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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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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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