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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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International Edition

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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International Edition

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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International Edition

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.
2 minute read

International Edition

Former CC senior partner Popham joins Citi as EMEA banking vice-chair

Clifford Chance's (CC) former senior partner Stuart Popham is set to join Citigroup as a vice-chairman of EMEA banking. Citi said that Popham's primary role will be to strengthen relationships with the bank's UK large-cap clients, working within a team of senior bankers.
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International Edition

Italian indie NCTM rejigs management structure

Italian independent NCTM has overhauled its management structure, replacing its co-managing partner positions with a new five-partner executive committee. Former managing partners Vittorio Noseda and Piermauro Carabellese have been appointed to the committee to look after international relations and communication, and administration, finance and information technology respectively.
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International Edition

Six candidates step up to compete for Simmons senior partner role

Simmons & Simmons is set to see six partners compete for the role of senior partner as the firm begins the process to elect David Dickinson's successor next month. The candidates' papers went out to partners last week with current managing partner Mark Dawkins competing with litigation partners Colin Passmore and Philip Vaughan, corporate partners Charles Mayo and Thierry Gontard and energy partner Patrick Wallace.
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