• October 24, 2007 |

    Africa: Ghana's gold

    The Republic of Ghana recently made a debut $750m (£366m) sovereign bond issue. The 10-year bond issue, which was listed on the London Stock Exchange and sold into both the US and European markets, was hugely oversubscribed and reflects international investors' interest in and appetite for the rapidly growing African capital markets.

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  • October 17, 2007 |

    Dentons to appoint UK-based deputy chair

    Denton Wilde Sapte is to appoint a new deputy chairman following the announcement that chairman James Dallas is to relocate from London to Dubai next year.

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  • October 10, 2007 |

    Lovells taps Freshfields for German ECM chief

    Lovells has strengthened its German capital markets practice with the hire of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner Karsten Mueller-Eising. Mueller-Eising joins the City firm's Frankfurt office and will head its German equity capital markets practice.

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  • October 10, 2007 |

    Deal Week Dispatch: 10/10/2007

    Deal Week Dispatch brings readers an early taster of news from Legal Week's unparalleled deals coverage, with Pinsents, Freshfields and Clifford Chance among the movers and shakers

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  • October 4, 2007 |

    Global 100: international converts put pressure on Wall Street's elite

    National US firms and the magic circle have emerged as winners in The Global 100 from The American Lawyer and Legal Week, which shows both groups making ground on New York's legal elite.

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  • October 4, 2007 |

    Middle East expansion for Ashurst and Dentons

    Ashurst and Denton Wilde Sapte have taken steps to bolster their operations in the Middle East, with Ashurst launching in Abu Dhabi and Dentons chairman James Dallas relocating to Dubai.

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  • October 4, 2007 |

    Field Fisher real estate makes double DAC hire

    Field Fisher Waterhouse is rebuilding its real estate finance team with the hire of a two-partner team from Davies Arnold Cooper (DAC).

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  • October 1, 2007 |

    BLP-Kramer Levin alliance breaks down

    Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has downgraded its formal alliance with New York ally Kramer Levin after a five-year relationship. The top 20 firm had operated an exclusive referral relationship with Kramer Levin, including mentioning the New York office on its letterhead to clients. The alliance was announced almost exactly five years ago, on 30 September, 2002.

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  • September 27, 2007 |

    Legal Week Assistant: The full story

    Legal Week's in-depth survey of the country's top law firms offers the big picture on just what law firms offer their assistants and associates - from salary, to soft benefits, to career progression. Read on to find out how your law firm fares and how the competition stacks up. Derek Bedlow and Sophie Evans report

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  • September 26, 2007 |

    Stephenson Harwood in Africa telecoms win

    Stephenson Harwood has won a competitive bid to advise the Kenyan Government on the privatisation of leading telecoms company Safaricom. The float on the Nairobi Stock Exchange is the largest initial public offering in East Africa to date and Safaricom is a new client for the top 40 UK firm.

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