Hammonds posts 9 per cent drop in PEP
Hammonds' average profit per equity partner (PEP) plummeted by £37,000 in the past financial year while global turnover saw a 3.4 per cent rise to £132m.
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Jeantet scores LVMH victory against Ebay
02-Jul-2008French firm Jeantet Associés has scored a €40m win for retailer LVMH after a French court ruled that auction site Ebay failed to block the sale of counterfeit LVMH goods.
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Bar Council slams BBC drama; series writer responds
03-Jul-2008A row has broken out between the Bar Council and a television writer over the BBC courtroom drama, Criminal Justice.
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Lovells promotes 82 to senior associate
Lovells advises ParalympicsGB on McCartney ad
Bakers raises City pay and makes promotions
Singing cowboy joins Orrick as IP partner
Blake Lapthorn raids ASB for City family push
Hunton raids Akin Gump; launches in San Fran
Shadbolt & Co rebrands as ‘Shadbolt/Law’
Travers latest to make LLP switch
Hogan & Hartson launches in Abu Dhabi
Dickson Minto and Willkie Farr sign alliance
Davis Polk promotes six to partner; one in City
Keeping up appearances
Six more regional firms are making redundancies in their residential conveyancing teams as the ongoing property slump continues to impact on the legal sector.
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David Thomson: Silverstone
30-June-2008This weekend's British Grand Prix finds Silverstone's legal director David Thomson raring to go. But competition from Donington means the legendary circuit is battling to keep the race.
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Together we can do our bit to address climate change
Law firms across the UK are responding to worldwide concern about the effects of climate change. Meaningful action, innovation and collaboration is expected from the business community, and law firms must play their part.
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Is anybody there? The boutiques willing to take on the City banks
The Lawyer's revelation last week (23 June) that JPMorgan had banned Linklaters from its panel because of its role acting for Barclays in suing Bear Stearns has stunned the City.
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Today's Top of the PEPs gives Hammonds two of out of three for strategy, while Simmons & Simmons gets top marks. Plus: Baker & McKenzie has virtually frozen associate salaries; reader comment is coming in fast on the Ebay fashion row; and what the northern office of an international firm looks like to our man inside.
Payback time for global firms
The Lawyer Awards last week (24 June) belonged to Freshfields in a big way. It won Law Firm of the Year for its comeback, and for setting the pace within the magic circle - some achievement given its couple of painful years of restructuring.
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Why no debt pays off for K&L Gates
As expected, the partners at Carolina firm Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman voted unanimously in favour of joining forces with K&L Gates. The vote of the partners at the larger firm was equally positive. Click here
Top of the PEPs 2008: financial results as they happen
The financial results season has never been so eagerly awaited. How have firms been affected by the credit crisis? Who’s up, and who’s down? Our rolling blog on the financial results reveals all. Click here.
Definitive analysis of the strategies of the world's leading transactional law firms.
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03-July-2008
The next time you're searching for a Louis Vuitton handbag or Christian Dior perfume on eBay - if that's what you're into - take a close look at what you're buying. Read more »
CC targets corporate fraud with RJW ace
Clifford Chance has ramped up its white-collar crime capabilities with the hire of Russell Jones & Walker (RJW) financial fraud star Judith Seddon.
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