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Ports in a storm – Can Ince get back on course?

Once a leading player in marine and insurance work, Ince & Co has been hit by discord and an ailing…

‘We have enough of a say’: Squire’s Peter Crossley on retirement, leadership and the US

Victoria Young talks to the long-serving Europe and Middle East managing partner When Legal Business last profiled Squire Patton Boggs’…

Set in stone – testing time for mid-tier sets as elite London sets tighten their grip

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The demise of 11 Stone Buildings last summer sparked claims within the Bar that others would face the same fate.…

Client profile: Oscar Grut, The Economist

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The international news outlet’s long-serving GC discusses the company’s buy-back move and its digital ventures It was third time lucky…

Less bark, more bite – competition to the fore as tougher enforcement arrives

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New legislation and a tougher outlook from regulators has competition partners salivating, but the old guard maintain their dominance in…

Lost in translation – can regulators respond to the rise of in-house?

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As the SRA prepares to overhaul its handbook, we ask whether its new focus on in-house will be enough to…

Life During Law: Stephen Paget-Brown, Travers Smith

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My career couldn’t be better. Nice work, nice clients, good money… The culture of this firm lends itself to being…

Sophisticated spending – Managing the costs of high-stakes litigation

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Foreword The rate of change affecting litigation costs is alarming when the rumours and policy proposals are conflated with the…

Middle Eastern resilience

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JLegal’s Richard McLerie discusses the region’s legal market. Over the past 12 months, the region has endured a period punctuated…

Key legislative developments in the UAE

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Afridi & Angell’s James Bowden highlights four of the latest legal updates. In the past year the UAE saw an…

Ropes continues City buyout push with hire of Travers star Helen Croke

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Having landed Travers Smith private equity veteran Phil Sanderson in 2014, top 50 US law firm Ropes & Gray has…

Sidley secures TowerBrook work despite K&E charm offensive

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After a high-profile tussle and one of the biggest team hires in the City, Sidley Austin has secured the corporate…

Bumper pay hike for newly qualifieds at Freshfields as firm folds bonus into salary

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Newly qualified solicitors at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have an extra £17,500 in their pay packets this year after the firm…

News in brief – May 2016

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FRESHFIELDS PLANS VANCOUVER HUB After launching a nearshoring office in Manchester, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is planning to open another outpost…

Deal watch: Corporate activity in April 2016

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FORSTERS AND SLAUGHTERS LEAD ON TATA STEEL SELL OFF Forsters and Slaughter and May acted on Greybull Capital’s rescue deal…

Bristows picks Savvides as joint managing partner two years after his hire

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TMT specialist Bristows has elected IP litigator Theo Savvides as its joint managing partner, less than two years after he…

Associate pay: Slaughter and May releases muted salary increases

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Slaughter and May has released underwhelming associate salary increases, ranging between 2% and 5%, following its annual pay review.

Clyde & Co advises Liberty on bid for Tata Steel’s UK assets

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Clyde & Co is advising global metals group Liberty House in its bid to acquire Tata Steel’s UK assets. Liberty…

ARBITRATION: Excellence in international arbitration

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International arbitration as a method of dispute resolution is constantly growing in complexity and sophistication, and has become a universally-respected…

Eight already depart KWM partnership as European restructuring kicks in

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Eight City-based lawyers have left the partnership at King & Wood Mallesons as part of a restructuring that will see up…