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Pinsents, Hill Dicks lead as Crabbie's strikes deal to back Grand National

Pinsent Masons and Hill Dickinson have advised on a deal which has seen alcoholic ginger beer maker Crabbie's become the new sponsor of the Grand National. The deal, which spans three years, will see the race will offer £1m in prize money for the first time.
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CC joins diversity initiative targeting talent from state school backgrounds

Clifford Chance (CC) has joined a scheme that will see recruiters from top employers meet undergraduates from state school backgrounds, in a bid to improve access to City professions. CC is hosting a new milk round event, called the 'City Careers Conference', which will see graduate recruiters meet more than 150 undergraduates who previously studied at state schools in London's most disadvantaged boroughs.
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Linklaters and HSF lead on £1.3bn credit card mis-selling compensation deal

Linklaters and Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) have taken the lead legal roles on an agreement between the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Card Protection Plan (CPP) and 13 high street banks which could see £1.3bn returned to customers who were mis-sold insurance products. Seven million customers, who between them bought and renewed around 23 million policies covering card and identity protection, may now be entitled to compensation, after the parties settled on a 'redress bill'.
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Ex-Dewey trainees qualify at Ropes as Latham expands London intake

Ropes & Gray and Latham & Watkins have set out plans to expand their trainee programmes in London, as both firms post strong retention rates for their autumn qualifying intakes in the City. Ropes has retained all five of its newly qualified (NQ) lawyers - the first batch to qualify with the firm in the City - with the autumn intake including a number of ex-Dewey & LeBoeuf trainees cast adrift when the firm collapsed last year.
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Gibson Dunn recruits Skadden litigation partner in London

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has made a rare partner hire in London with the appointment of Skadden Arps Meagher & Flom litigation and arbitration lawyer Penny Madden. An English-qualified solicitor who was promoted to the Skadden partnership in 2012, Madden has a practice focus on telecoms, international trade and insurance disputes.
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BLP global private equity head McKeeve leaves for Jones Day

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) global head of private equity Raymond McKeeve has left to join Jones Day in a coup for the US firm's London office. McKeeve has spent four years at BLP after joining as private equity head in 2009, just a year after leaving Kirkland & Ellis in 2008, during which time he worked as an investment professional for property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz.
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Linklaters partner questioned by police in hacking investigation

Linklaters litigation partner John Turnbull has been interviewed under police caution on behalf of Rupert Murdoch's News UK, it has emerged, amid further revelations in the ongoing investigation into the hacking scandal. News UK - which rebranded from its former identity of News International last month - is being investigated by Scotland Yard as a "corporate suspect" over hacking and bribery offences, according to a report in The Independent.
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Shoosmiths to take on A-level students for new apprenticeship scheme

Shoosmiths is preparing to launch a new legal apprenticeship scheme next month in association with the CILEx Law School. The firm is looking to recruit a group of around 2-4 people which hold the equivalent of three A-Levels graded A-C who will work in its recoveries service practice group based at its Northampton office. The successful candidates will enrol on the two-year Debt Recovery and Insolvency pathway of the Level 4 Higher Apprenticeship with the training delivered and assessed by CILEx Law School.
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Olswang and Wiggin land lead roles on Virgin Media sports deal with BT

Olswang and Wiggin have advised on Virgin Media's deal with BT to make its sports channels available to Virgin TV customers. BT announced the three year wholesale deal this week (August 15), enabling Virgin to provide BT Sport 1, BT Sport 2 and ESPN to 3.8m people on its books.
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Eversheds and Travers lead on KPMG London office switch

Eversheds and Travers Smith both advised on KPMG's planned London relocation from Salisbury Square to 30 North Colonnade in Canary Wharf. From 2015, KPMG will occupy 200,000 sq ft across the top eight floors of the building, which is owned in a joint venture by Fimalac and Hearst Corporation. Approximately 1,100 staff will be relocating to Canary Wharf to work alongside the 5,000 staff that is already based next door at 15 Canada Square.
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