Sofia Lind

September 15, 2010 | Law.com

Senior management at Allen & Overy increased their earnings by almost 50 percent last year against a 10 percent increase in profits per equity partner, according to the firm's annual report. A&O said the increase was largely due to an increase in the firm's profitability.

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June 22, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Simmons & Simmons has informed its partners that it is discussing a merger with Mayer Brown.

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December 02, 2010 | Law.com

U.K.-based Trowers & Hamlins is set to make another round of job cuts after confirming that turnover has fallen behind budget for the first half of the financial year. The firm is reviewing five fee earner roles and two staff jobs in Manchester and four fee earner roles in London.

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May 13, 2011 | Legaltech News

Norton Rose has made a double management hire to fill two new roles of group chief information officer and group director of knowledge management. The U.K. top 10 law firm said the newly created positions have been instated to enable the expanding group to follow best practices for IT and knowledge management at a global level.

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June 17, 2008 | Law.com

Latham & Watkins has appointed a new head of its Tokyo office, with Hisao Hirose set to take over the role from Bernard Nelson, who is retiring this month. Hirose, a finance partner with Latham's Gaikokuho joint venture in Tokyo, specializes in structured finance, banking and bank regulatory matters as well as advising on bankruptcy, securities regulation and general corporate matters.

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June 24, 2008 | Law.com

Lending giant Washington Mutual has hired the former general counsel of stricken investment bank Bear Stearns. It named Michael Solender as its executive vice president and chief legal officer earlier this month. Solender will take on responsibility for overseeing the company's legal, compliance and government relations functions. He succeeds interim legal chief Stewart Landefeld, who is returning to private practice with Perkins Coie in Seattle.

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June 30, 2010 | Law.com

Simmons & Simmons and Mayer Brown have called off merger talks, the two firms said in a joint press statement sent Tuesday. The firms did not say why the talks ended, but some partners had questioned how the two firms could combine their London presence, while Simmons partners had also questioned whether they wanted to merge with a larger and more profitable firm.

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July 08, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

General Electric has finalized its European non-M&A legal panel, with a clutch of U.K. firms winning roles, including Clifford Chance and Ashurst. DLA Piper, Weil Gotshal & Manges and Baker & McKenzie are also among the firms appointed to GE's 80-firm roster. The panel review has been ongoing for more than 18 months, with firms making their first pitches in 2007. It was initiated by former European GC Mark Elborne but finalized by Hendrik Bourgeois, who was appointed as Elborne's successor in April.

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January 25, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Clifford Chance (CC) reduced staff costs by $65,579,434 during 2009-10, after cutting its total headcount by 12% during the extensive firmwide restructuring carried out in the previous financial year.

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May 24, 2011 | New York Law Journal

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