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BLP water chief quits to join Bircham Dyson in wake of Thames deal

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has lost the head of its water focus group with the departure of City partner John Hurdley to Bircham Dyson Bell. The news comes after the news, reported by Legal Week, that BLP in set to complete a deal that will see Thames Water transfer the bulk of its in-house legal team to the City law firm. However, BLP stated that Hurdley's departure was unrelated to those developments.
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Nabarro misses out as Yorkshire development agency completes panel review

Regional development agency Yorkshire Forward has completed an adviser review which has seen Nabarro lose its place on the organisation's legal panel. The agency has split its adviser roster in two, with Eversheds, Hammonds, Pinsent Masons, Cobbetts, Walker Morris and Addleshaw Goddard appointed to the main legal panel. The six firms were reappointed following a competitive tender process, with Nabarro the only former panel firm not to be reappointed.
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Hammonds partner duo hand in notice as resignation window opens

Hammonds is to lose two senior partners, with Manchester head Jonathan Edwards and construction chief David Moss resigning from the firm. Both partners handed in their notice earlier this week (31 March), on one of only two days each year on which equity partners are able to resign from the firm.
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Grosvenor hires former Freshfields lawyer as first-ever GC for Britain & Ireland arm

Property development company Grosvenor Britain & Ireland has recruited Ulrike Schwarz-Runer from Dubai Holdings as its first general counsel. Schwarz-Runer joined Grosvenor on 29 March, leaving her role as GC at the Dubai Government-owned holding company. She will be based at Grosvenor's London headquarters. Prior to Dubai Holdings, Schwarz-Runer was formerly a corporate lawyer at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and US firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, and also an executive director at Goldman Sachs in New York, London and Frankfurt.
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Eversheds leads on £1bn Covent Garden development initiative

Eversheds has won a role advising Covent Garden Market Authority (CGMA) on a development project that could be worth up to £1bn. Eversheds real estate partner Stephen Manson is leading a team advising CGMA on the latest phase of the regeneration project that will see the development of a fresh produce market in Covent Garden.
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Camerons and SJ Berwin snare new corporate and real estate clients

CMS Cameron McKenna and SJ Berwin have picked up new clients in their respective corporate and real estate practices. SJ Berwin has carried out its first mandate for new property client Max Property, advising the company on a recent office investment worth £36.5m.
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A&O, BLP and DLA win roles on Middle East real estate roster

Middle East real estate company Aldar has named the firms on its first formal legal panel, with Allen & Overy (A&O), Berwin Leighton Paisner and DLA Piper all winning roles. The Abu Dhabi property developer and investor finalised the review during the last quarter of 2009 with appointments made at the beginning of the year.
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Hammonds eyes real estate revival with trio of senior hires

Hammonds has expanded its real estate team and launched a planning group in London with three senior hires. The national law firm is to launch a planning group in the City with the hire of Oliver Goodwin, who is set to join the firm in April from Mishcon de Reya, where he was head of planning and environment.
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Taylor Wessing recruits Hammonds partner for Dubai arm

Taylor Wessing has hired Hammonds partner Mark Fraser to bulk up its Dubai construction practice. Fraser, who will join the UK top 50 firm at the start of May, has been a partner at Hammonds for three years, and has advised on construction law, arbitration and insurance matters, with a focus on the Middle East.
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Eversheds and CC lead on £250m UK retail property joint venture

Eversheds and Clifford Chance (CC) have won leading roles advising on a £250m joint venture between property investment company NewRiver and Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing (MSREI) to invest in UK retail property. The Guernsey-registered joint venture, which will be known as NewRiver Retail Investments, has an acquisition capacity of more than £250m including leverage and has already made its first portfolio acquisition.
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