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Linklaters set for next stage of £3.5m claim as defendants grow to five

Linklaters is gearing up to fight a £3.5m court battle in the autumn against five defendants over issues relating to the maintenance of its City HQ. Following a recent ruling (21 May), the magic circle law firm's original claim against construction and civil engineering company Sir Robert McAlpine and its holding company will now include a total of three additional parties.
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Cabinet Office releases details of top-earning public lawyers

A number of high-flying public sector lawyers have seen their pay packages disclosed this week (31 May) after the Cabinet Office issued a list of civil servants earning more than £150,000. First parliamentary counsel Stephen Laws is among those with the highest public income, falling into the pay bracket £225,000-£229,999. Laws, a qualified barrister, joined the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel in 1976.
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Linklaters names former World Bank lawyer as new Paris office head

Linklaters has appointed Paul Lignieres as the new managing partner of its Paris office as litigator Arnaud de La Cotardiere steps down after 18 months at the helm. Lignieres, whose four-year term began on 27 May, will carry out the brief alongside his existing role as co-head of Linklaters' global infrastructure and construction group and head of its Paris public law group.
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Regional development agencies early victims of public spending cuts

Sweeping curbs on public spending are set to have an early impact on the legal sector, with the Government this week announcing deep cuts in regional development agencies (RDAs) as part of an initial £6.2bn round of cuts. England's nine RDAs will lose £270m this year - roughly 20% of their budget.
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Mishcons adds real estate partner with LG hire

Mishcon de Reya has turned to LG for its latest hire, bringing in senior associate Jonathan Legg as a partner to boost its real estate tax group. Legg, who joins Mishcons today (10 May), has a corporate tax practice focusing on property investment, development, finance and funds work.
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Magic circle firms lead on €1bn Russian PPP

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Clifford Chance (CC) have scored roles on a €1.1bn (£955m) Russian public-private partnership (PPP) that will see the construction of a new terminal at St Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport. Freshfields advised the sponsors on the deal with a team led by London-based infrastructure and transport partner Alex Carver, alongside associates from the firm's London and Moscow offices.
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Cleary and Linklaters advise on $5.5bn Russian Government bond

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Linklaters have advised on the Russian Government's $5.5bn (£3.6bn) bond, the state's first visit to the capital markets since the emerging market crisis of 1998. Cleary's team for the Russian Government included partners David Sabel handling litigation and arbitration matters, David Gottlieb for M&A and capital markets and litigator Simon Ovenden.
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Willkie boosts Paris projects practice with hire of Freshfields team

Willkie Farr & Gallagher has moved to dramatically scale up its French projects and public law practice with the hire of a nine-lawyer team from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Public law partner Thierry Laloum and project finance partner Amir Jahanguiri both joined the Paris arm of Willkie Farr on 1 May as partners, alongside counsel Vincent Brenot, who also joined as a partner.
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DLA Piper set to continue global growth with Istanbul launch

DLA Piper is set to launch an office in Turkey, subject to licence approval expected later this month. The international law firm is gearing up to expand into Istanbul, with an office opening set for 1 May.
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A&O wins role to advise French Government on €4.2bn canal PPP

Allen & Overy (A&O) has landed a role advising the French Government on one of the biggest public-private partnership (PPP) deals in Europe to date. A&O will advise government agency Voies navigables de France on the €4.2bn (£3.7bn) deal, which will see the design, construction and maintenance of a 100km stretch of canal forming a junction between France and both Belgium and the Rhine basin.
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