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Eversheds lands role on £500m Thames Gateway regeneration scheme

Eversheds has secured a role on a £500m regeneration scheme for the Thames Gateway region. The top 10 firm will advise on the transformation of Purfleet in the Thames Gateway, under a public-private partnership agreement, which was given the green light from the Department of Communities and Local Government recently.
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Simmons London real estate partner makes Lewis Silkin switch

Simmons & Simmons has lost a real estate partner in London with Rachel Francis-Lang joining City outfit Lewis Silkin last week (23 November). Francis-Lang joined Simmons from Eversheds in September last year, after eight years as a partner at the national firm. She began her career at Slaughter and May, where she trained and qualified.
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DLA Piper recruits Proskauer projects partner for Paris base

DLA Piper has strengthened its Paris projects team with the hire of a former Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner from Proskauer Rose. Jean L'Homme, who joined DLA yesterday (15 November), focuses on advising banks, construction companies, private operators, governments and public agencies in relation to their infrastructure projects and public-private partnerships (PPPs) with a focus on the French and North African markets.
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Eversheds partner duo quit firm to take up new roles in the City

Davenport Lyons and US firm Duane Morris have both recruited Eversheds partners as the firms look to strengthen their City offerings. Property partner Andrew Li, who has been at Eversheds since early 2008, joins Davenport as the firm's fiftieth partner after a recent hiring spree which has seen lateral appointments from Olswang, Speechly Bircham and Hextalls.
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Herbert Smith and Lovells head up US Embassy sell-off

Herbert Smith, Lovells and Maples Teesdale have all taken lead roles on the sale of the Grade II listed US Embassy building on Grosvenor Square. The Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company - which is owned by Qatar's sovereign wealth fund - has purchased the building in London's Mayfair, with the deal expected to be completed in 2013.
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UK firms land roles on billion-dollar Abu Dhabi-Saudi motorway project

A raft of UK law firms have won roles as Abu Dhabi prepares for the largest-ever public private partnership project (PPP) in the UAE. Allen & Overy (A&O) is advising the Abu Dhabi Department of Transport, which is planning to build a motorway connecting Abu Dhabi with Saudi Arabia. Five bidders have been shortlisted to build the road from Mafraq to Ghweifat, with proposals for the estimated $2.65bn (£1.62bn) project to be submitted by 6 December.
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Greenberg continues City growth with Eversheds real estate hire

Greenberg Traurig Maher (GTM) is set to launch a City property practice with the hire of a real estate partner from Eversheds. Tim Webb joined GTM today (2 November) as City real estate head after 22 years at Eversheds. The firm plans to bring in associates to staff the new practice over the coming weeks.
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DLA Piper projects partner joins firm's Australian ally in Brisbane

DLA Piper's Australian ally has added a second partner in a week from the UK firm with the hire of public-private partnership (PPP) specialist Alex Guy. Guy, who is a partner in DLA Piper's London office, is set to relocate to DLA Phillips Fox's Brisbane office, where he will advise on projects across Australia, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific region while also strengthening co-operation with DLA's Asia practice. He will take up the new role as of 1 January 2010.
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Career Clinic: Are private practice lawyers snobbish about public sector work?

"I have five years' PQE in commercial property, but I was made redundant in December last year and am finding it very difficult to find work - primarily I believe because I worked for a local authority. Although the quality of work which I have undertaken has been exceptional (regeneration, development and transactional projects all worth tens of millions of pounds), I have found that I am not considered by agents/recruiters or law firms when applying for commercial property roles, both in-house and private practice.
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SJ Berwin launches new office in Shanghai

SJ Berwin has opened an office in Shanghai, as the firm continues to expand its presence outside of Europe. The representative office was launched officially today (30 October) after the firm was granted a licence in August, and will be staffed by senior associates Phillip Senff and Hailong Ji.
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