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Law firms need to practise good governance and not just preach about it to clients

Partnership specialist Richard Turnor of Maurice Turnor Gardner argues that law firms need to apply a few more of the proven rules of good governance...
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At last Davis Polk hits the City, but is the Wall St leader ready to go on offensive?

Suzanna Ring sizes up Davis Polk & Wardwell's prospects as the US leader makes its English law debut in the City...
7 minute read

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Gide names new senior management team

Gide Loyrette Nouel has appointed four new faces to its five-partner executive committee, including a new senior management team. Managing partner Christophe Eck and senior partner Pierre Raoul-Duval are set to be replaced by Stephane Puel and Baudouin de Moucheron respectively for two-year terms effective from 1 January 2012.
2 minute read

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Editor's Award - Senior Partner of the Year: Michael Payton, Clyde & Co

Having led his firm since 1984, 
few can rival Clyde & Co senior partner Michael Payton for staying power. But what really makes the veteran insurance lawyer so impressive is the success he has orchestrated for such a sustained period at this firm. And while many partners at such a stage in their careers have become largely ambassadorial figures, Payton is still a driving force for a firm that has been 
one of the most successful 
major legal practices of the 
last decade.
2 minute read

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Herbert Smith to launch in New York as part of international overhaul

Herbert Smith has outlined plans for a launch in New York as it moves to overhaul its international strategy, with the launch one of four new office openings on the cards. The UK top 10 firm has told staff it intends to open an office in New York focusing on international arbitration, investigations and cross-border disputes in the next 12 months. The new base is set to be staffed with a combination of lateral partner hires and relocations, including US-qualified lawyers; however the firm is not intending to carry out domestic commercial litigation.
3 minute read

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Greenberg plans Israel opening with Tel Aviv launch

Greenberg Traurig is set to become one of the first major US law firms to open an office in Israel, with the firm yesterday (6 December) announcing plans to open in Tel Aviv next month, writes the Am Law Daily. The Tel Aviv office will initially be staffed by partners who will spend large chunks of time there without permanently relocating, according to Greenberg chief executive Richard Rosenbaum. The firm then intends to hire up to five US or UK–trained lawyers to staff the office full time.
2 minute read

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Norton Rose head quietly re-elected as attention turns to prospects for chairman

Martyr wins third term leading Norton Rose; Camerons re-elects Weston as managing partner
3 minute read

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Ashurst and Blake Dawson unveil the teams charged with driving pre-merger integration

Ashurst and Australia's Blake Dawson have each named seven partners to take the lead overseeing growth across Asia and integration in the run-up to their planned merger in 2014.
2 minute read

International Edition

Stephenson Harwood enters Indonesia with local tie-up

Stephenson Harwood is entering the Indonesian market with the launch of a formal association with local firm Christian Teo Purwono & Partners (CTPP). The agreement, which was signed last Thursday (24 November), gives the UK top 30 firm an associated office in Jakarta, adding to its existing offices in Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Singapore.
2 minute read

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A&O asks up to 3% of equity to go as partnership management resumes

Allen & Overy (A&O) has asked a small number of equity partners to leave the partnership after restarting its annual lockstep management for the first time since a partner cull carried out in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.
2 minute read

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