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Osborne Clarke seals San Francisco office launch

Osborne Clarke has set up its third representative US office with the launch of a base in San Francisco.
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CMS UK and Dundas to cut up to 60 support roles ahead of merger

CMS Cameron McKenna (CMS UK) and Dundas & Wilson have placed a combined 60 support staff roles at risk as both firms gear up to merge on 1 May.
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All that glitters – the law firms chasing business in a newly resurgent Middle East

Turn the clock back to before the financial crisis and, while Asia was growing in popularity, it was Dubai that law firms were piling into seemingly relentlessly.
11 minute read

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Google re-approves Irwin Mitchell website following de-listing

Irwin Mitchell has resolved its search engine problem with Google after its main website was de-listed from the main rankings earlier this year.
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With KWM set to close in Berlin, is German strategy still a sticking point for global firms?

On 14 March King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin (KWM) announced that it is to close its Berlin office by May, following a strategic review of its presence in Germany.
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Blake Lapthorn and Morgan Cole merger to form new top 50 firm

Blake Lapthorn and Morgan Cole are to merge, creating a new UK top 50 firm with revenues of £72m.
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Barclays GC Bob Hoyt nets £700k share bonus after four months in post

Barclays' newly-installed general counsel Bob Hoyt has been awarded £703,808 in shares after just four months in the role. The award was part of £32m worth of shares distributed to top executives at the bank yesterday (18 March), which include elements of salary and long-term performance incentives.
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CC closes in on deal to sub-let six empty floors to TfL

Clifford Chance (CC) has moved a step closer to letting out six floors of empty office space in its City headquarters, with Transport for London (TfL) in talks to take the space. The transport body has put in an offer to take over roughly 220,000 sq ft of CC's 10 Upper Bank Street building in Canary Wharf - equating to six of tower's 30 floors. The offer, first reported by property website CoStar, has yet to be agreed by TfL's board, however if the deal does go ahead it will end a hunt for a tenant which has been going on for well over 18 months.
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Berrymans to merge with Scotland's HBM Sayers creating £100m firm

Berrymans Lace Mawer is merging with Scottish firm HBM Sayers to create BLM, a £100m business with 170 partners. The combination will go live on 1 May 2014, creating a firm with 12 offices across England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
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Addleshaws speeds up managing partner election as Devitt stands down early

Addleshaw Goddard has kicked off its managing partner election process after current post-holder - Paul Devitt - announced his intention to stand down a year early at the end of April. is stepping down from his role a year to stand down from his post in April 2015, bringing forward an election contest by six months. Partners were informed of Devitt's decision not to stand for re-election via an internal email on Friday (14 March). The election process was originally timetabled to begin in September, but will now kick off immediately.
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