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August 09, 2010 |

Average Trainee Retention Rate Rises at Top 30 U.K. Firms

Trainee retention rates at the U.K.'s leading law firms are recovering strongly. The average retention rate for September intakes at the top 30 firms is currently 81 percent, an improvement of 7 percent over September 2009. Four firms so far are keeping on more than 90 percent of trainees.
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March 28, 2012 |

Former Hogan Lovells Partner Pleads Guilty to �1.3 Million Expenses Fraud

Former Hogan Lovells litigation partner Christopher Grierson has pleaded guilty to defrauding the firm of �1.3 million in false travel expenses over four years. Grierson, who is best known for working on the high-profile BCCI litigation, was dismissed by Hogan Lovells last year. He will be sentenced on May 3.
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May 13, 2008 |

Profits, Fees Up 25 Percent as Herbert Smith Hits $2 Million PEP

Herbert Smith has unveiled a record-breaking financial year, with profits per equity partner smashing the 1 million pound barrier on the back of a 25 percent surge in turnover. Revenue at the U.K. heavyweight jumped by a quarter, from 324 million pounds ($630.8 million) in 2006-07 to 417.5 million pounds ($812.9 million) for the most recent financial year. PEP, meanwhile, also grew by 25 percent from 820,000 pounds to 1.02 million pounds ($2 million).
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June 01, 2007 |

Focus Europe: The Arbitration Scorecard

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June 27, 2011 |

MOVERS

David Weinstein joins Baker & Daniels as partner in the Chicago office. Plus more law firm movers in this week's column.
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April 30, 2012 |

Latham, Others Grab Roles On Another $5 Billion in Health Care Deals

The Am Law Daily reported last week on a spate of M&A deals in the pharmaceutical and health care space that yielded assignments for several Am Law 100 firms. Now Latham, Skadden, Jones Day, Cooley, and Brown Rudnick are working on two deals announced Monday involving the same industries: Hologic's $3.7 billion acquisition of Gen-Probe and Terra Firm's $1.3 billion takeover of Four Seasons Health Care.
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March 19, 2008 |

London development agency GC focuses on legal regeneration

Since making the move to the London Development Agency from air traffic control company NATS last year, general counsel Debbie Adams has set in motion the wheels of change at the body's legal team. After inheriting a skeleton legal team of nine secondees and temporary lawyers, Adams earlier this year began hiring a raft of new lawyers at all levels of seniority.
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September 05, 2013 |

New Deals

In what is the third-largest M&A deal in history, Verizon Communications will pay $130 billion to acquire joint venture partner Vodafone Group's 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless, while Microsoft Corp. announced it will buy Nokia's mobile phone business for $7.2 billion.
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