briefs

In Touche with telecoms

Nabarro Nathanson is teaming up with the management consultants Touche Ross to hold a seminar on partnership issues in the telecoms and media industries. The seminar - taking place on 22 February at the London offices of Touche Ross, which from 1 February will be known as Deloitte & Touche - is designed to give delegates an appreciation of the practical and legal implications of setting up business partnerships in the telecoms field.

Women's share

The Association of Women Barristers aims to set up regional groups for its members and to promote strategies to ensure they receive their fair share of work from solicitors, trade unions and in-house legal departments, according to challenges for the year set out by the chairwoman, Barbara Hewson.

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