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  • June 21, 2007 |

    Watson Farley, Chadbourne aim for December deal

    London's Watson Farley & Williams and New York-based Chadbourne & Parke have emerged as the latest firms to enter into transatlantic merger negotiations. The high-level talks, which began formally in January, are being led by Watson Farley managing partner Michael Greville and Chadbourne managing partner Charles O'Neill. They are being assisted by a handful of senior management figures, including Watson Farley's chairman, Frank Dunne.

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  • June 20, 2007 |

    Deal Week Dispatch: 20/6/2007

    Deal Week Dispatch brings readers an early taster of news from Legal Week's unparalleled Deal Week section, with Freshfields, Ashurst and Wragges among the runners and riders.

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  • June 19, 2007 |

    Baker Botts boosts Dubai with Dentons defector

    Denton Wilde Sapte has been hit by the loss of its Middle East head of energy and project finance, Sean Korney, who has left the City firm to join Baker Botts. Korney, who specialises in major oil and gas projects in the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Americas, joins the Texas firm as a partner in its Dubai office.

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  • June 18, 2007 |

    Watson Farley and Chadbourne in ambitious merger bid

    Transatlantic merger negotiations between UK firm Watson Farley & Williams and New York's Chadbourne & Parke are underway, it was reported in the US press on Friday (15 June). The high-level talks are being led by Watson Farley managing partner Michael Greville and Chadbourne's managing partner, Charles O'Neill.

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  • June 15, 2007 |

    A&O launches in Abu Dhabi with Simmons hires

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has launched in Abu Dhabi after poaching two local partners from Simmons & Simmons as the firm continues to expand its Middle East presence. Project finance and corporate partner Ibrahim Mubaydeen and corporate partner Francois Duquette will head up the office, which is expected to be open for business in September. They will be joined by A&O projects partner Jas Gillar, who will relocate from the firm's Singapore office.

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  • June 13, 2007 |

    Bank of Ireland, Honeywell to slash legal costs

    Two major companies have made moves to slash their legal costs with industrial giant Honeywell set to cut more than 100 advisers from its European roster and the Bank of Ireland (BOI) paring off a quarter of its in-house team.

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  • June 13, 2007 |

    Giants get in-house legal re-jig

    McDonald's UK legal team was boosted last month by the hire of high-profile ex-easyGroup general counsel Dell Burnside. It is the second move in less than a year for Burnside, who left easyGroup only six months ago to head up the legal team at mobile phone trade group, the GSM Association (GSMA).

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  • June 12, 2007 |

    Government names record 48 firms on super-panel

    A record 48 firms have bagged places on the Government's legal panel, the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) announced today (12 June). The OGC estimates the contracts will be worth a total of around £240m over the next four years.

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  • June 12, 2007 | International Edition

    Dentons hikes NQ pay 17% but still lags rivals

    Denton Wilde Sapte has unveiled double-digit pay rises for its trainees and associates, bringing the firm closer to the rates recently announced by City rivals. The top 20 UK firm today (12 June) confirmed it has lifted its salaries for newly-qualified lawyers from £53,000 to a new mark of £62,000 - an increase of nearly 17%.

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  • June 12, 2007 |

    Dentons hikes NQ pay 17% but still lags rivals

    Denton Wilde Sapte has unveiled double-digit pay rises for its trainees and associates, bringing the firm closer to the rates recently announced by City rivals. The top 20 UK firm today (12 June) confirmed it has lifted its salaries for newly-qualified lawyers from £53,000 to a new mark of £62,000 - an increase of nearly 17%.

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