Friday 1st June
- Morgan Lewis builds CNPC ties with hire of Dewey's Beijing head | The Lawyer: http://t.co/c3g49cfn
- Withers to pay £100,000 over negligent Chelsea garden advice | The Lawyer: http://t.co/hhyWzuv6
- National firm Osborne Clarke has reported a new high in revenues for the last financial year of £97.7m ahead of a proposed merger next month with Italian firm SLA (Studio Legale Associato) | Law Gazette http://t.co/QK9AL8I5
- Gide makes up City capital markets lawyer in seven-strong round- Legalweek http://t.co/cxNojtia
Thursday 31st May
- Dewey Collapse Gives Lenders Pause, But Landlords Won't Cease And Desist in Pursuing Law Firms : http://t.co/j56gvWcp
- Andy Coulson turns to DLA Piper to fight perjury charges | The Lawyer: http://t.co/lbHty0aW
- Employment boom drives JMW turnover growth | The Lawyer: http://t.co/uUg1goDH
- Clifford Chance ups associate pay, holds trainee and NQ bands steady | The Lawyer: http://t.co/stAyeVcR
- Taylor Wessing posts global turnover rise to £206m | The Lawyer: http://t.co/JcWhpRfw
- Blackstone and Matrix silks among advisers as Assange loses extradition appeal- Legalweek http://t.co/wDi2qsh6
- Riverview Law makes international move with New York launch- Legalweek http://t.co/Xy5C0Dpu
- Simmons & Simmons signs up Osborne Clarke finance litigation duo for new Bristol base- Legalweek http://t.co/hzFtU6Wa
- Gide Loyrette Nouel makes up City capital markets lawyer in seven-strong round- Legalweek http://t.co/cxNojtia
- The Transfer Window: recent moves including Shearman & Sterling, Shoosmiths, Irwin Mitchell, Simmons & Simmons, Herbert Smith, Olswang, Taylor Wessing, K&L Gates, Dechert - Legalweek http://t.co/hlMBMfoa
- Former Hogan Lovells partner handed three-year jail term for expense fraud- Legalweek http://t.co/OnhtyWuV
- Riverview goes international with NY office and direct access pitch to American law firms and GCs - LegalFutures http://t.co/79zBjoyP
Wednesday 30th May
- Dewey administration sees 96 London layoffs with core team of 12 kept on- Legalweek http://t.co/fNhECh2y
- Dewey becomes world's largest legal failure as firm files for bankruptcy- Legalweek http://t.co/NrylEbEe
- Ashurst announces 6% revenue hike with Profits per equity partner also expected to be up- Legalweek http://t.co/UL7VzUgd
- Mills & Reeve makes up trio to partner across Cambridge and Norwich offices- Legalweek http://t.co/kOnqhHVp
- Bakers secures South Africa launch with hire of 31-strong Dewey team- Legalweek http://t.co/P8WIYe4d
- Watson Farley becomes latest firm to post double-digit growth- Legalweek http://t.co/RN8bEiAf
- Ex-Hogan Lovells partner jailed for three years over £1.27m fraud | The Lawyer: http://t.co/QCaHBDsL
- Blackstone silk fails to stop Julian Assange extradition. Matrix Chambers’ Clare Montgomery QC has persuaded the Supreme Court to extradite Wikileaks founder to Sweden to face allegations of sex offences | The Lawyer: http://t.co/U54T8XRb
- Riverview expands overseas with New York launch | The Lawyer: http://t.co/TYks5T9j
Tuesday 29th May
- Clifford Chance, Weil Gotshal & Manges, and Baker & McKenzie field London teams on $1.3bn private equity deal- Legalweek http://t.co/f8K7pQQd
- Nabarro sees revenues inch up as firm reviews partner performance- Legalweek http://t.co/186vEEXq
- Addleshaws spinoff Enyo hires former Howrey partner duo from Nabarro- Legalweek http://t.co/uZ6Cml6H
- Holman Fenwick and Fulbright sign up trio of Dewey London partners- Legalweek http://t.co/l3oiQhBb
- Watson Farley becomes latest firm to post double-digit growth- Legalweek http://t.co/RN8bEiAf
