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By Pui-Guan Man | October 17, 2012
Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW) has rejigged its partnership structure, with the City firm taking capital contributions from some of its fixed-share equity partners in exchange for voting rights. The overhaul, which took place earlier this year, effectively rids the firm of a three-tier partnership structure, which comprised a tier of full equity partners and two tiers of fixed-share partners, some who contributed capital and others who did not.
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By Gerard Starkey | October 11, 2012
Gateley has moved into new London premises as the firm continues to bulk up its presence in the capital.
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By Legal Week | October 11, 2012
As the demands on the modern GC rise, more companies have recruited legal heads from their advisers. Caroline Hill talks to the lawyers have who switched sides
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By Alex Newman | September 27, 2012
The UK's top 20 law firms saw 439 partners exit their main limited liability partnerships (LLPs) in 2011-12, as firms continue to actively manage their partnerships.
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By Alex Newman | September 25, 2012
Peter Kalis has been appointed for a fifth term as chairman and global managing partner of K&L Gates after a unanimous vote by the US firm's management committee. K&L Gates' management committee, comprising sixty voting members representing the firm's offices and major practices, re-appointed Kalis, who ran unopposed, following partner consultations in each of the firm's 41 offices.
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By Alex Newman | September 20, 2012
Ashurst has sealed the hire of Nabarro real estate dispute resolution head Iain Travers as a partner in London. Travers, who has been with Nabarro for 38 years, has also developed a substantial arbitration practice during his time at the firm and has handled disputes in the sports world as well as the property industry. He is top-ranked for real estate litigation by Chambers and Partners.
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By Gerard Starkey | September 13, 2012
Eversheds has bolstered its London and Leeds offices with a series of recruits from CMS Cameron McKenna and Cobbetts.
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By Suzi Ring | September 6, 2012
King & Wood Mallesons has overhauled its lockstep for its Australian partners, as news emerges that the firm's Hong Kong arm struck a five-year deal to ensure partner remuneration remains at pre-merger levels.
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By Alex Newman | August 28, 2012
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft has boosted its London office with the hire of structured finance partner Stephen Day from fellow US firm Mayer Brown. Day, who joined Mayer Brown in 2002 and made partner in 2008, specialises in a range of structured finance and securitisation transactions, with particular focus on complex cross border deals.
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By Pui-Guan Man | August 21, 2012
Bird & Bird has appointed John Chiu as chief operating officer (COO) for Greater China and corporate development officer for Asia. The firm's London and China executive committees developed the first-time roles in light of its ambitious strategy to grow the area to represent 20% of the firm's total revenue and lawyer headcount in the next three to five years.
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By Zach Schlein | September 12, 2019
A complaint in Palm Beach Circuit Court accuses Fort Lauderdale litigator Jane Rankin of conflicting interests—representing Love's Bridge View LLC but prioritizing her relationship with its ousted executive, multimillionaire Burton Handelsman.
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By Tasha Norman | September 12, 2019
"It is critically important to be aware of one's internal brand—within the firm, and external brand—outside the firm."
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By David Thomas | September 11, 2019
The former attorney general said she wasn't sure if she'll play a role in Kirkland's recent embrace of plaintiffs-side litigation.
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By Aleeza Furman | September 11, 2019
A former trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust division joins Cohen Milstein, a group of 5 lawyers join Hodgson Russ, and other midsize moves.
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By David Thomas | September 11, 2019
Former chief U.S. District Judge Rueben Castillo is joining Akerman just five years after the Florida-based firm planted a flag in Chicago and a month after it tapped a Chicago partner as its new chairman.
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By Mike Scarcella | September 11, 2019
A new petition marked the latest example of a Big Law firm going to bat for free for a government client. Wilson Sonsini recently announced a new national U.S. Supreme Court and appellate practice.
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By Mike Scarcella | September 11, 2019
A new petition marked the latest example of a Big Law firm going to bat for free for a government client. Wilson Sonsini recently announced a new national U.S. Supreme Court and appellate practice.
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By Rose Walker | September 11, 2019
The final three candidates represent the firm's global reach.
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By Dylan Jackson | September 11, 2019
The firm has hired Federico Cuadra Del Carmen to kick off the new practice, which is to be based in Miami. It also has formed a steering committee composed of seven attorneys from its offices in New York, Miami and Latin America.
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By Xiumei Dong | September 10, 2019
Silicon Valley lawyer Sonal Mehta spent four years at Durie Tangri, representing several big names in high-stakes patent and technology disputes.
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