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February 05, 2013 | International Edition

Hill Dickinson is set to launch a new office in Monaco in a move to build on its yacht and superyacht law offering. The Monte Carlo base, which will open in March, will principally work with the firm's yacht team clients, with Hill Dicks also aiming to develop its shipping practice in the region.

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February 04, 2013 | International Edition

Field Fisher Waterhouse has appointed new senior and managing partners just a year after the firm overhauled its management structure following a 10-month governance review. Head of technology and outsourcing Michael Chissick will succeed current managing partner Matthew Lohn, who in turn will step into the senior partner role, which is being reintroduced by the firm after it was axed in January last year.

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February 04, 2013 | International Edition

Travers Smith saw revenues climb by 1.5% during the first half of the 2012-13 financial year, with turnover hitting £40.5m. The growth in fee income in the six month period leading to the end of December took turnover up from an equivalent figure of £39.9m for the same period in 2011.

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February 01, 2013 | International Edition

Norton Rose's highest earning member pocketed just over £1m in 2011-12 - a 22% increase on the previous year, according to financial documents recently filed with Companies House. The profit share entitlement - revealed in the limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts for Norton Rose LLP, which covers the original Norton Rose UK and international business but exclude its mergers in Canada, South Africa and Australia - compares with an equivalent figure of £839,000 the previous year.

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January 31, 2013 | International Edition

SJ Berwin is revamping its sector focus and extending it to associates and across international offices as part of its bid to improve workforce engagement and communication. The City firm is in the process of appointing one international partner to jointly lead each of its seven industry sectors alongside a London partner, with final appointments still to be decided.

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January 31, 2013 | International Edition

Allen & Overy (A&O) and Debevoise & Plimpton are among a raft of law firms leading on the $9bn (£5.7bn) public takeover offer of Orascom Construction Industries (OCI), in a deal backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. The deal has seen the Egyptian construction and fertiliser group secure $2bn (£1.3bn) in investment, including $1bn (£640m) from US investors led by Gates' holding company, Cascade Investment.

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January 31, 2013 | International Edition

Addleshaw Goddard and Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) have become the latest firms to announce retention rates for their March qualifying trainees, with the latter seeing a significant drop on the equivalent round last year. BLP has offered 14 of its 22 newly-qualified trainees (NQs) a position at the firm. All have accepted, giving it a retention rate of 64%.

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January 30, 2013 | International Edition

Olswang has become the latest in a string of firms moving to to cut jobs, after placing six roles at risk of redundancy. The move, first reported by RollOnFriday, will affect six staff positions across the firm's finance and employment teams.

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January 28, 2013 | International Edition

Olswang is advising a group of internet users on a landmark privacy claim against Google, as the search giant faces allegations of secretly tracking online usage. The case centres around claims that Google installed tracking cookies on the computers and mobile devices of people using Apple's Safari internet browser, enabling it to track their movements on the internet.

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January 25, 2013 | International Edition

The Commercial Court of England and Wales has signed a protocol with the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts in a bid to strengthen legal and trade ties between Dubai and the UK. The memorandum, designed to help lawyers, investors and businesspeople who want to develop closer trade and investment links between the UK and UAE, has been drawn up in an effort to increase business confidence on both sides.

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