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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.
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.
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.
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.
Eversheds launches in Beijing with Morgan Lewis and Uria hires
Eversheds is set to open its Beijing office with two new hires.
Speechly Bircham and Withers merger vote just days away
Withers and Speechly Bircham will vote next week on whether the two firms should merge to create a £170m firm, The Lawyer has learned.
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
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
Market force
Russia is an attractive proposition for institutional investors at the moment, with a boom in bond issuances
Magic realism
International firms are jostling for position with local players in a packed legal market, but the UK magic circle still dominates
