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The Business
Mark McAteer reports on the need to think internationally when it comes to electing new management, plus market-leading analysis on the month’s top stories

The National
Maria Jackson reports on Eversheds’ Norwich office closure and cutbacks. Plus, Dundee’s Blackadders is forced to slash jobs, while BLP establishes a corporate and financial crime group image
The Client
The Woolf report on BAE will help to realign reputation and reality, claims GC Philip Bramwell

The Client profile
Christopher Arnull ensures KPMG’s client contracts are watertight
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Breaking the habit
Due to the combination of high stress and big money, substance abuse in law firms is growing. Anastasia Hancock reports Read more...

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

Pritchard
Slaughter and May acts global

The Forum
The partnership ethos is strong

The Last Word
Scott Burns of Brown Rudnick is in the picture for hedge funds
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Age against the machine

Retiring from partnership is a dramatic change of pace to which many find it difficult to adjust. Anthony Notaras looks at how firms can help partners prepare for a life after law Read more...




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Top of their games

The international spotlight continues to fall on China, and firms are flooding into the market to vie with domestic outfits for gold-medal talent. Steve Hall weighs up the competition Read more...





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Weathering the storm

As the credit crunch darkens the horizon, offshore firms are confident they can emerge with minimum damage. Alan Lamb asks if this optimism also extends to the renewed onslaught on ‘tax havens’ Read more...