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  • July 19, 2007 |

    Big four secure world-beater status as top 50 breaks £10bn

    London's big four have secured their place among the emerging global elite after what will be seen as a breakthrough year for the UK's leading law firms.

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  • July 18, 2007 |

    Mid-tier join chasing pack in LW £100m club

    Legal Week has grouped firms with turnover topping £100m in this year's top 50 to reflect the fact that the financial performance of mid-tier City firms has converged with that of larger, international rivals. The group replaces the previous category of 'chasing pack' firms.

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  • July 18, 2007 |

    Hammonds signs Eriksson Man City switch

    Hammonds has capitalised on its recent role in the £81.6m takeover of Manchester City Football Club, with the national law firm advising on the signing of former England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson as the club's new manager.

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  • July 18, 2007 |

    Gibson Dunn moves in on £500m Shell Mex House sale to Westbrook Partners

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher's London arm has secured a role advising US private equity house Westbrook Partners on its £500m acquisition of Shell Mex House on the Strand.

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  • July 12, 2007 |

    Credit Agricole cuts costs with first-ever formal panel

    Baker & McKenzie, Norton Rose and De Pardieu Brocas Maffei have won spots on Credit Agricole's first formal panel.

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  • July 12, 2007 |

    Dentons India specialist joins Eversheds' City arm

    Eversheds has boosted its India group with the hire of Denton Wilde Sapte lawyer Gauri Advani, the top 10 UK law firm confirmed this week.

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  • July 6, 2007 |

    Barclays review keeps faith with familiar faces

    Barclays has unveiled its eagerly awaited new panel, with all the bank's main panel firms reappointed to its coveted main roster. Mandates for the bank's general advisory panel, which are set to run for two years, have been handed out once again to historical advisers to Allen & Overy (A&O), Clifford Chance (CC), Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters, Lovells, DLA Piper and Simmons & Simmons.

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  • July 5, 2007 |

    Addleshaws signs up Dentons City banking partner

    Addleshaw Goddard has recruited highly-rated Denton Wilde Sapte banking partner Natalie Elphicke to reinforce its City practice.

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  • July 5, 2007 |

    Dentons reshuffles Middle East as Abu Dhabi head steps down

    Denton Wilde Sapte is to lose its Abu Dhabi office head but gain a technology, media and telecoms (TMT) chief in Dubai as UK law firms continue to fight for talent in the Middle East.

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  • July 4, 2007 |

    Saudi telecoms company calls up Freshfields for $3bn buy-out

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has won a major Middle Eastern client, advising Saudi Telecom Company (STC) on its $3.05bn (£1.5bn) acquisition of a 25% stake in a Malaysian telecoms operator.

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