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Find, mind and grind
'What we need is a culture of openness, so if there are problems they can be dealt with early before they become a disaster,' counsels David Pickup, a partner in Aylesbury-based Pickup & Scot in England, in a blog post on The Law Gazette website.
UK: logistics buyout
Irwin Mitchell advises logistics company Gazeley
Former London Dewey chief lashes US management
Peter Sharp, the former London managing partner of New York-based law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf, has responded to claims that he left his former colleagues high and dry by claiming that he was 'ignored' by the firm's US leaders.
What a relief
There's an aphorism about a tree falling in a forest, which ends with the mind-boggling conundrum for those who've smoked too many drugs: if there's no-one there to hear it crash to the ground, how do we know it makes any noise?
UK and Ireland
London-based law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner has recruited former Clifford Chance counsel Roman Khodykin as a partner.
GC departure triggers hire at Virgin Money
UK-based banking and financial services company Virgin Money has brought in a new deputy company secretary following the departure of director of legal and company secretary Jason Fitzpatrick.
UK: sole trader
International law firm Mayer Brown advised leading retail restructuring specialist GA Europe on its investment into Somerset-based footwear chain Shoon, which went into administration last February.
UK: what a waste
DLA Piper acted for American pharmaceutical corporation Pfizer, a long-standing client, on a 10-year lease and associated service agreements for high temperature incinerator and solvent handling facility and waste disposal agent Augean Treatment.
Half of British execs would bung for business
More than half of Britain's executives would not rule out flouting ant-bribery laws to clinch a deal, a report published today claims as researchers maintain that UK companies are failing to take recently-implemented legislation seriously.
Firm and partner cleared of £60m negligence claim
A leading mid-tier London law firm and one of its partners have been cleared of a £60 million negligence and dishonesty claim after a court found the allegations were unsubstantiated.
Olympics impact on the workforce
Businesses have less than three months to prepare for the Olympic Games in London, warns Tom Flanagan.
Trials of the media
As the Leveson Inquiry trundles on, the media is now entering unchartered territory.
Aim designated market route
The Aim market's fast-track route is often overlooked by smaller companies, says Nigel Gordon.
Former Greenberg Traurig lawyer heads for green consultants
Green energy consultancy Anesco has appointed former Greenberg Traurig Maher solicitor Jeremy Cross to lead its in-house legal department.
Six UK firms slot onto car accident compensation panel
The UK's Motor Insurers' Bureau - the body that deals with claims against uninsured motorists - has appointed six leading law firms to its legal panel following a recent review.
UK: All in it together
London-headquartered international law firm Herbert Smith advised the British Cabinet Office on the creation of MyCSP, a 'John Lewis-style' business created from a central government service.
Retiring Supreme Court head lines up top jobs
Britain's top judge is close to cutting two lucrative retirement deals in the Gulf and southeast Asia, UK media reports have revealed.
Magic circle firm axes partner 'improvement period'
Global giant Clifford Chance is planning to end arrangements allowing underperforming partners up to a year to pull up their socks before they are forced to leave.
The Russians are coming
Russian is almost the unofficial second language of London's commercial court. Anthony Riem and Trevor Mascarenhas attempt to explain why
Corporate hostility or corporate hospitality?
With a long summer of festive activities on the horizon, culminating with the Olympics, Claus Andersen muses over the impact of last year's UK Bribery Act and where the limits lie on corporate hospitality