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December 09, 2012 | International Edition

Stephenson Harwood has signed an exclusive deal with BPP Law School to provide the Legal Practice Course (LPC) and Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) for its London trainees, in an agreement which marks the firm's first exclusive deal with an LPC and GDL provider. The firm's tailored LPC course will also include an exclusive module focusing on international trade and transactions, which will come into effect for its trainees on the LPC from March 2013.

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December 09, 2012 | International Edition

Simmons & Simmons has boosted its London projects team with the hire of Addleshaw Goddard energy and infrastructure partner Andrew Petry. Petry, who joined Addleshaws from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in 2008, spent five years from 2001 to 2006 in the magic circle's Amsterdam office, where he helped establish a finance practice in the region.

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December 07, 2012 | International Edition

Nabarro, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Dickson Minto have taken front seat roles on deal which has seen Italian private equity firm Investindustrial acquire a 37.5% stake in iconic British car manufacturer Aston Martin. Prestige Motor Holdings, which is backed by funds under advice from Investindustrial, saw off a bid from India's Mahindra & Mahindra to acquire the stake in the company, famously associated with superspy James Bond.

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December 07, 2012 | International Edition

Pinsent Masons has made 15 back office job cuts as a result of its second redundancy consultation since its merger with Scots firm McGrigors went live in May. The national firm has confirmed that the consultation, which kicked off last month, has ended, with 13 voluntary and 2 compulsory departures in the finance and knowledge management teams. No fee earner roles have been affected

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December 06, 2012 | International Edition

Linklaters has ended its Brazil cooperation agreement with Lefosse Advogados as a number of law firms rethink their local operations amid faltering hopes for market liberalisation. The firm called time on the agreement in October after the Brazilian Bar unanimously voted to uphold the rules for foreign firms in Brazil, which allow firms to offer international legal advice but stipulate strict demarcation between foreign and local practices.

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December 06, 2012 | International Edition

Bird & Bird's highest-paid member for 2011-12 earned €1m (£812,000), up 15% on the previous year's top figure of €868,000 (£705,000), the firm's limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts have revealed. The firm, which uses euros for accounting purposes, grew fee-earner headcount while also increasing revenues over the year, with total fee earners rising 6% to 385 and revenue up 13% to €271m (£219m).

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December 05, 2012 | International Edition

SJ Berwin has recruited Ofcom head of legal Sarah Turnbull in a double partner hire for the firm's EU, competition and regulatory practice alongside Berwin Leighton Paisner's (BLP) Elaine Whiteford. Turnbull, who will join SJ Berwin in April next year, returns to the firm after leaving as a senior associate in 2005 to join the media regulator.

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December 04, 2012 | International Edition

Norton Rose has appointed former PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) UK general counsel Owen Jonathan to a newly-created role of senior adviser to the firm's global executive committee. The new role, which will commence from January 2013, will see Jonathan advising the committee on global structure and risk management issues as well as on the future development of Norton Rose.

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December 04, 2012 | International Edition

Clifford Chance (CC) has cut back the number of trainees it takes on in London by almost one fifth, with an announcement on the firm's latest newly qualified (NQ) intake pushed back to January next year. The magic circle firm has confirmed that it is reducing the target number of graduate trainees for its 2015 intake, with the new figure set at 100, down from a target of 120 in recent years.

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December 03, 2012 | International Edition

Canada's Gowlings LaFleur Henderson has boosted its London restructuring and insolvency offering with the hires of two ex-Osborne Clarke (OC) partners, including former restructuring and insolvency chief David Wright. Wright, who left OC earlier this year to set up dawLaw, a niche litigation, restructuring and insolvency firm, has joined Gowlings as a consultant along with OC restructuring partner Andrew Mace, who joins the Canadian firm as a partner.

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