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August 15, 2007 |

London partner becomes Fulbright arbitration head

US law firm Fulbright & Jaworski has appointed London partner David Howell as the new co-head of its international arbitration and alternative dispute resolution practice. Howell, who is UK-qualified and has practised in London, Dubai and Singapore, will co-head the 30-lawyer practice group with Fulbright Houston partner Mark Baker. Howell joined from Baker & McKenzie in 2003 and has more than 25 years experience working in international commercial investment, construction and engineering disputes.
8 minute read
August 09, 2007 |

BPP law school outpaces group in H1 results

BPP Law School has outperformed the rest of the BPP training group over the first half of this year, announcing a 17% increase in turnover and an increase in profitability of nearly 50%. The school released its unaudited results for the first six months of this year ending 30 June today (9 August), with turnover up from £16.65m for the equivalent period last year to a new mark of £19.5m.
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June 21, 2007 | International Edition

Dentons in local tie-up for coveted Saudi market

Denton Wilde Sapte has secured a prized tie-up with a Saudi Arabian practice as it becomes the latest City firm to launch an associated office in Riyadh. The firm has joined forces with Saudi lawyer Wael Abdulrahman Alissa and hired local Fulbright & Jaworski corporate and commercial senior associate Amgad Husein as a partner to lead the new venture. Husein is US-qualified and has practised in the Middle East since 1999. The firm is planning more hires in coming months.
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June 14, 2007 |

Orrick fights back in Paris with Shearman raid

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has strengthened its Paris tax offering following a raid on US rival Shearman & Sterling. Tax partner Isabelle Chauvet joins the West Coast giant as a partner in the French capital, following the departure last month of Orrick's respected local tax head, Stephane Salou, who moved to Norton Rose.
12 minute read
June 13, 2007 |

Simmons and Camerons latest to exceed £500k PEP barrier

City duo Simmons & Simmons and CMS Cameron McKenna have both broken the £500,000 profits per equity partner (PEP) barrier for the first time, taking the number of top firms to have hit the figure for the first time to seven so far this year.
6 minute read
June 12, 2007 |

Dentons hikes NQ pay 17% but still lags rivals

Denton Wilde Sapte has unveiled double-digit pay rises for its trainees and associates, bringing the firm closer to the rates recently announced by City rivals. The top 20 UK firm today (12 June) confirmed it has lifted its salaries for newly-qualified lawyers from £53,000 to a new mark of £62,000 - an increase of nearly 17%.
15 minute read
June 07, 2007 |

Camerons becomes seventh UK firm to break £500,000 PEP this year

CMS Cameron McKenna has become the seventh UK firm to break the £500,000 profits per equity partner (PEP) barrier so far this year, posting a 5.5% rise for the past financial year. The City firm has announced PEP of £502,000 for the financial year, up from £476,000 last year. Revised turnover now stands at £197.4m, up 6.5% from last year's value of £185.3m.
4 minute read
May 22, 2007 |

Ashurst ups NQ salaries by 16% to £64k

Ashurst has upped its associate salaries, with the City giant matching firms including Linklaters and Herbert Smith to pay its newly-qualified solicitors £64,000. The pay-rise, effective from the start of this month, represents a 16% increase on last year's rate of £55,000.
8 minute read
May 14, 2007 |

Lovells hikes NQ pay to £63,500 to match CC

Lovells has become the latest City firm to up its associate salaries, with the top 10 UK outfit boosting its rate for newly-qualified lawyers by 15% to £63,500. The hike is Lovells' second pay-rise for newly-qualified lawyers in the last year, having raised salaries from last May's £53,000 to a new mark of £55,000 in November.
15 minute read
May 02, 2007 |

Path to partner at top firms gets longer despite booming City scene

The wait for partnership is getting longer at the UK's leading firms, according to research by Legal Week, which shows it took 8.7 years on average for lawyers to make partner this year, compared with 8.1 years in 2004. The partnership track has increased in length each year for top City lawyers during the last four years, despite the fact that a number of firms, including Ashurst, Lovells and Herbert Smith, saw a significant drop in the time it took to make partner this year.
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