http://www.mpmagazine.com/ The latest headlines and articles Managing Partner Magazine (c) 2008, Ark Group Ltd. All rights reserved. http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=5EC52FF9-2323-4A93-87A8-302A30A8C3B6 THE BRITISH Government has announced the first members of the newly-established UK regulatory authority, the Legal Services Board (LSB). 27 October 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=E5BE0293-3363-4DE6-A475-FF7E01455DA9 TWO-THIRDS of smaller law firms remain confident of their firm’s prospects over the next six months despite the current economic climate, according to a recent survey conducted by Key Business Finance (KBF), the professional finance arm of Heritable Bank. 27 October 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=84DEB869-5176-4372-8BFA-F7B5851BE37F The website was one shop window law firm Withers decided it couldn’t afford to get wrong. 27 October 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=FE66E157-F2AC-4AF4-93BF-A78C202E00CD The business case for social networking isn’t limited to employee engagement and boosting so-called ‘soft skills’. Web 2.0 media can increase efficiency through more effective knowledge sharing right across the firm. 27 October 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=7DFC5719-A4CA-4270-9088-A1690EEFBFFA An enterprise relationship management (ERM) system has been key to a more proactive business-development strategy at Kilpatrick Stockton LLP. 27 October 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=401D6A20-814A-4A61-8E1E-77DC36CDBAE0 MAGIC-CIRCLE law firm Linklaters has boosted its US competition and anti-trust practice with the appointment of a new competition and antitrust partner in the firm’s New York office. 27 October 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=53EBB4BA-B040-4FCD-9060-B5FA79244846 INTERNATIONAL LAW firm Baker & McKenzie has posted an 18 per cent rise in profits for the 2008 fiscal year, which it attributes to a strategic shift dating back to 2004. 27 October 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=E062166C-1C3D-41D8-8E78-B1B207D22A09 INTERNATIONAL LAW firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges has chosen a new managing partner for the firm’s Wasington D.C. office. 27 October 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=A5B36256-374C-4C81-A02C-E35FB7657337 DORSEY & WHITNEY has boosted its litigation practice with the appointment of a former litigation partner from international law firm Eversheds. 27 October 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=DAA240EA-6515-406C-821A-34F6B226A7CC UK LAW firm asb law has announced the appointment of a new partner to its corporate finance team. 27 October 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=F71B768B-DB4B-4328-B1CF-534C1CD453F1 JONES, WALKER, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre L.L.P (Jones Walker) and Miller, Hamilton, Snider & Odom LLC (Miller Hamilton) have agreed a merger that extends both firms’ stature in the southern US legal market. 27 October 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=26CE1E7D-1009-43F0-A986-A1898FD655E4 INTERNATIONAL LAW firm Bryan Cave LLP is to expand its Chicago office with the appointment of five new lateral partners from the Chicago office of rival firm Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP. 27 October 2008