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Picture of the Week: Law firm catches Henmania
1/06/2007
Perfectly-formed Oxford firm Henmans was celebrating moving in to new offices last month (31 May), calling on the, ahem, services of resolutely mid-market tennis pro Tim Henman – the nephew of founding partner Roger Henman – to add some much-needed...Of mice and Mullen
5/06/2007
Spotted at last month’s Modest Mouse gig at the Royal Albert Hall, a certain Chris Mullen, senior partner of Pinsent Masons, with two children in tow (as cover, in case he was spotted by any well-heeled clients passing through Kensington...No, Lovells, I expect you to die
7/06/2007
Some law firm management teams will go to incredible lengths to keep their partners happy and, after a challenging few years, Lovells has risen to that challenge, according to, ahem, intelligence reaching the ears of The Diary.Yes, Lovells last month...Love is in the heir
8/06/2007
Beneath its hard-bitten, uber-cynical exterior, The Diary is an old romantic at heart. Indeed, just two weeks ago this column was helping lovelorn US law firm Duane Morris in its quest for that perfect City date (number of responses to...Better the Trevor you know
11/06/2007
Following on from Lovells' movie-making exploits last week, The Diary can bring you exclusive news of the silver-screen debut of celebrity Tyco in-houser Trevor Faure.Faure, who rarely fails to make an impression face-to-face, has given his already-stellar profile a further...Pinsents' new whyPod
12/06/2007
National behemoth Pinsent Masons was feeling the white heat of innovation last week as employment head Chris Booth – pictured below on the right, alongside media consultant Joe Glavina – bought himself a shiny new iPod.”The commute is a bastard,...Boarders' boardroom bed-hopping
13/06/2007
With conflicts of interest under the microscope like never before – the media microscope, obviously - you would think City partners would be cautious about sleeping with the proverbial enemy these days.Yet it seems even ultra-savvy Slaughter and May operator...The Diary on tour: Barcelona
14/06/2007
El Diary was in the Catalonian capital this week for sun, sangria and structured finance as 4,000 delegates descended on the catchily-named Annual Global Asset-Backed Securities Conference, which was every bit as fun as it sounds.Expectations were high as pointy-hatted...Ashurst's London calling
19/06/2007
London was calling City firm Clashurst last week at familiar-sounding charity do Party Near The Park (lucky no IP lawyers were present, eh?).Folk from the party-hard world of commercial property gathered to dress up as elderly rockers and prove it’s...Lovells' tough cookie
20/06/2007
‘In social animals, the alpha male is the individual in the community to whom the others defer,’ says the fountain of all truth that is Wikipedia (it’s an online dictionary in case you work at Allen & Overy and aren’t...Friends like these
21/06/2007
We are all familiar with the cosy ‘best friends’ arrangement between Slaughter and May and its fellow blue-bloods on the Continent.However, Burges Salmon last week nudged the envelope an inch to the left after a missive from the firm hailed...Doctorate No
22/06/2007
Ashurst commissars recently sent out a firmwide diktat banning academic qualifications from the email signatures of its partners. The Diary is not entirely sure what prompted the e-decree but your correspondent could hear the unmistakable whinnying of City bluebloods irked...People in glass houses shouldn't wear skirts
25/06/2007
The City was all aquiver last web after a stray SJ Berwin email warning female staff about the dangers of using its glass elevators while wearing skirts fell into the clammy hands of the national press.It seems that coffee-drinkers in...Grin and bear it
27/06/2007
Everyone knows it’s getting harder to make partner these days, so those who want to make the grade need to display a little extra dedication and ingenuity to get ahead of the competition. Aspiring lawyers could certainly learn from the...DJ Berwin
28/06/2007
Accidental flashers were not the only cause of excitement at SJ Berwin last week. The City firm is celebrating its 25th birthday and has invested in a mobile mirth-wagon it refers to as the ‘Party Bus’.The former Routemaster, which has...
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