payne Hicks Beach divorce partner Fiona Shackleton has stolen the title of highest-profile lawyer from her Mishcon de Reya rival Anthony Julius.
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News Corp appoints European legal chief
27-Aug-2008
Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has transferred one of its most senior lawyers from New York to London to take on the role of European and Asian legal chief.
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Orrick taps Mayer Brown for restructuring push
26-Aug-2008
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has hired Mayer Brown's global restructuring, bankruptcy and insolvency co-chair for its New York office.
