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• Singapore firm Shook Lin & Bok hires BLP lawyer as India head

  May 10 2012 Singapore firm Shook Lin & Bok has hired Berwin Leighton Paisner senior associate Azmul Haque as a partner and the co-head the firm’s India practice.   Shook Lin’s... more

• BLP hires high profile M&A lawyer from Allens

  Apr 24 2012 Berwin Leighton Paisner has hired high-profile mergers and acquisitions lawyer Alan Paul from Allen & Overy. Paul spent 27 years as a partner at A&O, before announcing... more

• BLP promotes 11 in annual promotions round

  Apr 23 2012 Berwin Leighton Paisner has promoted 11 lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round - a slight decrease on the 13 promotions made last year. Managing... more

• Berwin Leighton Paisner hires former global corporate head of Linklaters

  Feb 29 2012 Berwin Leighton Paisner has scored a coup with the hire of Linklaters’ former global corporate head David Barnes for its London corporate team. Barnes left Linklaters... more

• UK firm Simmons & Simmons keeps just 2 of 8 qualifying trainees

  Feb 22 2012 Simmons & Simmons has announced that just two of its eight qualifying trainees will be taking up post-qualification employment with the firm. According to a statement,... more

• UK firms show strong trainee retention, despite fragile economy

  Jan 27 2012 The figures on trainee retention in the UK are beginning to emerge, revealing relatively high retention despite widespread concerns about the fragility of the economy.... more

• Reports indicate more departures from BLP's banking and capital markets group

  Jan 16 2012 Rumour has it that seven associates have resigned from Berwin Leighton Paisner's Banking and Capital Markets group in the last week. According to Roll On Friday a... more

• BLP expands Singapore office with Watson Farley hire

  Dec 31 2011 Berwin Leighton Paisner continues the expansion of its Singapore office with the hire of Ken Cheung, the head of Watson Farley Williams’ corporate practice in Asia.... more

• US firm Reed Smith boost London structured finance practice with BLP hire

  Dec 29 2011 US firm Reed Smith has boosted its structured finance practice in London, with the hire of UK firm Berwin Leighton Paisner's structured finance chief Tamara Box.... more

• UK firm Berwin Leighton Paisner scoops up projects expert Andrei Baev

  Dec 14 2011 UK firm Berwin Leighton Paisner has boosted its projects practice with the hire of Allen & Overy partner Andrei Baev. Baev’s practice focuses on power and mining... more

• Ashurst loses 8 partners since start of September

  Oct 14 2011 Roll on Friday points out that there is a steady depletion in the partner ranks over at Ashurst, with eight partners departing since the start of September.... more

• Two more senior departures from Ashurst

  Oct 12 2011 Ashurst will see two more senior departures from its litigation practice, with litigation chief Michael Madden leaving the firm and partner Wil Thorburn set to join JP... more

• Addleshaw Goddard loses Singapore head ahead of launch

  Oct 03 2011 Berwin Leighton Paisner has scooped up partner Kent Phillips from Addleshaw Goddard, just before that he was due to launch and lead a new Singapore office for his... more

• Berwin Leighton Paisner to launch two German offices

  Sep 19 2011 Berwin Leighton Paisner is set to make a strong entry into the German legal services market with the opening of two new offices – one in Berlin and one in Frankfurt.... more

• Berwin Leighton Paisner bumps up performance component of pay

  Aug 24 2011 Berwin Leighton Paisner has announced changes to the way that it remunerates equity partners, putting greater emphasis on performance when distributing the firm’s... more

• A good year for top equity partners: the million pound club is growing

  Aug 15 2011 The top end of the pay scale in the legal profession is making a recovery, according to a survey conducted by The Lawyer to assess how many equity partners are seeing... more

• BLP to launch in Hong Kong

  Jun 17 2011 Berwin Leighton Paisner is set to launch a new office in Hong Kong, pending regulatory approval from the Chinese authorities. The firm plans to hire a team of... more

• Berwin Leighton Paisner reports 56% jump in profits

  May 30 2011 Berwin Leighton Paisner has reported a 56 per cent jump in profits per equity partner, up from £455,000 to £712,000, in the last financial year. The firm increased... more

• Simmons & Simmons hires group of partners from Berwin Leighton Paisner

  May 26 2011 Simmons & Simmons has bolstered its finance department with the hire of a group of partners and former partners from Berwin Leighton Paisner. The newest additions... more

