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Paul Hastings names new London managing partner

Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker has appointed corporate vice chairman Ronan O'Sullivan as managing partner of the US firm's London office, following the announcement that incumbent Phil Feder is set to return to Los Angeles. O'Sullivan, who joined Paul Hastings six years ago from Herbert Smith and made partner in 2006, will continue to drive the firm's global strategy to grow its corporate practice in London.
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Linklaters senior partner contenders put forward their case for election

Linklaters' senior partner election is nearing its final stages, with the three contenders presenting their manifestos to the partnership at the magic circle firm's annual partner conference in Paris. Global banking chief Robert Elliott, head of litigation John Turnbull and European managing partner Jean-Pierre Blumberg are all expected to present their strategies for the firm during the conference, which ends tomorrow (9 April).
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Davis Polk votes in Scot as firm's first-ever non-US managing partner

Davis Polk & Wardwell has announced that corporate head Thomas Reid has been elected managing partner of the US firm, reports The Am Law Daily. Reid, who was born in Kircaldy in Scotland, is the first managing partner in Davis Polk's history born outside the US. He attended the University of Edinburgh School of Law and Columbia Law School.
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Hill Dickinson appoints Manchester chief as new senior partner

Hill Dickinson company commercial practice group head and Manchester office head David Wareing has been appointed as the firm's new senior partner. Wareing is set to take over the senior partner role from Tony Wilson on 30 April, with Wilson to remain with the firm as an insurance partner in the firm's Liverpool office. Wilson has served as senior partner since 2001.
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Volume disputes set for huge upheaval as MoJ backs Jackson on civil litigation reform

Success fees look set to be ushered in for complex commercial cases, ironically just as the Government unveiled reforms expected to severely restrict their widespread use in volume personal injury claims. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) last week revealed its long-awaited proposals for civil litigation reform - confirming that it was to implement most of the blueprint put forward in a report last January by Lord Justice Jackson.
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Future Bar Council chair Todd QC named head of Erskine Chambers

Michael Todd QC has taken over as head of Erskine Chambers, following John Cone QC's decision to step down last month after more than five years in the role. Todd, who took up an open-ended term this week (4 April), stood uncontested for the role as the second most senior member of Erskine Chambers.
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Sackers hands third term at top of firm to senior partner Pittaway

Pensions specialist firm Sackers & Partners has re-elected Ian Pittaway as senior partner for his third consecutive term in the role after a unanimous vote. The 26-partner firm has also re-elected Mark Greenlees as deputy senior partner. Both are former chairmen of the Association of Pensions Lawyers and are well-known among the pensions industry.
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Jones Day City heavyweight quits with senior colleague

Jones Day's London managing partner Russell Carmedy and European head of private equity Michael Nouril are set to leave the firm, with the pair handing in their notice last week (1 April). Corporate partner Carmedy has led Jones Day's UK practice since the firm merged with Gouldens in 2003, when Carmedy was co-managing partner of the UK firm. A highly-regarded corporate lawyer, his practice focuses on cross-border M&A and leveraged private equity and he has advised on deals in sectors including natural resources, healthcare and technology. Nouril, who has also been at Jones Day since the 2003 merger, advises private equity and hedge funds, entrepreneurs and family offices.
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DLA Piper partner trio exit for rival US firms' City arms

DLA Piper is set to see a trio of high-profile partner departures, with its global co-head of litigation, its EMEA head of corporate crime and investigations and its EMEA private equity head all leaving for rival US law firms. Joint global litigation chief Neil Gerrard and EMEA corporate crime head Jonathan Pickworth are both leaving to join Dechert in London, while EMEA private equity chief Will Rosen is to join the City arm of Ropes & Gray.
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Gomez-Acebo mourns deaths of founding partner and real estate head

Gomez-Acebo & Pombo is mourning the loss of two partners, including one of the firm's founders. Co-founder and honorary president Ignacio Gomez-Acebo Duque de Estrada passed away last Sunday at the age of 79. He founded the firm in 1971 alongside Fernando Pombo, and had been a member of the Madrid Bar since 1962.
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