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The new CMS

04 May 2017
Issue: 7744 / Categories: Legal News
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CMS UK, Nabarro and Olswang completed a mammoth merger this week, becoming the sixth largest law firm in the UK by revenue and sixth largest globally by headcount. Globally, CMS has more than 1,000 partners and 5,000 lawyers in 70 offices across 39 countries. Penelope Warne, senior partner of CMS in London, said: ‘We have made this bold move with one goal in mind: to build a new kind of future-facing law firm.’ London staff will work from CMS’s existing offices at Cannon Place.

Issue: 7744 / Categories: Legal News
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions

Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions

Firm grows international bench with expanded UK partner class

Shakespeare Martineau—six appointments

Shakespeare Martineau—six appointments

Firm makes major statement in the capital with strategic growth at The Shard

Myers & Co—Jess Latham

Myers & Co—Jess Latham

Residential conveyancing team expands with solicitor hire

NEWS
One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers
Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
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