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January 14, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

Four U.K. Firms Win Spots on Coveted Property Panels

Four law firms have won prized property panel spots for major clients and U.K. institutions Hewlett Packard U.K. and Royal Mail. Longstanding advisers Hammonds, Bond Pearce and Scottish firm McGrigors have been reappointed on Royal Mail's property and property litigation panel after the postal giant cut its property roster from a cluster of advisers to just three last month. Meanwhile, computer giant HP's U.K. operation has named Shoosmiths as its main adviser for commercial property.
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December 02, 2008 | Law.com

DLA Piper Reviews 40 U.K. Jobs in Redundancy Consultation

DLA Piper has announced a redundancy consultation that could see up to 40 jobs affected in real estate and finance. The consultation, which was launched Monday, will see up to 20 fee earners and 20 support staff across the firm's U.K. offices in Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Glasgow and Manchester facing the axe, as a result of the current economic climate. This August, the firm cut five fee earners from its technology, media and commercial group.
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December 07, 2007 | Law.com

Norton Rose Partner Takes Lloyds TSB Top Role

Norton Rose corporate partner Margaret Coltman has scooped one of the most coveted in-house legal positions in the U.K., taking the combined role of general counsel and company secretary at Lloyds TSB. Coltman will fill the roles left vacant by veteran general counsel Geoffrey Johnson and company secretary Alistair Michie. Coltman, who joined Norton Rose three decades ago and became a partner at the firm in 1986, will take on both roles and lead the bank's legal team of more than 60 lawyers.
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December 22, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

A Very Special Bar Exam: The Am Law Year in Review News Quiz

Oh what a year 2010 was. Battling dolls! Stinky burgers! A copyright fight over Hellspawn's minions. All this and more made news in the pages of The American Lawyer and here at The Am Law Daily. How closely were you paying attention? Find out by taking our news quiz. All questions are based on stories that appeared in The American Lawyer, its supplements, or The Am Law Daily over the past year. Each question is worth ten points; for questions that ask for two answers, each correct answer is worth five points.
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July 15, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

The Smarties Aren't Rushing to Law School

Not everyone is rushing to go to law school. Some of the most sought-after college grads would rather get a job at Teach for America. But that could be a great career strategy, because firms love TFA alums.
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January 01, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Opening Statements: United Kingdom

Are corporate takeovers in the United Kingdom like taking candy from a baby? Just ask chocolate maker Cadbury plc, which was gobbled up by Kraft Foods Inc. in a $19 billion hostile takeover last January.
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September 18, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

Tyco Names New GC in LatAm Overhaul

Tyco International has named compliance counsel Francisco Hernandez as its new general counsel for Latin America and the Caribbean, as the global conglomerate overhauls its regional legal team. The move comes two months after the conglomerate drew from its own ranks to fill European legal roles for its recently separated health care and electronics divisions.
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July 17, 2008 | Law.com

Firms Big and Small Look to Latin America, China Markets

Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle's announcement of its strategic alliance with Argentina's Fernandez Quiroga Ayarragaray & Ocampo Abogados comes as little surprise, given the New York-based firm's extensive and longtime work in Latin America. Meanwhile, Portland, Ore.'s 160-lawyer Bullivant Houser Bailey is planning to expand its work in Asia through a "partnership" with Lehman, Lee & Xu, one of the biggest law firms in China.
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November 14, 2011 | Law.com

Top U.K. Firms Post Rising Revenues for First Half of Financial Year

Many of the U.K.'s top law firms are reporting rising revenues for the first half of 2011-12, with at least five top 30 firms seeing double-digit increases on last year's H1 results. However, law firm leaders expect a tougher ride in the second half, some saying eurozone woes are likely to be felt in the new year.
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