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Portuguese leader PLMJ prepares to overhaul pay

Portugal's largest law firm, PLMJ, is set to overhaul its remuneration system in a move that would reduce the merit-based element of the firm's pay. Partners at PLMJ are currently discussing proposals to abandon the firm's current hybrid payment structure in favour of a purer lockstep that would distribute profits more evenly across the firm.
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E&Y hire marks Lovells' Madrid insurance launch

Lovells has launched a contentious insurance practice in Spain after recruiting a new partner from Ernst & Young Legal, the City firm announced today (19 February). Joaquin Ruiz Echauri joins Lovells' Madrid office, where he will head up the new insurance/reinsurance practice within the dispute resolution department.
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Linklaters bulks up in Italy with Pedersoli hires

Linklaters has continued its bid to build its fledgling Italian practice with the hire of Pedersoli banking partners Andrea Arosio and Dario Longo. The pair, who are currently discussing an exit date, will join Linklaters' Milan office.
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Willkie strengthens Frankfurt arm with PwC hire

Willkie Farr & Gallagher has strengthened its German tax capabilities with the hire of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) partner Patrick Meiisel. He joins the Frankfurt arm of the top 50 US firm, where he will focus on advising private equity investors on tax issues.
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Lovells LLP switch poses French partner dilemma

Lovells is pressing ahead with its limited liability partnership (LLP) conversion even though the move means its French partners could become employees of the firm. The top 10 City firm is voting on the change and intends to convert on 1 May, although it is still waiting for confirmation from the French tax authorities on the tax treatment of UK LLPs.
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Beiten Burkhardt adds six lawyers to Kiev arm

Beiten Burkhardt has raided Salans, Debevoise & Plimpton and Baker & McKenzie for six new lawyers. The lawyers all join Beiten Burkhardt's Kiev arm, and bring the total number of legal staff to 25 locally. Corporate lawyers Oleksander Fefelov and Oleksandra Gorak join with real estate lawyer Oleksandr Tytov from Salans. Corporate lawyer Anna Gorkun joins from Baker & McKenzie. German lawyer Felix Haffner and US lawyer Cameron Hall also join the firm's corporate department.
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Simmons to reinforce TMT activity in France

Simmons & Simmons has strengthened its Paris offering with the hire of Morgan Lewis & Bockius partner Florence Guthfreund-Roland. Guthfreund-Roland, who joined the firm with associate Elisabeth Marrache last month, specialises in telecommunications, internet, e-trade and personal data.
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International Edition

Lovells overhauls Paris office management

Lovells has overhauled the management of its Paris office, introducing a senior partner role and appointing Paris employment and pensions head Philippe Thomas as managing partner. Former Paris managing partner Robert Follie has become senior partner while three additional partners have been appointed to the management team. Finance partner Richard Jadot will work in a business development role, corporate partner Alexis Terray will help out with recruitment and training and litigation partner Thomas Rouhette will oversee financial management.
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Lovells builds Russian arm with raid on Herbies

Lovells has strengthened its Russian practice with the hire of Herbert Smith dispute resolution associate Dominic Pellew. Pellew, who joins the firm's Moscow arm as a partner, is a fluent Russian speaker, and spent two years in Moscow with Herbert Smith before moving to Paris in 2001, where he was a member of the firm's international arbitration group. The move is Lovells' first partner-level dispute resolution hire in Moscow.
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Italian indie NCTM boosts tax with Rome tie-up

Independent Italian firm NCTM has beefed up its tax offering in Rome after agreeing a merger with local tax boutique Agnesi & Serpieri. The move, announced today (7 February), sees all seven Agnesi lawyers cross over to NCTM, including name partner Paolo Agnesi, who joins NCTM's equity. The rest of the team comprises one salaried partner and five associates.
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