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  • May 3, 2007 |

    Norton Rose snaps up Orrick Paris tax chief

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe's respected Paris tax head, Stephane Salou, is joining Norton Rose in a coup for the top 15 UK firm. Salou, who spent a period at the helm of Orrick's Paris office and is highly rated in the French market, will join the City firm's local office on 9 May.

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  • April 26, 2007 |

    Howrey returns to Dewey for latest IP hire

    Dewey Ballantine has suffered another senior defection with the news that Palo Alto managing partner Jeannine Yoo Sano is quitting the New York firm to join the local arm of intellectual property (IP) leader Howrey. Sano, who previously co-chaired Dewey's IP litigation practice, will join Howrey on 1 May as a partner. She is the second senior IP partner to quit Dewey for Howrey in as many months, after fellow IP litigation co-chair Cano Carrano defected to Howrey's Washington DC arm in March.

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  • April 19, 2007 |

    Ashurst raids Orrick for Paris projects boost

    Ashurst has strengthened its French projects practice with the hire of Orrick Rambaud Martel finance partner Sylvie Perrin. Perrin, who joined the French arm of the City firm on Monday (16 April), focuses on project finance as well as asset finance and tax leasing. Prior to joining legacy firm Rambaud Martel - which merged with San Francisco giant Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe in January 2006 - Perrin was an associate with Watson Farley & Williams. She was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1997.

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  • April 18, 2007 |

    US Top 50/New York: The bigger picture

    Legal Week's top 50 US results show plenty of firms excelling in 2006. But, finds Paul Hodkinson, there is nervousness behind the numbers

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  • March 21, 2007 |

    Paul Hastings raids Kirkland for real estate duo

    Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker has ramped up its real estate practice with the hire of two partners from rival US firm Kirkland & Ellis. Brad Ritter and Gregory Spitzer joined Paul Hastings' Chicago office last month as partners. Ritter leaves after nine years at Kirkland and real estate senior partner Spitzer after 14.

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  • March 7, 2007 |

    Bredin Prat boosts finance with ex-Orrick hire

    Slaughter and May best friend Bredin Prat has hired former Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe Paris managing partner Raphaele Courtier as the firm looks to build its finance capabilities. Courtier, who joined the Paris leader last week (1 March), was a partner in Orrick's finance practice. She was appointed to head Orrick's Paris arm in July 2004, before handing the role over at the end of 2005.

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  • March 7, 2007 |

    Heller 2.0 pulls off one hell of a reboot

    Who would have thought that the most promising UK law debut for years would have been made by San Francisco’s Heller Ehrman – for years dismissed…

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  • March 1, 2007 | International Edition

    Paul Hastings raids Orrick for restructuring duo

    Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker has boosted its restructuring capabilities in London and New York with the hire of two partners from US rival Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe. Orrick's global co-head of bankruptcy and debt restructuring, Anthony Princi, joins Paul Hastings' City arm as UK insolvency head, while New York partner Thomas Kent joins Paul Hastings' Manhattan branch.

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  • March 1, 2007 |

    Paul Hastings raids Orrick for restructuring duo

    Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker has boosted its restructuring capabilities in London and New York with the hire of two partners from US rival Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe. Orrick's global co-head of bankruptcy and debt restructuring, Anthony Princi, joins Paul Hastings' City arm as UK insolvency head, while New York partner Thomas Kent joins Paul Hastings' Manhattan branch.

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  • February 21, 2007 |

    US firms set to tap young talent after booming 2006

    US firms look set to maintain their expansive form in 2007 - and their increasing demand for UK trainees - with a select group of America's leading firms this month unveiling robust results for their London offices. Leading the pack, White & Case achieved a 38% rise in UK revenue to bill $172.2m (£88.4m). London profits per equity partner (PEP) also rose 67% to hit $1.28m (£657,000), against $764,000 (£392,000) in 2005.

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