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April 15, 2013 | International Edition

Nabarro has made up eight lawyers in its latest partner promotions round, with the firm's City arm seeing the bulk of promotions. The promotions are split across the firm's construction, real estate, tax, corporate and disputes practices in London and Sheffield.

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April 15, 2013 | International Edition

Former Nabarro senior partner Simon Johnston has taken up a new role as deputy chairman at UK designer outlet group McArthurGlen. The position, which is a newly created executive post, has seen Johnston leave Nabarro to join McArthurGlen's London office. He started in the role last week after stepping down as Nabarro senior partner at the end of last year.

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April 15, 2013 | International Edition

Former Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer senior partner Konstantin Mettenheimer is leaving the firm to join private banking and asset management group Edmond de Rothschild. Mettenheimer, who is joining Rothschild as Germany chairman, was Freshfields' global co-senior partner from 2004 to 2010. He first held the joint role alongside Anthony Salz from 2004 to 2006, and then Guy Morton from 2006 to 2011.

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April 14, 2013 | International Edition

DP World, Hadef & Partners and Herbert Smith Freehills are among the entrants to be shortlisted as Legal Week unveils the nominations for the second annual Corporate Counsel Middle East Awards. Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance and Clyde & Co are among the firms battling it out for international law firm of the year, with the winner due to be announced at a ceremony held at Dubai's Westin Dubai Mina Seyahi on 16 May.

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April 11, 2013 | International Edition

CMS Cameron McKenna has overhauled its partnership structure, speeding up the time it takes for junior partners to join the equity and allowing them to progress more quickly through the lockstep once there. The firm has scrapped its salaried partner rank to create a two-tier partnership comprising fixed-share and full-equity partners, with the overhaul set to see around 65 salaried partners (currently known as office partners) putting in capital to join a single 75-strong fixed-share rank.

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April 11, 2013 | International Edition

Male lawyers are earning roughly a third more than their female counterparts despite a growing focus by law firms on gender diversity, according to a new Law Society study of 2012 pay levels. The research, which analysed pay data from 633 individuals working full-time in private practice, found the average salary for a qualified male lawyer of any level stood at £60,000 compared with £44,000 for women. The disparity increased with pay grade, with the top-earning quartile of all male lawyers surveyed paid at least £95,000 – 46% more than their female counterparts, who took home a minimum of £65,000.

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April 11, 2013 | International Edition

Allen & Overy (A&O) has made up 19 lawyers in its latest promotions round, including six in the magic circle firm's London office. The City base has seen Charles Yorke made up in tax, while Jeffrey Sullivan, Kevin Young and Sara Pickersgirll have been promoted in the arbitration, banking and corporate practices respectively, alongside international capital markets duo Theo Trayhurn and Tom Grant.

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April 10, 2013 | International Edition

Berrymans Lace Mawer has made up 17 lawyers in its partnership round this year, almost double the number promoted in 2012. The promotions have seen seven partners made up in the insurance firm's London office, with two new partners in the professional indemnity practice and one in healthcare, alongside four promoted in personal injury.

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April 10, 2013 | International Edition

SJ Berwin has bolstered its London real estate team with the hire of Dentons planning partner Stephen Webb. Webb, who rejoined legacy SNR Denton in 2008 from Eversheds, has left newly merged Dentons - which was formed by the three-way merger of SNR Denton, Salans and Fraser Milner Casgrain at the end of last month - to join SJ Berwin's City office on 1 May.

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April 10, 2013 | International Edition

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has made a big-name white collar hire in the US with the addition of Matthew Friedrich, the former acting head of the criminal division of the US Department of Justice (DoJ), from elite US litigation firm Boies Schiller and Flexner. Friedrich will join the magic circle firm's Washington base from New York's Boies Schiller, where he has been a partner since 2009. Prior to that, he spent 13 years at the DoJ, where he served as acting assistant attorney general of the criminal division.

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