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Withers launches tax investigations group with Irwin Mitchell hire

Withers has launched a tax litigation practice in London with the hire of Irwin Mitchell's business and tax investigations head Maurice Martin. Martin joined the firm on 
1 December after five years at Irwin Mitchell, four of which he spent as practice head. He will lead the tax litigation team at Withers, which will sit within the firm's wealth planning group. The firm is planning to add a team of junior lawyers to the group over the coming months.
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Freshfields to cut back partners in London real estate practice

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is set to cut a number of partners in its City real estate practice as a result of the continued difficulties in the property market. The magic circle law firm is planning to ask around two partners to leave the firm over the coming months, in a move set to shrink the practice from its current size of nine partners.
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Simmons strengthens corporate arm with BLP partner hire

Simmons & Simmons has hired its sixth partner from Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) in London this year, with the addition of corporate insurance partner Pollyanna Deane.
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Olswang brings in DLA partner for Singapore office launch

Olswang has hired a partner from DLA Piper for its Singapore arm as the firm gears up for its official office launch in the New Year. Jonathan Choo joined the top 40 firm as a partner and local head of dispute from DLA Piper, where he was of counsel in the firm's Singapore office.
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Morgan Lewis adds finance partner to business arm

Morgan Lewis has hired its second Simmons & Simmons partner in recent months, with private funds partner Noel Ainsworth set to join the US firm in the New Year (3 January).
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BLP boosts finance group with Ashurst partner hire

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has strengthened its finance practice with the hire of Simon Small from Ashurst, 
who will join the firm towards the end of this year. Small, who joined Ashurst from Linklaters in 2006, will be part of BLP's banking & capital markets group. He has experience in capital markets transactions across a range of asset classes including residential mortgages, trade receivables, auto loans, credit cards, commercial real estate and project bonds. He also advises on corporate trusts. His departure takes the number of partners to leave Ashurst since May 2010 to 26. At Linklaters, Small was a partner for 11 years and was one of the partners to found the magic circle firm's securitisation business.
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SNR London real estate duo set to depart for Stephenson Harwood

SNR Denton is to lose a London partner duo to Stephenson Harwood, including its joint head of real estate finance. The double hire of Andrew Hill and Paul Hayward-Surry comes after real estate finance partner James Linforth joined Stephenson Harwood from SNR Denton in early October.
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Wilmer hires Kingsley Napley heavyweight to launch UK white collar crime practice

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr is set to launch a City investigations and criminal litigation practice with the hire of Kingsley Napley heavyweight Stephen Pollard. Pollard is to join the top 20 US law firm's London arm in the New Year to found and head the practice along with a team of two associates. The move is the latest in a string of similar appointments by corporate law firms moving to build white collar crime practices in Europe.
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Collyer Bristow bolsters construction team with DAC partner

Collyer Bristow has strengthened its London construction practice with a partner hire from legacy Davies Arnold Cooper (DAC). Jonathan Pawlowski joined the London law firm this month after leaving DAC in the days leading up to its merger with Beachcroft.
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LG grows City real estate with SJ Berwin hire

LG is set to boost its City real estate practice with a hire from SJ Berwin. SJ Berwin senior associate Mark Mallon is set to join LG on 12 December as a partner in the real estate group. Mallon specialises in real estate investment and development work, with a client base including a number of overseas investment funds and companies, as well as UK-based retailers, hoteliers and land owners.
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