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  • September 16, 2009 |

    Chadbourne partner rejoins Dechert after just four months away

    Konstantin Konstantinov, a corporate and finance partner who joined Dechert earlier this year as part of the firm's Moscow launch, has rejoined his former firm Chadbourne & Parke after just four months. Dechert originally announced on 8 May that five partners, including Konstantinov, would be joining from its US rival, only to see two of them - finance partner Jennifer Handz and Russian litigator Mikhail Rozenberg - decide to remain at Chadbourne.

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  • September 16, 2009 |

    High-profile sale of Aquascutum hands roles to trio of law firms

    A trio of law firms have advised on the high-profile sale of iconic clothing brand Aquascutum to fashion entrepreneur Harold Tillman. Dechert was called in to advise Tillman, with the firm fielding a team led by London corporate partner Geoffrey Walters. Tax partner David Gubbay, property partner Barry Thorne and intellectual property (IP) counsel Renzo Marchini assisted.

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  • September 15, 2009 |

    Dealmaker: Ciaran Carvalho

    Nabarro real estate partner Ciaran Carvalho on sink-or-swim deals and nauseating Christmas parties...

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  • September 11, 2009 |

    Student round-up: BPP signs Dechert and CoL targets in-house

    Dechert has become the latest law firm to sign an exclusive training deal with an external provider. The agreement, which starts this month, will see the Anglo-American firm's future

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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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