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Ben joined Legal Week from the Press Association in 2005 and has since held a number of roles including news editor, online managing editor, production editor and bassist in Legal Week's in-house covers band The Scoops.
May 13, 2012 | International Edition
SJ Berwin has appointed Simon Holmes as the new head of the firm's EU, competition and regulatory practice group. He is replacing Stephen Kon, who stepped up to become senior partner of the firm at the start of this month. Holmes, who joined SJ Berwin in 1994, has led the London EU, competition and regulatory group since 2008. The City partner will now head up both the international practice group and its London arm.
By Ben Wheway
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May 11, 2012 |
Technology will impact on how lawyers work. Almost everyone agrees with that proposition now. Here's why: • The Internet has enhanced communication speed and accessibility which has fundamentally changed client service expectations and the response times in the market
By Ben Wheway
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May 11, 2012 |
DLA Piper has confirmed the hire of a four-partner corporate and litigation team from Dewey & LeBoeuf in New York, as the embattled US firm's Northern California intellectual property (IP) litigation group breaks away to form a new boutique. The four-partner group joining DLA includes corporate partner Berge Setrakian and Margaret Civetta, the former managing partner of Dewey's Madrid office and co-managing partner of the firm's Paris office, as well as litigators Kevin Walsh and Gassan Baloul.
By Ben Wheway
1 minute read
May 10, 2012 |
Slaughter and May is gearing up to select a new executive partner with current post-holder Graham White set to retire from the firm at the end of April next year, when senior partner Chris Saul and practice partner Paul Olney will take up their second terms in office. The magic circle firm was expected to confirm to partners yesterday (10 May) that White will step down from the role and leave the firm, while Saul and Olney will each continue in their respective roles for a shortened term of three years.
By Ben Wheway
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May 10, 2012 |
Dewey & LeBoeuf's City arm was expected to file for administration imminently as Legal Week went to press, with the likely confirmation of the collapse coming against a backdrop of dozens of partner departures from the US firm's international network over the last week. Dewey's UK limited liability partnership (LLP), which includes the Paris office, has been in talks with insolvency practitioners at BDO since early last week and is now expected to file for administration, rather than go ahead with an orderly wind-down of the business.
By Ben Wheway
1 minute read
May 10, 2012 |
"I often think clients should spend less time thinking about how law firms pay their staff and more about what they are charged. But they know the link between pay and bills is not only close, it is rigidly enforced by law firm metrics..."
By Ben Wheway
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May 10, 2012 |
Cynics would say that the legal sharks have already started circling the fall-out from the Greek sovereign debt restructuring. One law firm is reported to be already seeking German private investors in Greek bonds to pursue a class action-style investment treaty arbitration against Greece.
By Ben Wheway
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May 10, 2012 |
"It's very easy for clients and lawyers to say in the abstract that they want to make arbitration more efficient. But when it comes to your own case and it's a bet-the-company situation, does a client want to take all the procedural points open to it in mounting its defence, or does it want to prioritise efficiency?"
By Ben Wheway
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May 10, 2012 |
Freshfields' Constantine Partasides and Patrick Taylor argue arbitration must evolve if it is to fulfil its promise as the first choice to resolve global business disputes
By Ben Wheway
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May 10, 2012 |
Few disagree that mediation is a sensible and effective concept. The courts, the Government and, increasingly, clients agree with lawyers that it should be used where possible. But how can a lawyer make a mediation most effective for his/her client? Mediators hover in between parties (privy to confidential information from each) and have a fascinating insight into the workings of negotiations between commercial parties. Mediators see firsthand what experienced lawyers can do to maximise the chance of favourable settlement.
By Ben Wheway
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The Legal Intelligencer honors lawyers leaving a mark on the legal community in Pennsylvania and Delaware.
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MELICK & PORTER, LLP PROMOTES CONNECTICUT PARTNERS HOLLY ROGERS, STEVEN BANKS, and ALEXANDER AHRENS
