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  • August 29, 2007 |

    Once bitten, twice... well up for it

    Dewey Ballantine must be thanking its lucky stars that it so narrowly avoided a union with an expansive mid-tier firm run by a forceful leader who calls…

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  • August 28, 2007 |

    Dewey-LeBoeuf merger to forge top 20 US giant

    New York duo Dewey Ballantine and LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae have agreed to merge, creating a firm of over 1,300 lawyers, it was announced yesterday (27 August). The tie-up, which is set to go live in October subject to partner approval, will see the pair combine under the banner Dewey & LeBoeuf.

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  • August 9, 2007 |

    AmLaw poll shows partnership hopes plunging at US law firms

    Partnership ambitions among US associates have sunk to an all-time low despite soaring demand for their services, according to research by The American Lawyer, which shows just 12% expect to make equity at their current firm.

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  • August 2, 2007 |

    West Coast duo strengthen in New York

    West Coast firms Latham & Watkins and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati have both moved to beef up their New York practices with partner hires, it was announced this week. Los Angeles giant Latham has hired Dewey Ballantine corporate partner M Adel Aslani-Far, who focuses on M&A, stock and asset acquisitions, recapitalisations, joint ventures and related financings.

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  • August 1, 2007 |

    Deal Week Dispatch: 1/8/2007

    Deal Week Dispatch brings readers an early taster of news from Legal Week's unparalleled Deal Week section, with DLA Piper, Macfarlanes and Herbert Smith among the deal-doers.

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  • July 31, 2007 |

    Lovells hands US reins to NY litigator Gottridge

    Lovells has appointed Marc Gottridge as the new managing partner of its US practice, with the New York litigation partner also taking a seat on the firm's international executive. Gottridge will take over from Chicago-based insurance partner Joe McCullough at the helm of the City giant's US operations. His three-year term begins tomorrow (1 August).

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  • July 25, 2007 |

    Mullally hire helps Lovells launch US IP practice

    Lovells has launched a US patent litigation practice with the hire of a partner from Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe.

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  • July 23, 2007 | International Edition

    Herbies Paris firms up HSBC ties with €200m deal

    Herbert Smith has acted on its first major deal for HSBC since being appointed to its French panel earlier this year, advising the banking giant on the financing of the €218m (£146m) takeover of financial information company Fininfo by Financiere Jeulin. Paris-based corporate partner Frederic Grillier led the Herbert Smith team alongside local head of finance and HSBC relationship partner Georges Dirani.

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  • July 23, 2007 |

    Herbies Paris firms up HSBC ties with €200m deal

    Herbert Smith has acted on its first major deal for HSBC since being appointed to its French panel earlier this year, advising the banking giant on the financing of the €218m (£146m) takeover of financial information company Fininfo by Financiere Jeulin. Paris-based corporate partner Frederic Grillier led the Herbert Smith team alongside local head of finance and HSBC relationship partner Georges Dirani.

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  • July 18, 2007 |

    One in four partners sound note of caution over 'crazy' City pay levels

    Lawyers are divided over rising City salaries as one quarter describe current levels as 'crazy', while partners give junior lawyers' pay gripes short shrift. Claire Ruckin reports on the latest Big Question survey

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