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  • September 16, 2009 |

    French revenue rankings reveal contrasting fortunes

    Rankings from French law publication Juristes Associes show that Taylor Wessing's French operations saw the steepest revenue drop in France, with turnover falling 35% from €23m (£20m) to €15m (£13m) in 2008-09. The figures show that the firm's local office, which last year saw 12 partners leave for Nixon Peabody in a move which resulted in litigation between the two firms, fell from number 35 to number 50 in the rankings as a result of the plunge.

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  • September 11, 2009 |

    CC advises Vivendi on $2.9bn Brazil bid

    Clifford Chance (CC) is advising French media conglomerate Vivendi on its surprise offer to buy Brazilian telecom company GVT Holding for $2.9bn (£1.76bn), writes The AmLaw Daily. Vivendi, which owns Universal Music Group and the video game company Activision Blizzard, plans to finance the deal with existing credit facilities it set aside for acquisitions, according to Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal. Marcus Billam is leading the CC team from the firm's Paris office.

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  • September 2, 2009 |

    Clifford Chance set for leadership vote as Childs tipped for second run

    Clifford Chance (CC) is gearing up for a series of senior leadership elections with David Childs expected to stand for re-election as the City giant's managing partner. Childs is viewed as likely to stand for a second four-year term at the firm's helm, with elections due to take place this autumn. If Childs were to stand successfully, he would start his second term in May 2010.

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  • September 1, 2009 |

    Gibson Dunn and Debevoise get top marks in closely-watched associate survey

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has the highest mid-level associate satisfaction rate among AmLaw 100 firms, according to research by Legal Week sister title The American Lawyer. The magazine's annual survey of US associates with three to five years' experience at law firms across the US shows Gibson Dunn, which features at number four in the rankings, is the highest placed AmLaw 100 firm, with only three of the 100 largest firms in the US making it into the top 10 for workplace satisfaction.

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  • July 23, 2009 |

    Ashurst takes Europe role for Intel on €1bn EC fine appeal

    Ashurst has won the lead European adviser role for Intel on its appeal against one of the largest fines ever dished out by the European Commission (EC). Last May Intel was handed a penalty of €1.06bn (£914m) by the EC for anticompetitive behaviour and abusing its leading position in the market for the production of microchips, in a case which dates back to the beginning of the decade.

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  • July 12, 2009 |

    US firms in London - no retreat, no surrender (and a few new faces)

    Unsurprisingly, given their size and diversity, international firms in London continue to defy easy categorisation. Having entered the UK market at different times, for different reasons, with different models, picking overall themes from Legal Week's annual survey of the largest foreign firms in London, is tricky.

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  • July 9, 2009 | International Edition

    International law firms: Batten down the hatches

    If ever there was a market to test the commitment of international firms to their London office, this would be it. Plummeting workloads and high operating costs have meant more so than ever the City is proving an expensive toehold.

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  • July 9, 2009 |

    International law firms: Batten down the hatches

    If ever there was a market to test the commitment of international firms to their London office, this would be it. Plummeting workloads and high operating costs have meant more so than ever the City is proving an expensive toehold.

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  • July 9, 2009 |

    CC slims down as nearly 50 partners leave since March

    Clifford Chance (CC) has seen the departure of nearly 50 partners since the beginning of March, it has emerged. London and New York have been most affected by the exits, which include normal retirements and those choosing to leave as well as those affected by its partner restructuring.

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  • July 2, 2009 |

    Germany and Austria

    Hengeler Mueller and Gibson Dunn look at major developments in Germany

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