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Manches real estate partner in Cripps switch

Cripps Harries Hall has expanded its real estate team with the hire of Matthew Cox from Manches. Cox joined the firm's Tunbridge Wells office as a partner in the property team last month (1 January) after serving almost eight years as a non-contentious partner at Manches' London arm.
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Reed Smith invests in City real estate with Olswang partner hire

Reed Smith has bolstered its London real estate practice, making its second lateral hire into the group within a month. Real estate partner Philip Olmer is set to join the international firm next month from Olswang, where he has been a partner for more than a decade.
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Government infrastructure body names Linklaters as sole legal adviser

Linklaters has been named as the sole legal adviser to a new Government body intended to co-ordinate infrastructure projects in the UK and aid private sector investment. The magic circle firm has been appointed to advise Infrastructure UK (IUK), which was set up towards the end of last year as part of the Pre-Budget Report in a bid to prioritise and fund infrastructure in the UK over the next 50 years.
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Eight partners to join Clydes as firm confirms Shadbolt merger details

Clyde & Co has finalised plans to acquire parts of construction boutique Shadbolt, it was announced today (25 January). The UK top 20 firm is set to take over Shadbolt's London-based construction and infrastructure projects and disputes groups, as well as its UK corporate practice and Paris office.
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Simmons regains prized role as MoD unveils new projects panel

Simmons & Simmons has won back its position on the Ministry of Defence (MoD) major projects panel four years after being dropped from the roster. The top 15 City law firm is one of seven firms to be appointed by the MoD for a four-year term starting last week (10 January). Field Fisher Waterhouse is also a new addition to the panel while Wragge & Co, Pinsent Masons, Denton Wilde Sapte, Mills & Reeve and Shepherd and Wedderburn have been reappointed.
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Mishcons recruits SJB real estate partner duo

Mishcon de Reya has recruited two real estate partners from SJ Berwin, with Nick Minkoff and Stephen Hughes set join the London firm. Minkoff, who made partner at SJ Berwin in 2004, will join Mishcons later this month (18 January) while Hughes' start date is still being negotiated.
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Reed Smith adds two partners in the City with Dentons and Shell hires

Reed Smith has bolstered its London offering with the addition of two new partners in the City. Former Reed Smith energy partner Sian Fellows has rejoined the firm from oil giant Shell, where she spent three years in a senior in-house role. Meanwhile, real estate lawyer Jimmy Theodorou joins as a partner from Denton Wilde Sapte, where he was an associate.
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Property team of the year

The judges singled out SJ Berwin's work advising on the £127m acquisition of Milton Gate in the City of London for the complexity of the work and its unusual financing. The team, which was led by partner David Ryland, advised investment house Evans Randall on its joint venture with Al Salam Bank, a Bahrain-based Islamic bank, to acquire and finance Addleshaw Goddard's new 200,000 sq ft City offices. It was one of the largest City of London office transactions this year.
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Young in-house lawyer of the year

Within three years of joining BASF's legal department Helen Koerner was appointed company secretary and de facto head of legal for its northern European operations. Koerner qualified in 2001 and started out her career as a property specialist. She joined BASF's legal department in 2004 to manage its property portfolio but was soon taking on a much broader role within the company.
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CMS Moscow partner quits to join Magisters

CMS Moscow has lost a top-rated partner with Kirill Ratnikov moving to CIS heavyweight Magisters today (3 December). Ratnikov, who focuses on public-private partnerships (PPP) and corporate law, led the Moscow infrastructure and project finance group at CMS Moscow, having joined CMS Cameron McKenna's Moscow office in 2004 from Coudert Brothers. He began his career at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
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