Rose Orlik

May 03, 2012 | International Edition

Shoosmiths is set to make up to 93 job cuts in a restructuring of the firm's consumer legal services arm. The firm's volume motor personal injury team in Basingstoke will be primarily affected by the consultation, which is due to close on 23 July. Shoosmiths' consumer services arm, Access Legal, currently comprises 250 solicitors and support staff.

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May 02, 2012 | International Edition

Bond Pearce is among a quartet of firms unveiling their 2012 partnership promotions, making up five lawyers alongside announcements from Speechly Bircham, Appleby and McCann FitzGerald. Bond Pearce's promotions are spread across its Bristol and Southampton offices, with Anthony Alderman made up in real estate, Paula Bartlett in commercial and Joanne Boyle in employment. David Brown has been promoted in casualty and property risks, while Ian Newcombe joins the partner ranks in commercial litigation.

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May 02, 2012 | International Edition

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has moved to restock its Hong Kong corporate practice with the hire of Paul Hastings partner Christopher Betts. Betts joined Skadden this month after just over two years with Paul Hastings, where he was promoted to partner in September 2010.

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May 02, 2012 | International Edition

Gateley has added a third partner to its newly-launched Leeds office with the hire of Nabarro's commercial head of dispute resolution in Sheffield. Gerard Khoshnaw joins the new office after it was launched in January on the back of a double partner hire from Cobbetts. Restructuring partner William Ballmann heads up the base with support from litigation partner Rob Payne and two solicitors.

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May 02, 2012 | International Edition

King & Spalding's Paris office has hired a seven-strong real estate team from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, including the former head of the magic circle firm's local real estate group, Benoit Marcilhacy. Partner Pascal Schmitz is also moving to the US firm alongside counsel Alexandre Couturier and four associates, after talks which began earlier this year.

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April 29, 2012 | International Edition

Gateley has landed an advisory role on the administration of Aquascutum, the 160-year-old luxury clothing brand which collapsed earlier this month. Corporate recovery partner Ken Titchen is leading a London team at Gateley advising the company's administrators, FRP Advisory, alongside employment partner Guy Guinan.

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April 26, 2012 | International Edition

King & Spalding's London office has won a new appointment as international legal counsel to the Greek Ministry of Environment Energy & Climate Change on the first sale of local oil exploration licences since 1996.

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April 26, 2012 | International Edition

Gateley is set to bring the former Halliwells partners it hired in July 2010 into the firm's main limited liability partnership (LLP) from the start of the new financial year.

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April 26, 2012 | International Edition

Squire Sanders has boosted its Manchester pensions group with the hire of highly regarded partner David Griffiths from Eversheds' local office.

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April 26, 2012 | International Edition

DAC Beachcroft has made up five partners in this year's promotions round, the first since last autumn's merger of Davies Arnold Cooper (DAC) and Beachcroft. Mark Roach and Madeline Ball have been promoted in the firm's London construction litigation and real estate teams respectively, while the claims solutions group has received three partners, with Vicki Hilton and Chris Baranowski made up in Leeds and Peter Allchorne in Newport.

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