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Eversheds appoints Middle East practice heads as firm continues roll out of three-year strategy

Eversheds has created new management roles in the Middle East as the firm continues to roll out chief executive Bryan Hughes' '2020 Vision' strategy. Hughes unveiled the strategy, which aligned partners in the firm's four practice groups (HR, litigation, real estate and corporate and commercial) with its 11 sector groups when he was reappointed as CEO in 2012. The plan is now being put in place across the Middle East. As part of the integration of the strategy, United Arab Emirates (UAE) based disputes partner Nayiri Boghossian has filled the newly created role of regional litigation head. Appointments for regional real estate and HR chiefs are expected to follow shortly.
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Singapore expected to announce successful licence renewals this month

The first international law firms to receive local licences to practice in Singapore are expecting to hear later this month whether they have will be renewed
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Norton Rose Fulbright secures Rio launch with former BP lawyer

Norton Rose Fulbright has launched in Rio de Janeiro with the hire of BP's former assistant general counsel Andrew Haynes to co-head the new venture. Haynes, who joined the firm earlier this month, will lead the new Brazilian office alongside the firm's current Colombia head Glenn Faass.
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Hill Dicks asks salaried partners for capital investment ahead of LLP tax changes

Hill Dickinson will ask its non-equity partners to invest 30% of their salary into the firm, ahead of changes to the tax rules for limited liability partnerships. The move is currently subject to a consultation, which kicked off a fortnight ago. Exact details of the plan will be presented to the partnership at the end of the month, with the firm hoping to raise the capital by 31 March.
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Quinn Emanuel continues office opening spree with Brussels launch

Quinn Emanuel has further grown its European offering with the launch of a competition practice in Brussels, the firm's tenth office outside the US. In a statement, the litigation focused firm's managing partner John Quinn said a presence in the Belgian capital was a necessity to "effectively represent our clients in global disputes".
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Wragges, LG confirm management board for merged firm

Wragge & Co and Lawrence Graham have set up a new management board for the combined firm, which will be structured around five practice groups when the merger goes live on 1 May.
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HowardKennedyFsi opens £60m merger talks with Davenport Lyons

Davenport Lyons and HowardKennedyFsi (HKFsi) have begun talks over a merger which would create a £60m law firm on the fringes of the UK top 50. The discussions begun after Davenport Lyons, which is based near London's Covent Garden, approached HKFsi - the product of last year's merger between West End firms Howard Kennedy and Finers Stephens Innocent.
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Thirty Nine Essex Street launches in Kuala Lumpur

Thirty Nine Essex Street has launched an office in Kuala Lumpur, making it the first UK chambers to have a presence in Malaysia. The set has taken an office at the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration.
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Ince & Co launches redundancy round with 16 jobs at risk

Ince & Co is set to cut up to 16 jobs after launching a redundancy consultation with its legal and support staff. The redundancies will affect up to 10 fee earners from the firm's insurance and shipping practices as well as six business services roles, which are a mix of secretarial and support staff.
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Reasons to be cheerful – is the LG merger a good move for Wragge & Co?

For a law firm leader, Wragge & Co senior partner Quentin Poole is very approachable. Neither colleagues nor rivals seem to have a bad word to say about him and, as the firm's long-awaited London merger draws closer, he has more reason than ever to be cheerful. Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co may not exactly roll off the tongue, but the tie-up goes some way towards giving Wragges the London traction it has been struggling to build organically for many years. Not to mention a shiny, relatively new office in More London – albeit, an office more synonymous with merger partner Lawrence Graham's financial difficulties than anything positive. The union, which goes live in May, takes Wragges from Birmingham firm to UK player and represents a shift in its approach to the UK legal market and beyond. It's a deal that makes sense for both firms even though it does not come near to delivering the finished article.
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