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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.
February 2, 2012 |
As the legal scourge of phone-hacking, Mark Lewis' journey has taken him through unemployment, personal setbacks and libel battles to himself end up in the headlines. Suzanna Ring reports
By Ben Wheway
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February 2, 2012 |
It's been a long time coming, but the Legal Services Act (LSA) revolution is well and truly underway, with news that Australia's Slater & Gordon is acquiring Russell Jones & Walker (RJW) marking the first takeover of one law firm by another since the new regulatory regime came into force in October 2011.
By Ben Wheway
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January 20, 2012 |
Gateley has added two partners to its Scottish practice, taking on real estate specialist Caroline James from Tods Murray and Squire Sanders corporate recovery expert Tim Cooper. The firm, known as HBJ Gateley north of the border, has recruited James for its Glasgow office while Cooper will be based in Edinburgh but will split his time between the two locations.
By Ben Wheway
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January 20, 2012 | International Edition
Gateley has added two partners to its Scottish practice, taking on real estate specialist Caroline James from Tods Murray and Squire Sanders corporate recovery expert Tim Cooper. The firm, known as HBJ Gateley north of the border, has recruited James for its Glasgow office while Cooper will be based in Edinburgh but will split his time between the two locations.
By Ben Wheway
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January 13, 2012 |
Squire Sanders Hammonds has unveiled a global rebrand which will now see the firm known as just Squire Sanders in its 36 offices around the world, reports The Am Law Daily. The firm - which was formed by last January's merger of US firm Squire Sanders & Dempsey and the UK's Hammonds - had been known as Squire Sanders Hammonds in many of its locations throughout Europe and Asia, with the Squire Sanders & Dempsey name retained in the US.
By Ben Wheway
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February 21, 2011 | International Edition
For many in the legal profession, blogging remains something of an alien concept, an attitude encapsulated by media lawyer David Allen Green last week when recalling the reaction of a partner to his suggestion that more lawyers should blog: "Some of us have client work, dear boy." Green, better known perhaps as the blogger Jack of Kent and legal commentator for the New Statesman, was speaking at a debate hosted last Thursday (17 November) by 1 Crown Office Row, which took an informal look at law blogging.
By Ben Wheway
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February 21, 2011 |
For many in the legal profession, blogging remains something of an alien concept, an attitude encapsulated by media lawyer David Allen Green last week when recalling the reaction of a partner to his suggestion that more lawyers should blog: "Some of us have client work, dear boy." Green, better known perhaps as the blogger Jack of Kent and legal commentator for the New Statesman, was speaking at a debate hosted last Thursday (17 November) by 1 Crown Office Row, which took an informal look at law blogging.
By Ben Wheway
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April 29, 2009 |
Outgoing FSA director Margaret Cole on getting tough on insider trading, her days in private practice and a heavy childhood exposure to legal TV dramas...
By Ben Wheway
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November 14, 2008 |
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr has secured a Frankfurt launch with the hire of four high-profile partners from Mayer Brown, including two practice group heads. The firm has recruited Mayer Brown's co-head of corporate Ruediger Herrmann, intellectual property (IP) head Reinhart Lange, litigation partner Christofer Eggers and regulatory partner Hans-Georg Kamann and will also relocate Berlin corporate partner Christian Crones for the office launch.The new office will focus on corporate, IP, litigation and antitrust in the life sciences, pharmaceutical, energy and cleantech sectors.
By Ben Wheway
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October 16, 2008 |
UK law firms have moved sharply up the league of the world's 100 largest law firms as evidence mounts that the City's top firms are poised to outperform key US rivals in a prolonged slowdown.The Global 100, a joint project by Legal Week and The American Lawyer, this year ranks 17 UK-based law firms in the league of the world's largest law firms, including 10 in the top 50.The combination of robust growth at UK practices and the relative strength of sterling against the dollar during the last financial year saw many London-based firms rise up the revenue rankings.
By Ben Wheway
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