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By Pui-Guan Man | March 25, 2013
Withers and Speechly Bircham have confirmed that they are in early stage talks over a possible combination that could create a top 25 firm with revenues of around £170m. The firms issued a joint statement today confirming preliminary discussions are taking place after RollonFriday first reported the pair were talking about a combination on Friday (22 March).
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By Suzanna Ring | December 17, 2012
LG has made its first Singapore lateral hire since launching in the region last spring, as the firm sets out growth plans for the office. Ogier partner and British Virgin Islands (BVI) private client head Zac Lucas will join LG in Singapore in February next year. He has been at the offshore firm since 2010, and is qualified in both BVI and UK law.
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By Legal Week | December 13, 2012
Harbottle & Lewis sealed the prize for Private Client/Family Team of the Year after successfully proving to the judges that it has adapted its practice around this rapidly-evolving area of law. The firm has a strong traditional private client practice, covering areas such as divorce, private wealth and tax, as well as acting as the chosen advisers for several high net worth individuals including the royal family, David and Victoria Beckham, and Roman Abramovich.
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By Suzanna Ring | December 13, 2012
In 2009, a hacker known as 'Igor' managed to get hold of some highly sensitive documents that have gone on to play a crucial part in one of the most headline-grabbing disputes of recent times – Boris Berezovsky's multi-billion dollar battle with business rival and Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich. Igor delivered the documents to a flat in Sloane Square belonging to Abramovich where, in his absence, a servant opened the package.
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By Alex Newman | December 10, 2012
McDermott Will & Emery's London office has sealed the hire of a duo of corporate partners from wealth services firm Maitland. Stuart Mathews and Rupert Weber, who will join the US firm at the end of January, principally advise family offices and other family enterprises on their investment activities.
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By Gerard Starkey | November 26, 2012
Macfarlanes has turned to Speechly Bircham for a rare partner hire, with the re-appointment of Charles Gothard to its private client practice.
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By Legal Week | November 8, 2012
With a growing need for funding in Sub-Saharan Africa, Melissa Butler offers guidance for inexperienced issuers
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By Alex Newman | October 15, 2012
McDermott Will & Emery has sealed the hire of Withers partner Astrid Owen for the firm's private client practice in London. New York-qualified Owen joined McDermott last Thursday (11 October) after ten years as a partner at Withers, one of the UK's leading private client firms.
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By Pui-Guan Man | September 19, 2012
Stewarts Law has made a high-profile hire from Manches, recruiting family law partner Helen Ward along with a team of solicitors and support staff. Ward, who has been at Manches for 18 years, will join litigation firm Stewarts' five-partner divorce and family team in November, bringing four solicitors and two support staff with her.
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By Legal Week | July 24, 2012
"At the senior end, QCs with lucrative paper practices probably enjoy a more comfortable lifestyle than magic circle partners with their billing targets and constant marketing/networking..."
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By Xiumei Dong | September 12, 2018
Timothy Brugh, a former vice president at The Goldman Sachs Trust Co., has joined the firm as a partner in San Francisco and Silicon Valley.
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By Legal Week | September 4, 2018
Full details of the Private Client Team of the Year category at the Transatlantic Legal Awards 2018
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By Michael Booth | August 7, 2018
A New Jersey appeals court has ruled that a manufacturer has a duty to warn about the risk of harm from exposure to asbestos-containing replacement parts, even if the manufacturer did not make or distribute those parts.
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By Legal Week | August 3, 2018
Duo are among 11 firms with five or more partners ranked in the Private Client Global Elite
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By Michael Marciano | July 26, 2018
Ralph Nader hosted a small meeting of attorneys to sound an alarm bell: The constitutional right of Americans to sue for injury has eroded in recent years to a point of crisis that trial lawyers can no longer ignore.
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By Connecticut Editorial Board | June 14, 2018
Lawyers can do much to prevent or mitigate the poverty-causing effects of evictions, and we must do more to address this growing crisis.
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By Scott Forman | June 11, 2018
Scott Forman spoke with An Trotter, senior director of operations at Hearst and a pioneer in strategic legal operations.
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By Alanna G. Clair and Shari L. Klevens | June 8, 2018
By keeping mindful of a party's—and an attorney's—obligations not to engage in unethical conduct during depositions, attorneys can help ensure that the case will be considered on its merits, rather than impacted by sanctions or other issues.
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By Samantha Joseph | June 4, 2018
Gary Paige, of Gordon & Doner, and Hardee Bass, of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, secured $14 million in punitive damages and another $7 million in compensatory damages for client Faye Theis.
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By Alanna G. Clair and Shari L. Klevens | May 25, 2018
Although the majority of courts who have reviewed this issue have recognized and enforced a privilege shared between law firm attorneys and their in-house counsel, there is some uncertainty nationwide.
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