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  • January 25, 2007 |

    Orrick reveals double-digit partner profits rise

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has announced its year-end figures with revenue up 19% from last year to more than $660m (£335m). The firm has also posted double-digit growth in profits per partner, up 15% from $1.24m (£630,000) to a new mark of $1.43m (£725,000). The figures will come as a boost to the firm following the failure of its merger talks with US firm Dewey Ballantine this month.

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  • January 24, 2007 |

    Diary managerial masterclass: with Ralph Baxter

    7. Ralph Baxter's souped-up Orrick"You have to see the bigger picture. In my case, it was a picture of a bigger wallet. Or a bigger picture of the same wallet, depending on your perspective.

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  • January 19, 2007 |

    Dewey rejigs management after failed merger bid

    Dewey Ballantine is set to rejig its management structure following its failed merger bid with West Coast giant Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

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  • January 17, 2007 |

    Dewey can learn from predatory Leboeuf

    LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & McRae’s London office is getting something of a predatory reputation for its London hiring - something the firm's appointment…

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  • January 17, 2007 |

    LeBoeuf London gains from latest Dewey losses

    Capital markets duo quit Dewey as fall-out of failed merger continues

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  • January 10, 2007 |

    Management conflicts spark 11th-hour collapse of Dewey/Orrick union

    Dewey and Orrick call off one of the largest-ever US legal tie-ups amid conflict over management and a series of heavyweight Dewey departures for the shock 11th-hour decision to call off the tie-up.The firms announced in a joint statement last week (4 January) that talks to create one of America's largest-ever legal tie-ups had been abandoned despite the pair having nominally agreed a tie-up.

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  • January 10, 2007 |

    Diary special: your guide to the year ahead

    What a year 2006 was. Mergers, M&A and the triumph that was Senior Partner, The Diary's (extremely) long-running unreality extravaganza, which captivated…

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  • December 18, 2006 |

    Dewey New York trio jumps ship for rival

    By James Illman

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  • December 13, 2006 |

    US mega-merger vote is delayed

    Legal Week reports

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  • December 6, 2006 |

    Second Dewey department head leaves for White & Case

    White & Case has bagged its second Dewey Ballantine head of department in a week...

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