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Guest post: Notes from the frontline of Grayling Day – ‘The whole system is in revolt’

At Friday’s ‘Grayling Day’ demonstration in London, chairman of the Criminal Bar Association Nigel Lithman QC told the audience that…

Nabarro bolsters City disputes capability with DLA IT litigation head hire

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Top 30 LB100 firm Nabarro has bolstered its City disputes capability with the addition of DLA Piper’s IT litigation head Lee Gluyas.…

Last chance saloon – criminal Bar stage major protest against final legal aid reform package

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Resentment against the Government’s final package of legal aid cuts has reached new heights as hundreds of criminal barristers and…

Clydes, Kennedys and Auntie Beeb latest to back legal apprenticeship drive

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Today (7 March) marks the end of the 7th National Apprenticeship Week, an initiative coordinated by the National Apprenticeship Service,…

‘We’re flat out – our strategy won’t change’ – Tinkler on CC’s private equity playbook

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In mid-February, Latham & Watkins confirmed its third London private equity partner hire from Clifford Chance (CC), with Kem Ihenacho set…

FBI and Manhattan DA charge four former Dewey managers with fraud

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The long-running investigation into the collapse of Dewey & LeBoeuf shifted up a notch today with the announcement that three…

Orrick duo join DLA Piper to bolster financial regulatory team

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DLA Piper has bolstered its London financial regulatory capability with the appointment of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe duo Tony Katz and…

Magic Circle leadership: Slaughters appoints Ryde and McClean as head of corporate and finance

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In a week that has seen Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer appoint firm lifer Julian Long as London managing partner, Slaughter and May today announced…

Pfizer maintains business-as-usual for legal alliance as Rosenthal latest GC to depart

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It was recognised at its 2009 inception as the most radical attempt to carve up the way bluechips instruct their…

Comment: Ambition and culture – the key tests CC’s deal team must pass

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First, the case for the defence. Given that private equity partners gossip like fishwives, you can be somewhat sceptical over…

Freshfields lifer Julian Long takes over from Rawlinson as London managing partner

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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has named current London corporate head and Freshfields lifer Julian Long as its new London managing partner, taking…

Sole adviser: Eversheds wins Tyco-style primary legal services contract with IATA across 158 countries

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Building on the success of its game changing multi-million pound annual retainer with Tyco International, Eversheds has won its largest-ever primary…

PwC forms new law firm in Canada one month after obtaining ABS status

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In the first major development since PricewaterhouseCoopers last month received authorisation from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to become an alternative…

After South Africa, Hogan Lovells launches nearshoring venture in Birmingham

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Following Hogan Lovells announcement at the start of February that it is setting up a business process outsourcing centre in South…

Comment: Paradigm shift vs recession – responding to a sceptical reader

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We recently posted a comment piece addressing the issue of whether the forces impacting on the legal market represent a permanent…

Sochi over, the World Anti-Doping Agency brings in new GC as it looks to tougher 2015 code

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As the excitement surrounding the successful albeit controversial Winter Olympics 2014 in Sochi fades, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will…

US merger talks: Patton Boggs and Squire Sanders confirm ‘early’ discussions

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Washington-based Patton Boggs and transatlantic top 40 Global 100 firm Squire Sanders are in preliminary merger talks, the firms confirmed to Legal…

‘Worst fears confirmed’ as Grayling announces final legal aid reform package

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There was never likely to be much compromise and so it proved. The Government today (27 February) confirmed its final…

RBS litigation: Bird & Bird’s head of dispute resolution criticised for £500m fluctuation in value of claim

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The highly complex Royal Bank of Scotland 2008 rights issue litigation has seen Bird & Bird’s dispute resolution head Steven Baker…

Making a splash – partners from Shearman, Covington and Jones Day join breakaway Freshfields arbitration boutique

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As brand new start-ups go, the Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer-breakaway arbitration boutique set up by heavyweight arbitrators Constantine Partasides, Paris-based Georgias Petrochilos…