Leading Birmingham set St Philips Chambers expanded into the City last week, opening in the heart of Bloomsbury on Tuesday (1 October) as it also seeks to finalise its merger with Chancery House Chambers in Leeds. Already noted by The Legal 500 as a competitor to London sets owing to its ‘strength and depth’, St Philips, …
Labelled one of the most important institutions in the pensions industry with £15bn of assets under management, the Pension Protection Fund yesterday (7 October) announced its new slimmed down legal panel, with Wragge & Co winning a first time appointment for the body as one of three core advisers. International firms Clyde & Co and Dentons also …
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The in-house legal profession grew by 137% between 2001 and 2011 and with that growth has come new issues of succession and sustainability for legal teams; issues that are already being addressed at 02. While law firms undoubtedly rely too much on the pyramid model, in-house teams have traditionally been too flat, reliant on recruiting …
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Set against the wider backdrop of its global managing partner contest, Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance has re-elected Jeremy Sandelson as global head of the firm’s litigation and dispute resolution practice in an uncontested election. Having been in the role since 2009, Sandelson will serve a second four-year term. His pedigree in management with the firm …
The single-supplier legal advisory model appears to be gaining traction as Pinsent Masons has won its second exclusive fixed-fee contract this year, with energy giant E.ON appointing the firm as sole legal advisor for general matters, a first in the energy sector. The terms of the arrangement mean E.ON’s UK legal function will reduce its roster …
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Surprise surrounding last week’s announcement that Hogan Lovells’ 30-lawyer Berlin arm is leaving to launch a German law practice for Morrison & Foerster has been compounded by the indications that local TMT partner Christoph Wagner was earlier asked to leave the firm for publicly criticising a client. The decision by the 2,527-lawyer Anglo/American firm came …
The race to fill the shoes of Clifford Chance (CC)’s longstanding global managing partner David Childs has reached a decisive stage, with the initially reluctant Matthew Layton widely cited as the favourite as the firm takes soundings on potential candidates. Layton is widely tipped to be running alongside three other likely candidates: Paris-based office managing …
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The relationship between barrister and clerk has long outgrown its traditional master-and-servant image as the reputation of clerks has evolved. Legal Business goes behind closed doors into the elusive world of clerking. It’s a typically busy morning for the senior clerk at a well-known civil set of chambers. Piles of paperwork cover the desk and …
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The race to fill the shoes of Clifford Chance (CC)’s longstanding global managing partner David Childs has reached a decisive stage, with the initially reluctant Matthew Layton widely cited as the favourite as the firm takes soundings on potential candidates. Layton is widely tipped to be running alongside three other likely candidates: Paris-based office managing …
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In-house promotions and moves often have a domino effect across the wider legal function and Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) is no exception. The major British financial institution has recently announced that former corporate M&A head Hugh Pugsley will take over as general counsel (GC) for group legal from Kate Cheetham, who was promoted to deputy …
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