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  • June 11, 2012 |

    The Transfer Window: recent moves including CMS, Shoosmiths and K&L

    CMS Cameron McKenna has appointed Rita Lowe as its new UK head of banking and finance, replacing Will Meredith in the role. Lowe, whose practice focuses on advising distressed companies and investors, is currently leading the Camerons team advising Dewey & LeBoeuf's UK LLP on its wind-down proceedings, which is expected to take up to 12 months to complete.

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  • May 24, 2012 |

    Davis Polk and Cleary lead on $2.2bn buyout of Danish healthcare company

    Davis Polk & Wardwell and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton's City arms have taken lead roles on Agilent's $2.2bn (£1.4bn) acquisition of Danish cancer diagnostics company Dako from private equity house EQT Partners.

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  • May 24, 2012 |

    The long run - a 25-year view of the Am Law 100

    "The profit increases by non-New York firms are just enormous. They are encroaching on the New York firms' historic position alone at the top..." - 25 years since the first Am Law 100 table, some fundamental patterns in the world's largest legal market can be seen...

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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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