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Tribunal rules against Travers in pregnancy discrimination case

17-May-2013 | By Joanne Harris

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.

London

A&O keeps associate salaries static after breaking trainee pay freeze

17-May-2013 | By Joshua Freedman

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.

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Mini pupillage becomes work experience in private school auction row

17-May-2013 | By Lucy Burton

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.

Manchester

Irwin Mitchell closes in on £200m turnover

17-May-2013 | By Hannah Gannage-Stewart

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.

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Eversheds launches in Beijing with Morgan Lewis and Uria hires

17-May-2013 | By Hannah Gannage-Stewart

Eversheds is set to open its Beijing office with two new hires.

London

Speechly Bircham and Withers merger vote just days away

17-May-2013 | By Natalie Stanton

Withers and Speechly Bircham will vote next week on whether the two firms should merge to create a £170m firm, The Lawyer has learned.

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Revealed: King & Wood Mallesons' Singaporean merger fallout

17-May-2013 | By Yun Kriegler

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.

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Irwin Mitchell loses Saudi prince state immunity appeal

16-May-2013 | By Katy Dowell

The Court of Appeal (CoA) has thrown out an appeal by two Saudi princes who wanted a case against them be heard behind closed doors.

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Edwards Wildman teams up with M&A boutique Ismen for Turkey launch

16-May-2013 | By Lucy Burton

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.

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Linklaters, Clifford Chance power up for oil majors investigation

16-May-2013 | By Matt Byrne

Magic circle firms Linklaters and Clifford Chance have been instructed by two of the oil majors that faced dawn raids by the European Commission this week.

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The known unknowns

13-May-2013 | By Lucy Burton

A surprising number of UK associates haven’t even heard of the top US firms in London. Our survey reveals their attitudes

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Tonic for the troops

13-May-2013 | By Natalie Stanton

Law firms often appear to focus their training efforts on the newbies to the legal profession, but increasingly programmes target mid-level associates

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Tech flight: April deals roundup

13-May-2013 | By Joshua Freedman

IT was the place to be in April, with Shearman involved in the sale of the ‘Chinese Twitter’ and Hogan Lovells in on the biggest corporate bond offering the world has ever seen, at Apple

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Look both ways

13-May-2013 | By Yun Kriegler

Chinese firms are pushing ahead with international expansion as equally important internal changes are being played out

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In it to win it

7-May-2013

Firms shortlisted for The Lawyer Awards upped their game in a grim market, with imagination and hard work the watchwords

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