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Public and regulatory law: At your service

As City law firms cut jobs and freeze pay levels, the public sector has become an increasingly attractive option to lawyers. Part of the allure is, no doubt, the relative security offered by government employers. But that's not the whole story. City associates who are tired of handling repetitive tasks such as due diligence and document review have long looked enviously at the more challenging work carried out by their peers in government bodies such as the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR) and the Treasury Solicitor's Office, but shied away from moving because of the carrot of law firm partnership and higher salaries. However, with uncertainty about future employment prospects – let alone partnership prospects – rife, increasing numbers have begun to consider a move into public service roles.
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BLP completes redundancy consultation with 85 staff laid off

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has completed its redundancy consultation, with the firm laying off 85 members of staff. More than half of the cuts (47) were compulsory, with 32 staff opting for voluntary redundancy and six choosing to take early retirement.
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Freshfields quartet quits to join K&L Gates Berlin office

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has lost a four-lawyer team in Berlin with the departure of public procurement partner Friedrich Ludwig Hausmann to K&L Gates. Hausmann will join the US firm along with principal associate Annette Mutschler-Siebert - who joins as counsel - and two other associates. Hausmann has been with the magic circle firm since 1996, making partner in 2002. He and his team advise on public procurement and public private partnerships (PPPs) as well as antitrust, state aid and trade.
2 minute read

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Eversheds secures Tyco-style mandate from Smiths Group

Eversheds has been appointed as the preferred legal adviser for technology company Smiths Group in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The law firm will provide commercial, litigation, employment, real estate and company secretarial advice across the region, with London-based head of international litigation and dispute management John Heaps acting as the relationship partner to Smiths. Eversheds will use its global account management system - first developed for its relationship with Tyco - with the London Stock Exchange-listed Smiths.
2 minute read

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Northern Ireland

L'Estrange & Brett and A&L Goodbody address the practice issues facing the Northern Irish legal market.
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Northern Ireland: 12 months of strife, but things are looking up

Twelve months ago I wrote an article in these pages attempting to predict how Northern Ireland's (NI) law firms would fare in the short and medium term. My conclusion was that initially there would be a levelling out of growth but mid-term well-balanced firms should continue to be able to grow. So, how have we done and how far off the mark was I?
4 minute read

International Edition

Northern Ireland: When the tap runs dry

December 2004. It was a Christmas like no other when finance minister Ian Pearson announced a 10-year framework that could see up to £16bn of investment poured into Northern Ireland's ailing infrastructure after years of under-funding. The Government's newly-created Strategic Investment Board (SIB) for Northern Ireland had just reached financial close on its first public-private partnership (PPP) scheme (giving Invest NI its award-winning new headquarters) and had announced a pipeline of sizeable schemes in various sectors including health, education, transport and ICT.
9 minute read

International Edition

Lovells appoints future head of real estate

Lovells has appointed Michael Stancombe as joint head of real estate alongside Bob Kidby, as Kidby prepares to retire from the firm to join property developer Welbeck Land. Kidby, who has headed Lovells' real estate practice since 1995 and is a longstanding adviser to Welbeck, took up a non-executive director role at the company last week. He will begin working in an executive capacity for the development company when he retires from Lovells in April 2010.
2 minute read

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Olswang closes deal double as Halabi shakes up portfolio

Roles on City property refinancing and Esporta purchase mark good week for Olswang
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Olswang closes deal double as Halabi shakes up portfolio

Roles on City property refinancing and Esporta purchase mark good week for Olswang
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