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  • May 24, 2012 |

    Have QFLPs worked for Singapore?

    Singapore is to award more licences, but many still question the value of practising local law. Jessica Seah reports

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  • May 23, 2012 |

    Irish trio act alongside Wall St elite on US company's $11bn Ireland tax move

    A trio of top Irish law firms have taken roles on an $11.8bn (£7.5bn) deal which has seen US power management company Eaton move its headquarters to Ireland, saving the the US business millions of dollars in taxes a year. The multibillion-dollar acquisition of Irish electrical equipment supplier Cooper Industries will create a global electricity company incorporated in the Emerald Isle, with the combined business called Eaton Global.

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  • May 10, 2012 |

    Industrial scale - can arbitration evolve fast enough to seize its global moment?

    "It's very easy for clients and lawyers to say in the abstract that they want to make arbitration more efficient. But when it comes to your own case and it's a bet-the-company situation, does a client want to take all the procedural points open to it in mounting its defence, or does it want to prioritise efficiency?"

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  • May 3, 2012 |

    Escaping groundhog law - can Simmons break the cycle of disappointment?

    As its key rivals bet on aggressive global expansion, Simmons is continuing its efforts to be a top-tier player under its own steam. Sofia Lind asks if the firm has the drive and ambition to avoid being the City's perennial also-ran

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  • April 27, 2012 |

    Linklaters turns to A&O for London competition partner hire

    Linklaters is to strengthen its City competition team with the hire of Allen & Overy (A&O) partner Simon Pritchard. Pritchard, whose recruitment was confirmed at Linklaters' partner conference in Montreux last weekend (20-21 April), has been a partner at A&O since 2009. Before this he was senior director, responsible for mergers at the Office of Fair Trading (OFT). His start date with Linklaters has yet to be confirmed.

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  • April 11, 2012 |

    A&O and Cleary lead on €838m Dexia deal

    Allen & Overy (A&O) is advising Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) on a €838m (£692m) deal to buy the remaining 50% stake in its City-based investment management joint venture RBC Dexia Investor Services. The deal, which will see RBC take full ownership of the business, was announced last week (3 April) but is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close in mid-2012.

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  • March 29, 2012 |

    Tougher, maybe faster – advisers assess an attempt to reform competition policy

    Greater rigour or streamlined efficiency? Confusion about the real purpose of the looming merger of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and the Competition Commission (CC) perhaps explains the ambivalent reaction to the proposals announced on 15 March. Because, as competition advisers have argued since the Government floated the idea of unifying the antitrust agencies last October, those aims can easily come into conflict.

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  • March 23, 2012 |

    Stephenson Harwood hands senior partner role to commercial litigator Foord

    Stephenson Harwood has elected a new senior partner, with City commercial litigator Roland Foord replacing Andrew Sutch after ten years in the role. Foord's first five-year term will begin on 1 May, while Sutch will return to full-time fee-earning as corporate partner. Foord, who qualified at Stephenson Harwood in 1985 and made partner in 1989, has served on the firm's partnership council and also its partner review panel.

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  • March 22, 2012 |

    Cleary and Hengeler take lead on €500m Adidas bond issue

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Germany's Hengeler Mueller have landed roles on a €500m (£416m) convertible bond sale by sportswear giant Adidas. Banking partner Torsten Busch headed up the Hengeler team advising Adidas, supported by corporate partner Rainer Krause and associate Andreas Stoll.

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  • March 21, 2012 |

    Morgan Lewis leads as Deutsche Boerse sues EC over NYSE merger

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius has taken the lead role for Deutsche Boerse on its lawsuit against the European Commission (EC) over the rejection of its merger with NYSE Euronext. The US firm's Frankfurt office has been instructed to advise the German stock exchange following its decision to sue the European Commission at the General Court of the European Union in Luxembourg.

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