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The market for legal services will never be the same again. Mergers, alternative business structures, multi-disciplinary practices, law firm failures, onshoring, offshoring and the continual…

The beautiful game: Cleary advises Inter Milan on sale of 70% stake to Indonesian tycoons

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One of Italy’s most successful football teams, Inter Milan, has turned to Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton as it becomes the…

Training for tomorrow – SRA outlines outcomes-focused approach to legal education

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‘While the current education and training system has served us well, technology, changing consumer demands and the regulatory system itself…

Coming of age: Mishcon’s inaugural management elections see Gold voted in

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If formal management elections are a sign of a firm coming of age then Mishcon de Reya, the second fastest…

BPO – Wragges transfers 65 support staff to Intelligent Office as 26 staff take redundancy

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Following an extensive review of its legal support services in May, Wragge & Co has made 26 full time equivalent (FTE)…

Key real estate and construction hires for Macfarlanes, Taylor Wessing and Withers

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Property and construction lawyers are taking advantage of being back in vogue with a number of high profile moves in…

Regulatory squeeze – JP Morgan sees rare loss after setting aside $9.2bn in legal fees

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As if any reminder was needed of the impact that increased regulation and the continuing fallout from the financial crisis…

Guest blog – Innovation in law: are you one of us?

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Debates about innovation in law can be a bit tribal. The Creative Destroyers decry the billable hour. They mock Big…

Death knell for judge-led inquiries? Lord Leveson refuses to be drawn on MPs’ questions

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It is not difficult to see why Lord Leveson’s refusal to assist MPs with their latest questions over the future of…

Jones Day’s EMEA private equity ambitions grow with hire of BLP’s Weir and McKeeve

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Recognised as a strong choice for UK mid-market buyouts and cross-border transactions, Jones Day’s London private equity team has expansive ambitions with the…

Strategic hires: Field Fisher head of privacy to join Hogan Lovells but held to 19 month notice period

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Hogan Lovells has moved to significantly boost its European privacy capability with the hire of Field Fisher Waterhouse group head Eduardo Ustaran…

Latham, Matheson, Davis Polk and Arthur Cox close $8.5bn Actavis Warner Chilcott acquisition after competition fears

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Despite fears that the US federal regulator would block pharma giant Actavis Inc’s $8.5bn acquisition of Dublin-based Warner Chilcott the…

Regulatory upheaval: MoJ reshuffle leaves reforms uncertain as LSB drops Herbert Smith for judicial review

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The future of regulatory reform of the legal sector appears to be hanging in the balance as justice minister Helen…

Increased scrutiny of finances by insurers as 185 firms fail to get PII by first cut off

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Insurers are joining banks in upping their scrutiny of law firm finances in light of recent insolvencies as 185 law firms…

Guest blog – In the small print: Huge shake up in UK bribery enforcement, US style whistleblowing & UK False Claims Act

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Buried in the small print and missed by many in the hullabaloo surrounding the launch of the new UK National Crime…

Leadership: Wragge & Co’s Metcalfe steps down as Fennell steps up

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Ian Metcalfe’s eight year stewardship of Wragge & Co as managing partner is to come to an end in April next…

IBA 2013: ‘We need to be the tip of the spear’ – the global anti-corruption push is gathering pace

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With a packed programme at the International Bar Association’s (IBA) annual conference in Boston, working out which of the many…

US/UK hires: Mayer Brown boosts London securitisation team as Herbert Smith hires New York financial services litigator

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Mayer Brown is boosting its English law securitisation capability with the hire of former Mayer Brown lawyer Richard Todd, who…

Panel win: £15bn Pension Protection Fund reveals new line up

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Labelled one of the most important institutions in the pensions industry with £15bn of assets under management, the Pension Protection Fund…

Comment: The mindset for 21st century law – be optimistic and afraid and you’ll do fine

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A law firm pumps out marketing bumpf about how awesome it is and it is received – with ample justification…