• Berwin Leighton Paisner promotes 13 lawyers to partnership

  Apr 05 2011 Berwin Leighton Paisner has promoted 13 lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round, up from eight in 2010. The majority of the promotions – nine of... more

• Leading UK firms aim for more diversity in recruitment

  Mar 17 2011 A number of leading UK law firms have announced the intention to increase the number of universities they visit during recruitment rounds, in a bid to increase... more

• Report shows the instability of lateral hires

  Mar 16 2011 Consultant firm Motive Legal has produced a report that tracks the movement of partners hired in the UK over the last five years, tracking 1,944 lateral moves. The... more

• Top UK firms improve trainee retention rates

  Mar 03 2011 Trainee retention rates at the 30 largest firms in the UK are up 10 per cent on last year’s figures, 84% of qualifying trainees were offered jobs this year and 83... more

• Berwin Leighton Paisner hires private client partner from Herbies in London

  Feb 07 2011 Berwin Leighton Paisner has hired private client partner Rupert Ticehurst from Herbert Smith. Ticehurst was Herbert Smith’s only dedicated private client partner, and... more

• Berwin boosts Middle East real estate practice with double hire

  Jan 28 2011 Berwin Leighton Paisner has boosted its Middle East real estate practice with the hire of two partners in Abu Dhabi. David Nunn leaves the partnership at Simmons &... more

• UK firm Berwin Leighton Paisner hires financial services partner from Pinsent Masons

  Jan 17 2011 UK firm Berwin Leighton Paisner has boosted its non-contentious financial services practice with the hire of Pinsent Masons partner Jacob Ghanty. Berwin Leighton... more

• Berwin Leighton Paisner hires top employment litigation lawyer from Jones Day

  Oct 12 2010 Berwin Leighton Paisner has boosted its employment litigation practice with the hire of Lisa Mayhew, formerly the head of Jones Day’s employment litigation practice.... more

• Berwin Leighton Paisner on the up

  Jun 15 2010 UK firm Berwin Leighton Paisner bucked the trend last financial year, posting an increase in both turnover and profit, with income topping £191 million for the first... more

• UK firms increase borrowing, rather than asking partners to pitch in

  Mar 16 2010 Top UK law firms have increased borrowing by 40 per cent in response to the financial crisis, according to an article published in Times Online today. The legal... more

• BLP posts 5% drop in revenues at half-year stage

  Nov 12 2009 Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has announced a 5% drop in revenues for the first half of the financial year, bringing in fee income of £79.8m. The firm's results put... more

• RPC recruits BLP partner to head up tax disputes team

  Oct 26 2009 Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC) has bolstered its tax practice with the hire of Jonathan Levy from Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP). Levy, who has been a partner at... more

• Adam Signy helps Simpson Thacher secure 1.7bn Blackstone deal

  Sep 21 2009 Former Clifford Chance lawyer Adam Signy has scored his first major transaction since joining Simpson Thacher & Bartlett's London office in May 2009. Signy and... more

• Partner promotions at top UK law firms fall by a third

  Sep 04 2009 Magic circle law firms -- Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters, Slaughter and May -- saw promotions fall by an average of 41... more

• Lovells keeps just 69 per cent of September qualifiers

  Aug 06 2009 Lovells’ retention rate for trainee solicitors qualifying in autumn has decreased to 69 per cent, placing the firm UK in line with other City firms like Freshfields... more

• UK firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) cuts 85 jobs

  Jun 23 2009 According to The Lawyer, BLP made 47 compulsory redundancies, while 32 took voluntary redundancy and six employees have taken early retirement. more

• UK firm Berwin Leighton Paisner launches redundancy consultation

  May 06 2009 Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) is reviewing 30 legal, 30 business services and 25 secretarial positions in London, reports legalweek. more

• Berwin Leighton Paisner to launch in Russia

  Dec 19 2008 Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) is in advanced discussions with Moscow's Andrey Goltsblat to take a number of partners from the Russian firm as part of the new launch,... more

• City firms Clifford Chance, BLP, DLA Piper win pro bono awards

  Jul 04 2008 Clifford Chance, Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) and DLA Piper have all picked up prizes at the annual LawWorks Pro Bono Awards 2008. BLP and DLA won the Best... more

• Official - Law Firms Best Places To Work

  Mar 18 2008 Law firms made a dramatic impact in this year's Sunday Times 100 Best Companies To Work For, with no less than twelve of them making the grade. Manchester-based... more