Ince energy chief resigns over "irregular financial behaviour"
Marine firm Ince & Co’s global head of energy and offshore has resigned after being suspended over “irregular financial behaviour”.
BLP, White & Case and Wragges advise on Boris's bike hire scheme
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), White & Case and Wragge & Co have acted on the London cycle hire scheme that launched today.
CC's Popham predicts UK firms will enter India within two years
Clifford Chance senior partner Stuart Popham has said he expects UK law firms to have a presence in India within two years, as long as a free trade agreement with the EU is signed.
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Walker Morris hires Hammonds' commercial disputes head
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Clifford Chance and Freshfields act on PartyGaming-bwin merger
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Nokia Siemens hires HP legal chief as general counsel
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Clarke Willmott scraps 2012 training programme
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Appeal court overturns Hildebrand rule in Tchenguiz divorce case
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Hammonds' former London chief joins Howard Kennedy
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Clifford Chance seeks successor to senior partner Popham
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Law firm partner loses retirement age appeal
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IoP backs Law Soc's bid to create paralegal qualification
O’Melveny bags top role on Coller’s Bank of Scotland deal
O’Melveny & Myers secured the prize mandate acting for longstanding client Coller Capital on its acquisition of a majority stake in Bank of Scotland’s private equity business.
Opinion: A simple mediation clause could avoid costly litigation
When dealing with difficult or intransigent disputants, having the ability to use a neutral to facilitate a negotiated settlement can be invaluable.
Focus: Magic Circle work-life balance - Work, rest and fair play
With long hours the norm for most lawyers, achieving a work-life balance can be an uphill task. Should magic circle firms be doing more to help their associates?
A winning bet
General counsel Dominic Bacon thrives on the challenge of building up legal teams from scratch. Andrew Pugh discovers that Bacon’s positive, hands-on approach is highly valued at WorldSpreads
Law firm profile: Arzinger
Ukrainian firm Arzinger was established eight years ago by two former general counsel who became disenchanted with working in-house.
Rock of wages
With Gibraltar’s transition from tax haven to mainstream financial services centre almost complete, Michael Castiel examines the impending changes
Clarke Willmott scraps 2012 training programme
Clarke Willmott has put its trainee recruitment on hold, informing law students that it is not taking applications for its September 2012 intake.
Tulkinghorn: Every loser grins
Tulkinghorn dutifully ignored the wailing and gnashing of teeth that accompanied some minor football tournament in South Africa that seemed to excite so many people these past few weeks.
On The Lawyer.com
This week we uncover the inside track of the Halliwells carve-up and locate who went where. Meanwhile, should magic circle firms do more on associate work-life balance?
Plus: tenancies in the top sets and a bumper report on what’s going on offshore
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Have you had an injury?
Personal injury (PI) lawyers were left reeling at the beginning of the year when Lord Justice Jackson published his proposals on how the litigation model should be reformed to help stem costs (see story).
Top of the Peps 2010
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Editor's weekly: The day finally arrived for BPP
Following years of planning and no doubt a little bit of praying, BPP College of Professional Studies has been named as the UK’s first new private sector university college for more than 30 years .
Two wheels good...
Haven’t you heard? Everyone in London is doing a Johnson and getting on their bike.
