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  • November 1, 2007 |

    Online special: Top City firms convert to brand values but wary of outside ratings

    Law firms are putting increasing value on the external perception of their brands, according to the results of the latest Legal Week Big Question survey, despite lingering scepticism from partners regarding 'voodoo valuations'. The survey, conducted in association with EJ Legal, follows the recent news that some of the world's top law firms are set to see themselves ranked by brand value in a new venture by the Managing Partners' Forum (MPF) and consultant Brand Finance.

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  • November 1, 2007 |

    Herbies ties up tender victory for £60bn MoD procurement project

    Herbert Smith has won a competitive tender to advise the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on a new project estimated to be worth around £60bn. The firm is advising the MoD on its Future Rapid Effects System (FRES) project, which will lead to the development of more than 3,000 armoured fighting vehicles.

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  • October 24, 2007 |

    Former Dentons Oman head joins Clydes

    Clyde & Co has hired Denton Wilde Sapte's former Oman managing partner Andrew Watson, the firm announced yesterday (24 October). The corporate finance partner, who left Dentons in May 2006 for Consultant Lawyers Direct, joins Clyde & Co's Abu Dhabi office.

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  • 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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