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October 29, 2014 | International Edition

Edwards Wildman Palmer's City base has been left with no management figures on the ground, with office managing partner Nick Bolter understood to have been relieved of his leadership role.

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October 29, 2014 | International Edition

Norton Rose Fulbright has reappointed Peter Martyr as its global CEO for another three-year term, while global head of corporate Martin Scott has been named as the UK LLP's new managing partner.

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October 27, 2014 | International Edition

Former Olswang CEO David Stewart has left the firm, having unexpectedly stepped down from his management role halfway through his term earlier this month.

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October 27, 2014 | International Edition

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has set a new target to ensure 30% of its partnership is female by the end of 2018. The plans, which were approved by the firm's board last week, have been led by employment head Lisa Mayhew and real estate head Chris de Pury.

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October 26, 2014 | International Edition

US firms Locke Lord and Edwards Wildman Palmer are preparing for a vote on their proposed merger as soon as next month.

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October 24, 2014 | International Edition

Clifford Chance (CC) senior partner Malcolm Sweeting has been reappointed to the leadership role for a second four-year term.

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October 24, 2014 | International Edition

Slaughter and May has elected corporate partner David Wittmann as its new practice partner, replacing Paul Olney, who is retiring at the end of this year after more than 30 years at the firm.

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October 23, 2014 | International Edition

Clifford Chance (CC) is looking to bolster its junior associate headcount in four key practices after holding its first recruitment summit since before the financial crisis.

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October 23, 2014 | International Edition

Simmons & Simmons has signed up former Olympus chief executive and whistleblower Michael Woodford as a non-executive director to sit on its board..

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October 22, 2014 | International Edition

Clifford Chance (CC) and Allen & Overy (A&O) have won the leading roles on the UK government's disposal of £2.7bn of 'bad bank' mortgages to a consortium led by JP Morgan.

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