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December 04, 2013 | International Edition

Nabarro has posted broadly static revenue at the halfway point of the 2013-14 financial year, with figures rising marginally by 0.4%. The firm brought in £52.5m in total revenue for the six-month period leading to October, marking a very slight increase from the equivalent point last year when Nabarro logged £52.3m in revenue.

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December 04, 2013 | International Edition

Eversheds has opened four offices across Africa through tie-ups with South African firm Mahons Attorneys and Tunisia's El Heni. The agreement with Mahons has handed Eversheds presences in Johannesburg, where Mahons has two offices, as well as Cape Town and Mauritius. The ten-partner firm will rebrand as Eversheds in the New Year.

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December 03, 2013 | International Edition

Taylor Wessing has seen double digit growth for the first six months of the 2013-14 financial year, posting an increase of 10% in UK revenue. The firm, which declined to disclose exact figures, posted 9% growth in international, including UK, revenue. Last year the firm recorded a global revenue rise of 23.3% and UK revenue growth of 6.6% in the first half of 2012-13. The firm recorded UK revenue of £104.5m at the end of the 2012-13 full financial year, rising by just under 4% from £101m.

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December 03, 2013 | International Edition

Bird & Bird has posted a 5% rise in revenue at the 2013-14 half-year mark. The firm, which manages its accounts in euros, did not disclose an exact half-year turnover figure but the figures come after the firm posted revenue increase of £249m for the full 2012-13 financial year, up 6% from £235m. This year's half-year results account for the firm's office opening in Denmark, when it merged with local ally Bender von Haller Dragsted in May.

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December 02, 2013 | International Edition

Allen & Overy (A&O) has appointed Peter McDonald from Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) as its new head of antitrust in Australia. McDonald, who will be based in Sydney, joined legacy Freehills' Melbourne-based competition group in 2003 from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, where he worked as a senior officer. He was made up as partner at HSF in 2009.

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December 02, 2013 | International Edition

Slaughter and May has increased the bonuses it pays to its fee earners and staff, with associates now set to earn up to 12% on top of their regular pay package. The firm brought in a new appraisal process for its associates earlier this year in a move to bring in merit-linked pay, resulting in "some differentiation" in discretionary bonuses paid to fee earners.

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December 02, 2013 | International Edition

CMS Cameron McKenna has elected Penelope Warne as its new senior partner, replacing Dick Tyler in the role. Warne is the firm's first female senior partner. She will take up the four-year term in May next year. Warne is a board member and practice group manager of the firm's oil and gas group as well as the energy group.

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November 28, 2013 | International Edition

Blake Cassels & Graydon, Uria Menendez and Cuatrecasas Goncalves Pereira are among the independent firms emerging as the top M&A advisers of 2013 by volume. The trio each advised on in excess of 40 domestic deals in the 12 months leading to September 2013, according to Legal Week's exclusive data provider Mergermarket. Canada's Blakes topped the volume rankings after advising on 87 deals, which were valued at a total of £16.1bn.

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November 28, 2013 | International Edition

CMS Cameron McKenna is consulting on how to improve its flexi-working options for fee earners, in a bid to improve its talent retention and career progression for women at the firm. The firm has been hosting roundtable discussions with associates to gather opinions, as well as one-on-one meetings with partners, with findings to be presented to the board early next year. The consultation is being overseen by director of people Jenni Emery, head of international capital markets Daniel Winterfeldt, who is also the firm's diversity and inclusion partner, and strategic projects and inclusiveness manager Jay Wetterau.

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November 27, 2013 | International Edition

Clifford Chance (CC) has appointed Matthew Layton as its new global managing partner. Layton, who heads up the firm's global corporate practice, saw off competition from Paris managing partner Yves Wehrli and real estate finance partner Andrew Carnegie in the first round of voting which closed yesterday (27 November), to secure the appointment.

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