The Lawyer
1 March 2010
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John Davies: Thring Townsend Lee & Pembertons
1 March 2010
What’s your favourite restaurant? The Vine Tree in Foxley.
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A&O defector keeps entire Mannheim complement
1 March 2010
The Allen & Overy (A&O) German IP litigation partner leaving the firm to launch Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges’ first Continental Europe outpost is taking over the magic circle firm’s entire office.
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Beachcroft hikes health with Eversheds lateral
1 March 2010
Beachcroft has raided Eversheds for public sector real estate partner Eve Gregory in a move designed to bolster the firm’s health practice further.
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BLG, LG and Norton Rose set to shift BMW pension liabilities
1 March 2010
Barlow Lyde & Gilbert (BLG), LG and Norton Rose have won roles on the transfer of £3bn of pension liabilities from BMW’s pension scheme to Abbey Life Assurance Company.
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BLG's Dedman walks in Bond Pearce move
1 March 2010
Former Barlow Lyde & Gilbert (BLG) senior partner Richard Dedman is set to join Bond Pearce in a notable coup for the national firm.
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Cleary’s City strategy comes under scrutiny following partner reshuffle
1 March 2010
As the US firm loses two partners, Gavriel Hollander examines its London role
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Dechert recruits William Fry partner for Dublin base
1 March 2010
Dechert has ended its hunt for a partner to launch its office in Dublin, hiring William Fry funds partner Declan O’Sullivan.
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Dentons powers up nuclear capability
1 March 2010
Denton Wilde Sapte has hired two leading nuclear specialists from Hammonds who will bring with them tier 1 clients in the nuclear sector.
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DLA Gulf partner in A&O comeback
1 March 2010
The partner due to head DLA Piper’s Middle East finance practice has left after just a year as local senior partners are seconded to Australia.
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DLA reinforces Scottish construction team
1 March 2010
DLA Piper has appointed former McGrigors partner Gareth Parry as the new head of its Scottish construction and engineering group.
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Dubai or not Dubai?
1 March 2010
Dubai’s position as the Middle East’s legal hub is under pressure from Abu Dhabi, Qatar and Saudi. Luke McLeod-Roberts asks leading lawyers in the region for their opinions as to the shape of things to come
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Edwards Angell relocates in City
1 March 2010
Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge has announced that it will relocate to a new London office in June following the expansion of its presence in the City.
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Eversheds solicitor advocate takes silk
1 March 2010
Four women across the top 10 commercial and chancery sets were awarded silk on Friday (26 February), with Eversheds partner Marcus Trinick the only solicitor-advocate to be made up.
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Ex-Links man joins pal at headhunters
1 March 2010
Former Linklaters emerging markets head Nick Eastwell has joined legal headhunters SR Search as a senior adviser.
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FFW, Olswang tune in for launch of TV production joint venture
1 March 2010
Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW) and Olswang have grabbed starring roles on a tie-up between NBC Universal and Working Title Films to create a new television production company.
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Firestone Duncan founder flees Russia amid alleged government conspiracy
1 March 2010
The managing partner of a Moscow law firm has fled Russia over fears he is being targeted by the same people he claims are responsible for the death of one of his partners.
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Focus: Barlow Lyde & Gilbert - Jekyll and Lyde
1 March 2010
Despite its top-end insurance reputation, BLG has floundered for a decade. Now the new management team is getting tough
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Hammonds Direct loses case against former partner
1 March 2010
The former partners of Hammonds’ failed volume business Hammonds Direct are continuing to pursue their claim against partner Stephen York, despite a recent judgment finding in his favour.
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Is Howrey in for another ‘lumpy’ ride?
1 March 2010
?Howrey chair Bob Ruyak is shrugging off an ’unpredictable’ 12 months and looking ahead
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Lawn Tennis Association nets legal head from Rugby Football
1 March 2010
The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) has appointed Karen Neale, one of the senior lawyers at the Rugby Football Union (RFU), as its new head of legal.
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Lovells drives through LVG sale for Kelso
1 March 2010
Lovells has advised private equity house Kelso Place Asset Management on its acquisition of a company that owns a driving school just days after it went into administration.
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Olswang begins senior management elections
1 March 2010
Olswang kicked off the elections for all its senior management positions last month, with an email from HR director Ffion Griffith to the firm’s partnership signalling the start of the process.
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One Essex Ct vs Herbies: back from the brink
1 March 2010
Crisis talks over unpaid fees rescue litigation titans’ relationship
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Opinion: The ins and outs of the football creditor rule
1 March 2010
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) seems more interested in football than the average punter. There are currently challenges to agents’ payments (both for VAT and PAYE), to image rights structures and to testimonial receipts.
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Parr on course to head Links’ corporate dept
1 March 2010
Jeremy Parr is set to take over as Linklaters corporate head when David Barnes stands down in April.
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Paul Hastings revels in City disputes advancement
1 March 2010
?A year after Paul Hastings made one of the boldest group hires in a very long time, the fruits of its seven-partner raid on Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft is there for all the market to see.
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PCB Litigation
1 March 2010
Very few firms can say they posted a 40 per cent rise in fee income last year, but one can.
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People moves
1 March 2010
?Berwin Leighton Paisner has snared a PR and marketing guru to drive its marketing strategy.
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Raising the bar
1 March 2010
If you had 40 managing partners in the same room, most of them would regard it as an extended therapy session.
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Record player: Chris Ancliff, Warner Music Group
1 March 2010
As international GC for one of the world’s largest record companies, Chris Ancliff has his hands full fighting to protect the music industry.
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Sandhurst course shows BLP trainees the ups and downs of a life in law
1 March 2010
It’s early morning at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) and a platoon of officer cadets in full uniform charges past a group of nervous-looking Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) trainees.
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Slaughters moves further ahead in FTSE client race
1 March 2010
Slaughter and May has extended its lead at the top of the latest ranking of advisers to FTSE100 companies, with the firm becoming the first to have more than 30 clients among the top tier of listed companies.
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Taylor Wessing advises esure on £185m Lloyds buyout
1 March 2010
Taylor Wessing has fielded a seven-partner deal team on its mandate to advise longstanding client esure on the motor insurance group’s £185m private equity-backed management buyout from Lloyds Banking Group.
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The best of the bar get set for post-LSA world at The Lawyer bar lunch
1 March 2010
With the bar in a state of rapid change, clerks last week (23 February) welcomed the opportunity to escape for a few hours to chew the fat with their contemporaries at an event hosted by The Lawyer.
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Tightening up loose lips
1 March 2010
As the number of public sector data protection breaches continues to rise, the Government has decided it’s time to get tough.
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Tulkinghorn: Lovely bubbly
1 March 2010
Tulkinghorn was left craving his regular evening tipple of Bollinger last week after the partners at Olswang caused a run on the glug in Holborn.
