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Making Mayer add up – can the Anglo-US challenger make the equation work out?

"Maher's departure forced the US to take a closer look at the firm's remaining corporate clients in London, and it looked pretty grim. The City office had to redefine itself and change its client focus, which inevitably resulted in departures..."
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US players grow London footprint as partner presence rises almost 10%

US law firms grew their partner count in the City by close to 10% during 2011 as they continued to increase their share of the European legal market. Legal Week's research into the hiring activity and penetration of US firms in London found total partner count at the 45 US and transatlantic firms in London taking part in the survey increased by 91 in the year to January 2012, to 1,199.
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Aggressive US firms push London partner hiring to five-year high

Partner hiring by US firms in London increased by over 25% in 2011, with firms adding more partners to their City bases than at any time over the last five years. Legal Week's annual survey of hiring trends at the City operations of some of the largest US and transatlantic firms found there were 116 partner hires during 2011 across the 45 firms taking part in the survey. The overwhelming majority of these (101) were partners at their previous firms.
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Wragges brings in SJ Berwin partner for City real estate push

Wragge & Co has grown its City real estate practice with the hire of SJ Berwin partner Duncan Field. Field, who is also a qualified barrister, is set to join the law firm's planning and regeneration team this spring after 13 years at SJ Berwin, where he has been a partner since 2005.
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DLA's Mexico entrance flags up growing interest in burgeoning LatAm markets

Robust insurance and infrastructure sectors are drawing legal advisers to Mexico and Brazil. Rose Orlik reports
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Charles Russell hires employment partner from Pinsents

Charles Russell has bulked up its employment and pensions team with the hire of Pinsent Masons employment partner Robert Mecrate-Butcher. Mecrate-Butcher, who joined Pinsents in 2007, works across both contentious and non-contentious employment law, with a particular focus on advising clients in the insurance and banking sectors. He specialises in TUPE advice, with his practice also 
covering diversity and equality issues, executive departures and the enforcement of restrictive covenants. The hire takes the combined employment and pensions group to 11 partners.
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Eversheds hires three partners for City pensions group

Eversheds has added three partners to its London pensions practice with the hire of two laterals from Squire Sanders and an of counsel from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. The Squire Sanders partner duo, Emma King and Sarah Franklin, both join from the firm's Birmingham arm, where King headed up the local practice.
2 minute read

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At last Davis Polk hits the City, but is the Wall St leader ready to go on offensive?

Suzanna Ring sizes up Davis Polk & Wardwell's prospects as the US leader makes its English law debut in the City...
7 minute read

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Withers launches tax investigations group with Irwin Mitchell hire

Withers has launched a tax litigation practice in London with the hire of Irwin Mitchell's business and tax investigations head Maurice Martin. Martin joined the firm on 
1 December after five years at Irwin Mitchell, four of which he spent as practice head. He will lead the tax litigation team at Withers, which will sit within the firm's wealth planning group. The firm is planning to add a team of junior lawyers to the group over the coming months.
2 minute read

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Simmons strengthens corporate arm with BLP partner hire

Simmons & Simmons has hired its sixth partner from Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) in London this year, with the addition of corporate insurance partner Pollyanna Deane.
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