Emma Sadowski

December 02, 2009 | Law.com

Linklaters' highest-paid partner took home 2.5 million pounds ($4.15 million) in the 2008-09 financial year -- a drop of almost 1 million pounds ($1.6 million) from the previous year, according to accounts filed with Companies House last week. The accounts also show that the average number of partners within the firm?s LLP dropped from 368 to 358, while fee earner numbers also decreased marginally, falling from 2,644 in 2008 to 2,626 in 2009.

By Emma Sadowski

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May 30, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

UBS has appointed a trio of in-house staff to fill Peter Kurer's general counsel role while the bank looks for a replacement for Kurer, who was named chairman last month. Global head of compliance Neil Stocks, group legal head and GC for the corporate centre Bernard Schmid and David Aufhauser, global GC for investment banking and GC of UBS Americas, will act as co-general counsels until the bank chooses a replacement.

By Emma Sadowski

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June 13, 2008 | Law.com

The U.K.'s top 100 law firms managed to shake off the effects of the economic downturn to maintain double-digit growth in the fourth quarter of the last financial year, according to research from Deloitte. The organization's quarterly survey found firms saw revenues grow by 12 percent over the period, giving the group an average increase in turnover for the full year of 13.2 percent. The fourth-quarter figures are marginally up on those in the previous quarter.

By Emma Sadowski

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July 09, 2008 | Law.com

Salans is set to strengthen its Asian practice after getting the go-ahead to open a second office in mainland China. Matthias Mueller has been named as managing partner of the new office, which the People's Republic of China's Ministry of Justice awarded Salans a license to open. The new office will advise corporate and institutional clients and will serve as a link to the Commonwealth of Independent States and Central and Eastern Europe regions.

By Emma Sadowski

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March 17, 2009 | New York Law Journal

By Emma Sadowski

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March 20, 2009 | Law.com

Mayer Brown is restructuring its London office, with up to 23 associates and 32 support staff expected to lose their jobs. On top of the cuts, the firm is also instituting a pay freeze for London staff and associates and is asking for trainees due to start at the firm in September 2009 to volunteer to defer until 2010. The firm said the restructuring was part of its strategy moving into 2009 and 2010 in response to the global recession.

By Emma Sadowski and Jeremy Hodges

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March 31, 2009 | New York Law Journal

By Emma Sadowski

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August 07, 2008 | Law.com

Fears that Taylor Wessing's U.K. arm was planning to tap outside investment under the U.K. Legal Services Act (LSA) prompted the firm's French arm to enter breakaway merger talks with U.S. firm Nixon Peabody, Taylor's managing partner, Michael Frawley, said Wednesday. As reported by The Am Law Daily, Taylor's Paris arm launched a claim in the U.S. courts alleging that Nixon Peabody had breached an agreement not to recruit its staff when the merger talks ended last year.

By Emma Sadowski

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June 01, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

In a rare move, Slaughters lends a partner to a bank.

By Charlotte Edmond and Emma Sadowski

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August 20, 2008 | Law.com

Clifford Chance has recruited capital markets partner Rahul Guptan from Indian law firm Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co. Guptan will join Clifford's Singapore arm and India group, bringing the total number of lawyers in the group to 195 across the firm's international offices. The hire follows the Magic Circle firm's launch of a securities and capital markets group in Singapore at the beginning of the year.

By Emma Sadowski

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