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CMS partners vote in Weston for second term at helm

CMS Cameron McKenna managing partner Duncan Weston has secured a second term in the role following a partner vote which closed on Friday afternoon (25 November). Weston, who stood uncontested, needed to receive the backing of 51% of the partnership in order to seal his reappointment on 1 May 2012.
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DWF secures £5m deal to merge with Newcastle boutique

Expansive northwest firm DWF has sealed a deal to acquire Newcastle stalwart Crutes in the New Year. DWF will merge with Crutes, an insurance specialist with annual revenues of more than £5m, on 1 January 2012. The law firm employs 95 people, including 16 partners and has offices in Newcastle, Carlisle and Stockton on Tees.
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Field Fisher launches redundancy consultation with four lawyers at risk

Field Fisher Waterhouse has kicked off a redundancy consultation that could lead to the departure of four lawyers in the firm's public & regulatory group. The consultation, first revealed on rollonfriday.com, began earlier this week (22 November) and is likely to take between three and four weeks.
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Knowles set to win new term as DLA Piper chief in uncontested vote

Nigel Knowles looks set to secure another term at the helm of DLA Piper, with no-one putting themselves forward to replace him as joint chief executive as Legal Week went to press. The formal nomination period for candidates to put themselves forward to stand against Knowles is due to end later this month, with Knowles currently running uncontested.
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Herbert Smith hires former Ernst & Young partner as new COO

Herbert Smith has hired a new global chief operating officer (COO) as incumbent John Mullins prepares to retire at the end of the financial year. David Robinson joined the firm earlier this month, having most recently served as COO of private equity firm Vision Capital. He previously spent 20 years as a partner at Ernst & Young including a period as the accountancy firm's COO for Northern Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa.
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Bakers hires former A&O finance director as global CFO

Baker & McKenzie has hired Allen & Overy's (A&O's) former finance director Ian Dinwiddie as its global chief financial officer (CFO). Dinwiddie, who succeeds Robert Spencer in the role at Bakers, will take up the post in the New Year when he will become responsible for developing and driving the firm's strategic financial initiatives.
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Slaughters and Linklaters lauded as City's best-run firms as partners chase leadership dividend

Nine out of 10 senior lawyers view leadership as key to success while DLA Piper's recruitment of former Linklaters head Tony Angel wins widespread backing. Simon Petersen reports
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Taylor Wessing names new senior partner as Winter steps down

Taylor Wessing has elected real estate partner Adam Marks as the new senior partner of its UK arm. Marks took up a three-year term at the Anglo-German firm's helm earlier this month (1 November) replacing Martin Winter, who has stepped down after six years in the role.
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Salans sees seven partners quit for US firm's London launch

Salans is to lose a seven-partner team from its London office to Locke Lord, as the Texan firm moves to launch its first permanently staffed base in Europe. Salans global banking chief and former global chair Stephen Finch, who stepped down as chairman in January 2010 after five years in the role, is among a raft of partners to resign from Salans' London office last week.
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More expected to flock to Turkey as Bakers secures long-planned launch

Baker & McKenzie is set to join the growing ranks of international law firms in Turkey after entering into a co-operation agreement with local practice Esin 
Attorney Partnership. The firm is entering Europe's fastest growing economy through a partnership with the Istanbul-based firm Esin, a 40-lawyer firm covering practice areas including corporate, real estate, dispute resolution and competition law.
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