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Former Bar Council chair Nicholas Green QC to co-lead Brick Court

Brick Court Chambers has named a new joint head in the wake of Jonathan Sumption QC's appointment to the Supreme Court. The set has appointed former Bar Council chair Nicholas Green QC to lead the Chambers alongside existing joint-head Jonathan Hirst QC.
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Stibbe partner takes Herbert Smith alliance role as firms target greater integration

Herbert Smith and alliance partners Gleiss Lutz and Stibbe have appointed a secretary general to manage the relationship, in a bid to improve integration between the three firms.Stibbe Brussels managing partner Olivier Clevenbergh is set to take up the new role on 1 July for a three-year term
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Insolvency specialist takes up senior partner position at Wedlake Bell

Wedlake Bell has elected a new senior partner, with corporate insolvency specialist Martin Arnold taking on the role after a contested vote. Arnold, who has spent his whole career with the City firm since joining in 1987, stood against property litigator Simon Freeman and media practice head Andrew Joyce to assume the role for a five-year term.
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New Linklaters senior partner to review flexibility of firm's lockstep

Linklaters could be set to back away from its decision to reduce its international salaried partner rank following the election of former banking chief Robert Elliott as the magic circle firm's new senior partner. Elliott, who saw off litigation chief John Turnbull and European managing partner Jean-Pierre Blumberg to win the role last week (2 May), is planning to consider making the firm's partner remuneration system more flexible – looking at both the lockstep and the 
salaried or national partner rank.
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Simmons revamps partnership as new chief reviews strategy

Simmons & Simmons is set to introduce a new tier of fixed-share partners in a move that will give some of the firm's non-equity partners voting rights for the first time. The introduction of a three-tier partnership was approved by partners last month (27 April) and is one of the first key decisions by new managing partner Jeremy Hoyland, who formally took over from Mark Dawkins on 1 May.
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Camerons begins practice group overhaul after senior departures

CMS Cameron McKenna is overhauling the management of some of its practice and sector groups in the wake of a number of senior departures. The firm has appointed City partner Jason Davies as its new head of infrastructure project finance after the departure of longstanding partner Frank Dufficy, while Warsaw managing partner Andrew Kozlowski has replaced London real estate partner Steven Shone as international managing director with responsibility for emerging markets, following his exit from the firm. Kozlowski also takes Shone's seat on the firm's board.
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King & Spalding hires four partners from White & Case and Hogan Lovells for Moscow launch

King & Spalding is set to launch a Moscow office with four partner hires from White & Case and Hogan Lovells, reports The Am Law Daily. White & Case oil and gas partner Jennifer Josefson is joining the firm in Russia alongside Hogan Lovells partners Sergey Komolov, Olga Kozyr, and Alla Naglis. Josefson heads White & Case's oil and gas practice in Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS.
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Norton Rose makes double hire for new knowledge management roles

Norton Rose has made a double management hire to fill two new roles of group chief information officer and group director of knowledge management. The UK top 10 firm has recruited former Royal Mail IT director Sheila Doyle for the information officer role and Clifford Chance (CC) director of global knowledge systems Sam Dimond as knowledge management chief.
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TLT re-elects top management as firm's growth continues

National firm TLT has reappointed managing partner David Pester and senior partner Robert Bourns for their fourth consecutive terms at the helm of the firm. Both positions were uncontested by TLT's 64-strong partnership, which voted in April for the duo to continue their respective roles for a further three years.
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Walkers appoints new global managing partner and chairman in top-level overhaul

Offshore firm Walkers has overhauled its senior management team and elected both a new global managing partner and a new chairman. Managing partner Grant Stein is to become the Cayman Islands' firm's chairman from 1 July, replacing current postholder Wayne Panton, who is retiring after more than 20 years as a lawyer with the firm.
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