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Burges Salmon partner Olley takes GC role at Department for Transport

Nick Olley, partner at Burges Salmon in Bristol, will take over as general counsel of the Department for Transport (Dft), where he will be in charge of a team of 80 lawyers. Olley is currently chair of the firm's well-regarded transport sector group and for five years previously was head of the 50-strong commercial department. Burges Salmon partner Brioney Thomas, a highly-rated rail sector specialist will succeed Olley.
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Pay guarantees remain common despite widespread concerns over effectiveness

The majority of partners regard guaranteed pay deals for senior lateral hires as an ineffective weapon in the war for talent, despite a consensus that such deals are common. Fifty-seven per cent of the respondents to Legal Week's latest Big Question survey said guaranteed deals were either not very effective (43%) or made no difference (14%) in helping law firms secure the best talent, with just 12% regarding them as very effective and 31% as quite effective.
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DLA Birmingham managing partner joins Eversheds in double partner exit

Eversheds has sealed the hires of two partners from DLA Piper's Birmingham team, including office managing partner Mark Beardmore. Beardmore, who has been office managing partner since 2011, joined DLA Piper in 1999. He specialises in M&A and private equity deals and will join Eversheds' Birmingham arm.
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Five-lawyer Herbert Smith Freehills energy team moves to King & Spalding in Paris

King & Spalding has established a Paris energy practice with the hire of a five lawyer team from Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), led by the firm's former North Africa practice head Mehdi Haroun. The US firm said the hires would give King & Spalding "added firepower" in France, and present new opportunities for the international energy practice.
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Reed Smith boosts London trade finance team with Dentons hire

Reed Smith has hired Dentons partner Jonathan Solomon to its London energy and natural resources group. Solomon - who joined the firm today (9 September) - advises financial institutions, corporates and traders on structured finance, trade and commodity matters in a range of emerging markets, including Indonesia, Ukraine, Mongolia and Brazil.
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International Edition

Skadden closes Vienna office as sole partner leaves for CMS

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has closed its Vienna base, with the departure of office managing partner Rainer Wachter to CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz. Skadden said the decision was made following a strategic review which found that the firm could continue to provide advice on Austrian matters from other European bases.
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Hogan Lovells adds partner to new Luxembourg base with A&O hire

Hogan Lovells has added a third partner to its new Luxembourg office with the hire of tax lawyer Gérard Neiens from Allen & Overy.
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International Edition

CC seals hire of BLP contentious tax head as senior exits continue

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) contentious tax head Liesl Fichardt is leaving to join Clifford Chance (CC) in the latest senior departure from the firm. Fichardt, who has been at BLP since 2008, is understood to be negotiating her exit from the firm, which has seen a number of partners leave in recent weeks.
2 minute read

International Edition

BLP commercial and technology head quits firm for Mishcons

The head of Berwin Leighton Paisner's information law unit, Adam Rose, has left to join Mishcon de Reya, marking the latest move in a string of partner exits from the firm. Rose joined BLP in 1990 before becoming a partner in 1997. He lead BLP's commercial and technology group for 12 years, and was also the head of information law. He advises clients in the financial, information and publishing and outsourcing sectors and has experience in advising on a wide range of software and related IT contracts. Rose is also a vice-chair of Lex Anglo-Brasil and is involved with various Latin American chambers of commerce in the UK.
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SJ Berwin boosts City litigation team with former Dentons Middle East disputes chief

SJ Berwin has hired highly-ranked international arbitration partner Paul Stothard from Dentons' London office. Stothard, who joined SJ Berwin yesterday (2 September), headed Dentons' Middle East dispute resolution practice from 2008 until 2012, when he returned to the City.
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