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Eversheds transfers partner duo to Hamburg for new office launch

Eversheds is set to launch an office in Hamburg in response to growing client demand in the region. The office will go live in October this year, with Munich corporate partners Carola Rathke and Sebastian Zeeck due to relocate to Hamburg to co-head the new outfit alongside a team of four associates. The move will gift Eversheds its second presence in Germany. The firm has a total of 24 partners across the country.
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Linklaters set for Middle East expansion with Abu Dhabi launch

Linklaters is set to open its 27th office worldwide, with the magic circle law firm in the final stages of planning a launch in Abu Dhabi. The firm is waiting for its licence to open in the Gulf state, but expects to launch the new base as soon as it is granted – which could be within the next month.
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Double or quits - can a high-stakes bid create a global insurance giant?

With the dust settling on the surprise merger talks between arch-rivals Clyde & Co and Barlow Lyde & Gilbert, the question is how likely a deal will be to happen. As Legal Week went to press, the odds looked maybe better than even, with talk that a proposal could be put to the firms' partnerships in a matter of weeks – most likely in July. The need to press on is understandable. If mergers are worth doing they get done quickly – at least once they have gone public. At the least, both firms will want to resolve the situation before the summer dead-zone starts.
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Pass it on and track it - how law firms can boost their referrrals

Law firms taking advantage of modern referral management techniques are reaping the rewards of their lawyers' relationships. LexisNexis' Gina Connell explains how to maximise results with minimal effort
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Clients, partners polled on merger with Clydes and BLG set for July vote

Barlow Lyde & Gilbert and Clyde & Co partners could approve their potential merger as early as July, with the resulting tie-up likely to go live later this year. The merger talks, exclusively revealed by Legal Week on 3 June, have now reached advanced stages, with both firms this week discussing with clients and partners a high-stakes deal that would be the largest-ever merger between two UK law firms. Talks have been ongoing since March this year, after Barlows insurance dispute resolution partner Tim Taylor and Clydes senior partner Michael Payton held initial discussions.
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Norton Rose revamps top team as group expands with Canada and SA mergers

Norton Rose has overhauled its management teams in the wake of the three-way merger with Canada's Ogilvy Renault and South Africa's Deneys Reitz, which went live last week (1 June). The combined firm has added eight new positions to the Norton Rose Group supervisory board, with three new partners joining the firm's executive committee (excom).
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Hogan Lovells appoints new MP for Beijing office following Jones Day departure

Hogan Lovells has appointed a new managing partner in Beijing following the departure of intellectual property (IP) partner Horace Lam to Jones Day. Lam left Hogan Lovells to join Jones Day on 23 May and has been replaced by corporate partner Jun Wei, a corporate and commercial partner focusing on M&A, private equity and project financing. Wei advises multinational companies and financial institutions on structuring their investments in China and dealing with Chinese regulatory agencies.
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International Edition

College of Law set to cut up to 20 jobs following staffing review

The College of Law has confirmed that it has launched a redundancy review, with 20 full-time roles at risk of being cut. The college began the consultation last week (26 May), with the cuts set to affect tutor staff members. The redundancies come on the back of a staffing review which found that some of the college's eight centres were overstaffed, with others understaffed.
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International Edition

White & Case chair Verrier set for clear run for second term at helm

White & Case's partners have been notified that current firmwide chair Hugh Verrier is set to run uncontested for another term in the role once his four-year stint elapses in March 2012. The US law firm's partnership was notified by email last month that no-one will stand against Verrier, despite speculation that New York-based banking chief Eric Berg and London project finance partner Philip Stopford would contest the role.
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Irwin Mitchell sets ABS plans in motion with top-level management restructure

Irwin Mitchell has overhauled its management structure and practice stream makeup in preparation for its planned conversion to an alternative business structure later this year. The firm, which confirmed in April that it intended to take advantage of the Legal Services Act (LSA) and was considering taking external capital, changed its structure last month – splitting the business into a limited liability partnership (LLP) and a separate holding company and appointing a new board to manage both parts of the firm.
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