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  • September 9, 2009 |

    Fasken hires four-partner team for City energy push

    Fasken Martineau has hired a six-lawyer team from Howard Kennedy to bolster its core energy practice. Chris Gooding, Hardani Azmi, Philip Kornbluth and Philip Leacock have all joined as partners, bringing the Canadian-based law firm's London energy practice to 10 partners. Fasken has also hired Alex Ferrari as counsel and Sukhi Kaler as associate. The group joined the firm's energy practice and will advise on all contentious and non-contentious matters, particularly in aviation, insurance and arbitration.

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  • August 19, 2009 |

    CC finance partner duo quit firm to join Dechert in New York

    Dechert has strengthened its New York offering with the hire of two new partners from Clifford Chance's (CC's) office in the city. CC finance partners Stuart Strauss and Richard Horowitz will join the US firm's financial services group.

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  • August 12, 2009 |

    A&O wins Lloyds role on £235m investment management sell-off

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has landed the lead role for Lloyds Banking Group on the sale of its Insight Investment Management subsidiary to Bank of New York Mellon for £235m. The magic circle firm was drafted in to advise Lloyds on the deal, which comprises Insight's external fund management operation, fielding a team led by corporate partner Alistair Asher.

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  • August 7, 2009 |

    Simmons rebuilds Frankfurt corporate with Haarmann hire

    Simmons & Simmons has moved to rebuild its Frankfurt corporate practice with the hire of former Haarmann partner Jan Wildberger, who will lead the UK firm's German private equity practice.

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  • August 6, 2009 |

    Dealmaker: Peter Astleford

    Dechert funds heavyweight Peter Astleford on keeping things simple and thinking like a client

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  • August 3, 2009 |

    RUSAL dispute heads for UK court after appeal rejected

    Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska has lost his appeal to block a $4bn (£2.4bn) dispute over his stake in aluminium giant RUSAL from being heard in the UK.

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  • July 17, 2009 |

    Twelve firms sign up for College of Law disputes training

    Twelve City law firms have signed up to the College of Law's dispute resolution training consortium. The programme of twelve courses concentrates on the basics of litigation and alternative dispute resolution, and will be taught to lawyers from zero to three years' post qualification experience. It follows similar pooled training programmes that have been introduced during recent years in the areas of corporate, property and banking.

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  • July 16, 2009 |

    Hedge fund and private equity lawyers gear up for battle over Euro regulation

    Lawyers to London's leading hedge funds and private equity houses are braced for a prolonged period of uncertainty and lobbying as the alternative investment industry wrestles with controversial European Commission (EC) reforms. With the fuss regarding the EC's draft directive on alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs) showing no sign of abating since it was unveiled on 29 April, legal advisers are expecting a high-stakes battle to influence reforms seen as a politically motivated assault.

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  • July 9, 2009 | International Edition

    International law firms: Batten down the hatches

    If ever there was a market to test the commitment of international firms to their London office, this would be it. Plummeting workloads and high operating costs have meant more so than ever the City is proving an expensive toehold.

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  • July 9, 2009 |

    International law firms: Batten down the hatches

    If ever there was a market to test the commitment of international firms to their London office, this would be it. Plummeting workloads and high operating costs have meant more so than ever the City is proving an expensive toehold.

    1 minute read