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Examining how leading US law firm Howrey lost its way; and the current conditions in the world's largest legal market
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International Edition

Magic circle duo set to open in Washington DC

Allen & Overy (A&O) is to open its second office in the US, with the firm launching in Washington DC next month through a team hire from O'Melveny & Myers. The launch comes as magic circle rival Linklaters plans its own entrance to the US capital within the next year, at which point all of the magic circle bar Slaughter and May would have a presence in Washington.
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International Edition

Charles Russell appoints finance director as firm's first COO

Charles Russell has appointed its first-ever chief operating officer (COO), with the firm's finance director Andy Staite set to take up the role next month. Staite, who has headed Charles Russell's finance department since 1998 when he joined from US insurance services company Crawford & Company, will take up his new position on 1 July. The law firm has yet to appoint a replacement finance director.
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International Edition

Eversheds eyes US presence as firm gears up to go global

Eversheds is considering mergers in both London and the US as part of an ambitious three-year strategy intended to reposition the law firm as a credible global player. The firm's management is consulting with partners and staff about what they want to see in the firm's 2012-15 strategy, but it has highlighted the need to form some kind of presence in the US and a possible merger in the City as priorities.
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International Edition

Norton Rose seeks new Saudi alliance after Riyadh office closure

Norton Rose is in talks to form a new alliance in Saudi Arabia, with the news coming after it emerged that the firm ended its previous local tie-up and closed its Riyadh branch more than six months ago. The firm ended its alliance with 13-lawyer local firm Abdulaziz Al-Assaf on 31 December last year, with Norton Rose's only partner based in Riyadh – corporate finance specialist Darran McGlinchey – subsequently relocating to Dubai.
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International Edition

SNR Denton takes tough line on exit terms as partners quit and UK PEP falls 36%

SNR Denton has been hit by the resignation of two more key partners as it emerges that the firm may hold senior equity partners to a 12-month notice period. The latest partners to hand in their notice are regulatory head Chris Borg and senior banking partner Michael Black, who are set to join Reed Smith and Norton Rose respectively.
3 minute read

International Edition

The fall of Howrey - how did the leading US law firm lose its way?

How did a leading US law firm that was 'in court every day' lose its way? Julie Triedman charts the fall of a legal empire
30 minute read

International Edition

A&O to open up in Washington DC with hire of O'Melveny team

Allen & Overy (A&O) is to open its second office in the US, with the firm set to launch in Washington DC next month through a team hire from O'Melveny & Myers. The magic circle firm will open in Washington on 18 July with the hire of O'Melveny financial regulatory partners Barbara Stettner and Chris Salter and counsel Charles Borden, who will join A&O as a partner.
3 minute read

International Edition

Ex-Simmons chief Dawkins quits for Bingham's 
London arm in wake of senior partner election

Simmons & Simmons' former managing partner Mark Dawkins is set to join the London office of US law firm Bingham McCutchen. Dawkins, who stepped down as Simmons' managing partner at the end of April, is expected to join the firm's securities and financial institutions litigation group as a partner in early September after a sabbatical.
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International Edition

Freshfields appoints new London leader in top-level City overhaul

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has overhauled its City management with corporate head Mark Rawlinson taking up the role of London managing partner from incumbent Tim Jones. Rawlinson will start in the new position on 1 July for a term running until December 2013. Jones will return to fee earning in the corporate department, while corporate partner Julian Long will take over as corporate chief from Rawlinson.
2 minute read

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