- Punctuating the largest law firm collapse in United States history - Dewey & LeBoeuf : http://t.co/E5Nf3hA2
- DLA Piper hires Frankfurt team as fallout from Dewey collapse continues | The Lawyer: http://t.co/Iaby28u3
- Ashurst's turnover rises 6 per cent at end of expansive year | The Lawyer: http://t.co/XNF6GMur
- Baker & McKenzie launches Johannesburg base with Dewey team | The Lawyer: http://t.co/3uIqAyOa
- Law firm (TLG) nominated in Young Business of the Year category for 'The Citizen and Gloucestershire Echo's 2012 Awards' http://t.co/ofa1LNok
- Foot Anstey has set out plans for how it will look to fight the FSA’s Arch cru redress scheme http://t.co/rfkoIW7C
Monday 28th May
- Nabarro "managing" partnership as revenues stagnate | The Lawyer: http://t.co/CO91IwAh
- Dewey's Sharp hits out at stricken firm's US management | The Lawyer: http://t.co/uvKra5mp
- A&O pledges Singapore growth despite Allen & Gledhill setback | The Lawyer: http://t.co/I7b3xoNZ
Sunday 27th May
- US: Rosen Law Firm Files Class Action Against Tibet Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | CNBC http://t.co/8gNjbeSh
A synopsis of the the movers and shakers in law firms as featured in Law Society Gazette:
- Ryan O'Hara is now Industrial Disease specialist at Neil Hudgell Solicitors.
- Zoe Brocket is now Solicitor, Commercial Litgiation at Carter-Ruck. Zoe Brocket was previously Solicitor at DLA Piper.
- Keir Barrie is now Partner at Thomas Eggar LLP. Barrie was previously Partner at Farrer & Co.
- Frank Sykes is now Health and Safety Consultant at Birketts LLP.
- Catherine Bates is now Solicitor at Fisher Meredith.
- Lynda Spiby is now Solicitor at GHP Legal.
- Merger: STC Partners and Dupiré & Associés sign patnership agreement for merger in France.
- Alex Pearce is now Associate Solicitor at Pinney Talfourd LLP Solicitors. Pearce was previously a Trainee Solicitor.
- Phil Pepper is now Senior Associate at Cummins Solicitors. Pepper was previously at Freeth Cartwright.
- Omar Naqib is now Solicitor, Public International Law Team at Carter-Ruck. Naqib was previously Solicitor at Clyde & Co.
- Miranda Rushton is now Solicitor, Public International Law Team, at Carter-Ruck. Rushton was previously Solicitor at Reynolds Porter Chamberlain.
- Alice Kingdon is now Corporate Solicitor at Hamlins LLP.
- Shivali Chaudhry is now Employment Solicitor at Hamlins LLP. Chaudhry was previously Solicitor at Devonshires.
- Elanya Smith is now assistant solicitor at MFG Solicitors.
- Neil Harrison is now associate at MFG Solicitors.
- MFG Solicitors has promoted litigation expert Sam Pedley to associate and employment specialist Amanda Pillinger and property-litigation specialist Kirsten Bridgewater to partner.
- Deborah Ruff is now Partner at Fulbright & Jaworski International LLP. Ruff was previously Co-chair of international litigation and co-chair of the firm’s arbitration group at Dewey & LeBoeuf.
- Steve Walker is now Consultant at Weightmans LLP. Walker was previously Chief Executive at NHSLA.
- Emily Brand is now Partner at Winckworth Sherwood. Brand was previously Director.
- Martin Chambers is now Partner at LSG Solicitors. Chambers was previously Partner at DWFM Beckman.
- Philippe Lecler is now partner at Moisand Boutin & Associés. Lecler was previously partner at Reed Smith LLP.
- Rebecca Dawson and Stephanie Peppin are now Trainee Solicitors at Lindsays Solicitors.
- Sharon Beck is now Managing Partner at Taylor Bracewell. Beck was previously Commercial Partner.
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