Suzi Ring

April 19, 2012 | International Edition

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Italy intellectual property (IP) spin-off Orsingher has launched an office in Rome, marking its second base in the country. Orsingher has opened the office with the hire of Domenico Colella, name partner at local firm Portolano Colella Cavallo, which will now be known as Portolano Cavallo.

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April 19, 2012 | International Edition

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Hogan Lovells have taken lead roles on the €1.1bn (£906m) refinancing of DUKE Real Estate. DUKE, a 50/50 joint venture between European real estate investor Valad and Lloyds Banking Group, was formed in July 2009 for an initial three-year term with a portfolio comprising around 100 properties.

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April 18, 2012 | International Edition

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) is to make up 11 new partners, with the firm's City arm gaining nine and Singapore and Abu Dhabi adding one new partner apiece.The London haul includes one non fee-earner, the firm's head of risk Nicole Bigby, who is a qualified lawyer.

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April 18, 2012 | International Edition

LG has promoted four lawyers to its partnership in this year's round, doubling the number the firm made up to the top rank last year. All four promotions have been made in the London office with Rose Chamberlayne added to the partnership in the private capital practice, Jon Lent in finance and Carole Peet and Caroline Walker in the real estate group.

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April 18, 2012 | International Edition

Irwin Mitchell has announced its annual partner promotions with four lawyers made up to the salaried rank and two joining the equity. The promotions are shared between the firm's Sheffield and Manchester offices and will take effect from 1 May this year. Equity status has been handed to operations director and non-lawyer Gary Jackson in Sheffield and Manchester serious injury head Jonathan Betts.

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April 18, 2012 | International Edition

Clyde & Co Manchester managing partner Dene Rowe is set to leave the firm to join Keoghs, marking the latest post-merger exit from legacy Barlow Lyde & Gilbert. Rowe joined legacy Barlows in July 2010 as operations director before being promoted to office managing partner the following spring.

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April 17, 2012 | International Edition

Collyer Bristow is set to fight negligence claims totalling more than £25m against the firm relating to its role in the high profile takeover and subsequent administration of Rangers Football Club.

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April 17, 2012 | International Edition

Stewarts Law is set to launch its first international offices with the firm to open two offices in the US. The firm will open in New York and Delaware on 1 May with the hire of litigation partner duo David Straite and Ralph Sianni who have joined from their own boutique Sianni & Straite to lead the offices.

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April 16, 2012 | International Edition

Slaughter and May has acted alongside 10 of its best friend firms on Malaysian bank CIMB Group's £174m acquisition of a host of RBS assets in the Asia-Pacific region. The magic circle firm led for CIMB with a team headed up by Hong Kong partners David Watkins and Laurence Rudge, alongside City tax partners Gareth Miles and Mike Lane and London employment partner Roland Doughty.

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April 16, 2012 | International Edition

Olswang has defended a recent client briefing note on changes to gambling regulations that the UK Gambling Commission has dismissed as a "manufactured storm in a teacup". The UK top 40 firm said it was disappointed with the Commission's reaction to the briefing it sent out last week, which states that exchange users - effectively professional gamblers - will now require a general betting operating licence.

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