Jeremy Hodges

August 20, 2009 | Law.com

The NHS Litigation Authority, which oversees all clinical negligence claims across the English National Health Service, revealed that total legal costs for the year in cases where damages were paid out reached 143.3 million pounds, of which only 39.7 million pounds went to firms on the NHSLA's panel of defense solicitors. The remaining 103.6 million pounds related to costs claimed by claimant lawyers.

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March 17, 2010 | Law.com

Dewey & LeBoeuf has named litigator Peter Sharp as the head of its London office. Sharp's appointment marks the first time the firm has had an office head in the city since the 2007 merger of Dewey Ballantine and LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae. The firm decided to discard the local managing partner role in 2007 following a post-merger review carried out by management consultancy McKinsey. The London heads at the two firms returned to full-time fee earning in the wake of the merger.

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May 20, 2008 | Law.com

Quinn Emanuel has signed up Queen's Counsel Sue Prevezer from the London arm of rival U.S. firm Bingham McCutchen. Prevezer joined Bingham's financial restructuring and litigation group last year after switching from top commercial set Essex Court Chambers. She has represented clients in a range of domestic and cross-border fraud claims and money laundering disputes. The news marks the second hire in as many weeks for the litigation specialist's burgeoning London arm.

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April 29, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

National trio Halliwells, Beachcroft and Pinsent Masons are among the firms to have scored spots on the new panel of legal advisers drawn up by Manchester United. The panel is the first of its kind at the football club, with the appointments taking effect as of Thursday. Although not formally selected for the panel, Magic Circle firm Allen & Overy will continue to act as the club's main corporate adviser.

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July 23, 2008 | Law.com

Covington & Burling is to make its first foray into the Asian market with the launch of an office in Beijing Wednesday. Covington received a license to practice from the Chinese government on July 5. The opening represents the firm's sixth office and its third outside of the U.S., with other bases in London and Brussels. Former management committee chair Stuart Stock will head up the office along with former Warner Bros. executive Ellen Eliasoph and Cao Yu from local firm Haiwen & Partners.

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May 27, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

It's going to be a taxing (but regal) job: The appointment of new RBS general counsel Chris Campbell came as the bank announced pretax losses of $5.4 billion for the last financial year.

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August 08, 2008 | Law.com

Linklaters has scored a high-profile partner win in the U.S., bringing in the director of the Federal Trade Commission's competition bureau in New York. Jeffrey Schmidt, whose name has been linked with Linklaters for about six months, is set to join the New York office on Oct. 1 as a partner in the competition group. Schmidt's hiring is the latest indication of the Magic Circle firm's commitment to expanding its presence in the United States.

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March 12, 2009 | New York Law Journal

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May 13, 2008 | Law.com

Herbert Smith has unveiled a record-breaking financial year, with profits per equity partner smashing the 1 million pound barrier on the back of a 25 percent surge in turnover. Revenue at the U.K. heavyweight jumped by a quarter, from 324 million pounds ($630.8 million) in 2006-07 to 417.5 million pounds ($812.9 million) for the most recent financial year. PEP, meanwhile, also grew by 25 percent from 820,000 pounds to 1.02 million pounds ($2 million).

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January 08, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

Nabarro has sealed its first major lateral hire of the year, bringing in the head of Dechert's real estate and finance group, Ciaran Carvalho.

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