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  • January 9, 2014 |

    Recovery in question as 2013 sees lowest UK M&A deal value for 12 years

    Despite the rise in mega-deals towards the tail end of 2013, last year yielded the lowest overall value for UK M&A activity since 2001.

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  • December 23, 2013 |

    US trio join rivals in search for local Hong Kong litigation capability

    Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft, Milbank Tweed & Hadley and Morrison & Foerster are the latest in a string of international firms looking to ramp up or launch local litigation practices in Hong Kong.

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  • December 18, 2013 |

    A year in headlines - a look back at Legal Week's most-read articles of 2013

    An end-of-year review of Legal Week's most-read articles of the last twelve months, including mergers, job cuts, panel reviews, partner moves promotions, pay rises and much more...

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  • December 5, 2013 |

    Davis Polk's City base tops client rankings for quality of advice

    Davis Polk & Wardwell's drive to build an English law practice in London has been endorsed by its clients after they gave it the top ranking for legal advice in the annual Legal Week Intelligence Client Satisfaction Report. News that the Wall Street firm leads the field for quality of legal advice comes hard on the heels of its hiring of a fourth English law partner – Ashurst finance partner Nick Benham – and its launch of a London trainee scheme.

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  • December 5, 2013 |

    Law firms set for payouts in wind-down of Lehman's Europe operations

    More than 30 law firms owed money by Lehman Brothers International Europe (LBIE) are in line for a payout, after the bank's administrators PwC confirmed a group of creditors would be entitled to distributions in the New Year.

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  • November 13, 2013 |

    Davis Polk launches City trainee scheme with £100k NQ rate

    Davis Polk has introduced a London trainee scheme for newly qualified lawyers in a bid to build its English-law capability. The US firm will use its English law partners and senior associates to provide the training, with trainee lawyers set to receive a salary of £50,000 in the first year and £55,0000 in the second.

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  • November 11, 2013 |

    Davis Polk's City office makes fourth English law lateral with Ashurst hire

    Davis Polk & Wardwell has launched an English law finance practice in London with the appointment of Ashurst finance partner Nick Benham, who becomes the firm's tenth full time partner based in London.

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  • October 31, 2013 |

    Law firm trio advise as PwC plans Booz purchase

    Davis Polk & Wardwell, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Linklaters have won roles on PricewaterhouseCoopers' (PwC's) proposed takeover of management consulting firm Booz & Co. PwC's advisory arm has reached an agreement with Booz, with the partnership at the latter set to vote on the proposals in December. The value of the deal has not been disclosed.

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  • October 30, 2013 |

    Links acts as McKesson buys German pharma firm

    Linklaters and Hengeler Mueller led a clutch of firms winning mandates on California drugs wholesale group McKesson Corporation's $8.3bn (£5.1bn) acquisition of German counterpart Celesio from holding company Franz Haniel & Cie. Linklaters advised longstanding client McKesson, fielding a team led by Frankfurt partners Stephan Oppenhoff and Peter Erbacher, and including partners in Paris, London, Munich, Dusseldorf, Berlin and Amsterdam.

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  • October 24, 2013 |

    US Q3 2013 round-up

    The top US deals from the past three months, featuring mandates for Davis Polk & Wardwell, Slaughter & May and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

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