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Mayer Brown City real estate chief joins US rival as London office head

US firm Katten Muchin Rosenman has hired Mayer Brown City real estate head Peter Sugden as its new London managing partner. The firm said the appointment had come as part of its expansion plans in its core areas of real estate and financial service...

08 Feb 2012 | 17:53

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Herbert Smith has been selected by Aviva as one of four firms to sit on its UK catastrophic loss panel, with the appointment coming as Australian wealth manager AMP has finalised its new Asia legal roster following its merger with AXA Asia-Pacific. ...

03 Feb 2012 | 00:00

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Mayer Brown has posted a 2.4% increase in firmwide revenues for 2011 after two years of faltering financials, reports the Am Law Daily. The firm saw total turnover climb to $1.13bn (£713m), while profits per partner (PEP) rose 10% to $1.18m (£745...

02 Feb 2012 | 00:00

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Simmons and Latham among firms joining PRIME as membership doubles to 50

PRIME, the groundbreaking social mobility initiative launched by 23 law firms last year, has more than doubled the number of participating firms, with 50 now committed to the programme. Simmons & Simmons, Latham & Watkins, Mayer Brown and Taylor We...

13 Jan 2012 | 00:00 | secure

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Mayer Brown set to see five partner departures from City base

Mayer Brown is set to see five partner departures from its London office in the coming weeks, with the outgoing partners joining firms including White & Case and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe. Commercial litigators Simon Willis and Matthew Lawson are ...

16 Dec 2011 | 13:00 | secure

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Mayer Brown makes up six in the City as Gibson Dunn promotes one in London

Mayer Brown has promoted six London lawyers to its partnership as part of a 39-strong global promotions round. The London promotions, which take the City office to 100 partners, are on par with last year when the transatlantic firm made up six new par...

22 Nov 2011 | 11:04 | secure

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Minter Ellison recruits Mayer Brown corporate partner for London base

Australia's Minter Ellison has added a third partner to its London office with the hire of Mayer Brown corporate specialist Michael Wallin. Wallin, who will join the firm next month (1 November), is Australian-qualified and will work with Minter's ...

26 Oct 2011 | 11:57 | secure

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Proposed bill gives lenders’ rights in the real estate sector platform for discussion

"The Bill is intended 'to re-balance the law in favour of enterprise'..." Mayer Brown’s Jayne Backett and Shaeron Yapp on a private member’s bill of interest to the banking sector

13 Oct 2011 | 00:00 | secure

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Mayer Brown's Canning exits to join Ernst & Young as global GC

Mayer Brown litigation partner Clare Canning is leaving the firm to become global general counsel at Ernst & Young. The appointment, which takes effect on 10 October, comes as current global GC Trevor Faure - who joined the accountancy giant in 200...

20 Sep 2011 | 09:30 | secure

Freshfields and Mayer Brown lead ex-BP chief’s $4.2bn Turkey tie-up

Mayer Brown and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have won roles on the planned $4.2bn (£2.7bn) merger of former BP chief executive Tony Hayward’s investment vehicle Vallares with Turkish oil company Genel Energy International. Mayer Brown’s Lond...

15 Sep 2011 | 00:00 | secure

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Freshfields and Mayer Brown head up ex-BP CEO's $4.2bn Turkey tie-up

Mayer Brown and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have won roles on the planned $4.2bn (£2.6bn) merger of former BP chief executive Tony Hayward's investment vehicle Vallares with Turkish oil company Genel Energy International. Mayer Brown's London o...

07 Sep 2011 | 14:11 | secure

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Mayer Brown adds partner to City corporate insurance team with Debevoise hire

Mayer Brown has strengthened its London corporate and securities practice with a hire from Debevoise & Plimpton. Colin Scagell joined the international firm today (5 September) as the newest partner in its London-based insurance industry group. He ...

05 Sep 2011 | 12:36 | secure

Linklaters Germany partner opts against move to Mayer Brown

Linklaters competition partner Carsten Grave has decided to remain with the magic circle law firm nearly two months after it was announced that he would join Mayer Brown's practice in Cologne. The news comes after the US law firm last month announc...

02 Sep 2011 | 11:24 | secure

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Mayer Brown to open in Duesseldorf; Berlin and Cologne to close

Mayer Brown is set to launch an office in Duesseldorf as the firm moves to close its Berlin and Cologne operations. The new office will open at the start of 2012, at which point Mayer Brown’s existing Cologne and Berlin offices will merge into the D...

17 Aug 2011 | 15:09 | secure

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Davis Polk signs up Mayer Brown partner duo for Brazil launch

Davis Polk & Wardwell has hired two partners from Mayer Brown, as the New York firm gears up to launch in Brazil. Banking and finance partners James Vickers and Stephen Hood are set to join Davis Polk in the coming months to help launch the firm's Sao...

11 Jul 2011 | 15:37 | secure

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