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The Business
Mark McAteer reports on why now is a good time for US firms
to pick up young stars in key practice areas, plus market-leading analysis on the month’s top stories

The National
Two regional social housing specialists collaborate to take on the national heavyweights. Plus, Weightmans wins its sixth major local government panel appointment in a year image

The Client profile
ITV’s innovative group legal director Andrew Garard reveals why he is determined to abolish the billable hour and drive greater collaboration between in-house legal departments
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LB Global 100
After two years, the global market’s recovery is under way. In a special report, the LB team look to the future for the world’s 100 largest firms Read more...

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The ultimate partner moves
and our special Job of the
Month section

Pritchard
The new age of austerity

The Forum
A global economic forecast

The Last Word
Howard Kennedy’s Brian Eagles
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Front Rowe

Mark McAteer meets Shoosmiths’ Claire Rowe a year after she took over the chief executive role in challenging circumstances, and assesses whether she has begun to reverse the fortunes of a firm that had been rocked by two years of poor financials and a difficult restructuring Read more...

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Home rule

International firms may have seen dollar signs when they began opening offices in Romania, but the reality has been much more difficult. Anthony Notaras reports on how foreign firms are struggling to cope with
an economy in flux and fiercely competitive domestic rivals
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Voyage of discovery

A traditionally conservative market, portugal has suffered more than most in the global meltdown but, as Julian Matteucci finds out, Lisbon’s leading firms are drawing on the nation’s golden age of exploration to discover new opportunities in Brazil and other ex-colonies across lusophone Africa Read more...

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