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Eversheds reappoints Hughes as chief exec for new four-year term

Eversheds has confirmed that Bryan Hughes will lead the firm as chief executive officer for a further four years following an uncontested election. Hughes', whose first term comes to an end in April 2013, will now continue in his role until May 2017 after no one put themselves forward to contest the position.
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Baker & McKenzie leads charge into Peru with local merger

Baker & McKenzie is to become one of the first international law firms with an office in Peru, with the firm merging with Lima-based Estudio Echecopar. Estudio Echecopar, which is highly rated by Chambers and Partners, is one of Peru's biggest law firms and employs around 250 lawyers, trainees and administrative staff, working across practices including banking and finance, M&A, mining and energy and disputes.
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Eversheds set for CEO vote with Hughes tipped to take new term

Eversheds is gearing up for management elections as chief executive Bryan Hughes nears the end of his current four-year term.
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Taylor Wessing and RPC confirm new launch plans for Asia

Taylor Wessing and Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC) have confirmed plans to open new bases in Asia, as UK law firm interest in the region shows no sign of abating.
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Workplace wellbeing is not a soft issue, it is essential for today's law firms

Optimum workplace performance depends on taking time away from your desk, says Freshfields' Nigel Rawding
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Slaughters set to make 28 secretary job cuts in rare redundancy round

Slaughter and May is set to lay off as many as 28 secretaries in a rare redundancy round at the magic circle firm. Slaughters this morning confirmed the redundancies of up to 28 full-time equivalent secretaries out of 165 currently employed at the firm's City base.
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Jones Day follows Duesseldorf opening with Amsterdam launch plans

Jones Day is set expand its European footprint with the launch of an Amsterdam office in early 2013. The new base, which will initially concentrate on corporate and M&A, private equity, capital markets, litigation and antitrust, will be led by Luc Houben, who had previously held the role of partner-in-charge at the US firm's Brussels office.
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Nomura shakes up in-house team as wholesale legal chief departs

Nomura global head of legal and general counsel for wholesale David Graham has left the bank just over a year after taking up the role, provoking a wider restructuring of the legal team. Graham left the Japanese bank in September. He has not yet been replaced, with his responsibilities set to be split between Nomura chief legal officer, Noriaki Nagai, and other regional legal heads.
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In-house legal advisers need to wake up to the new demands of social media on their business

"Social media presents a raft of new challenges for the in-house legal team. Not all company legal teams are being given the board-level remit and resources needed to effectively manage this fast-growing and entirely new workload..."
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Hogan Lovells to close Abu Dhabi base to focus on Dubai hub

Hogan Lovells will close its Abu Dhabi office and transfer all its work to the firm's Dubai hub by the end of this year, the firm confirmed today. Hogan Lovells, which also has offices in Jeddah and Riyadh, is currently in talks with the five partners, three associates and counsel currently working out of Abu Dhabi, as to where they will be based after the office's closure. Four of the partners - Waajid Siddiqui, Bruce Parmley, Mark Mazo and James Gede - currently split their time between Abu Dhabi and Lovells' offices in the US.
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