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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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  • June 6, 2007 |

    Dentons names Szlezinger as new competition head

    Jonathan Tatten has stood down as head of competition at Denton Wilde Sapte after three years in the role. The former managing partner of legacy firm Denton Hall will be replaced by fellow competition partner Sam Szlezinger as head of the team. Szlezinger recently secured a Court of Appeal victory for the British Horseracing Board in relation to its ability to charge fees for 'pre-race' information on horses and riders.

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  • June 6, 2007 |

    Commentary: Islamic finance is not a licence to print money

    Everyone wants to be a millionaire and, it would seem at City law firms, everyone wants to be in Islamic finance. But do the two necessarily go hand-in-hand?

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  • June 4, 2007 |

    High-billing Sebastian quits Dentons for client L&R

    One of Denton Wilde Sapte's highest billers has left the City firm to join top property client London & Regional Properties (L&R) in a move that will be watched keenly by rival advisers. Leonard Sebastian left Dentons at the beginning of May and, according to the L&R website, has become the company's chief legal counsel and a member of the its five-strong board. It is understood to be the first time the real estate giant has appointed an in-house counsel.

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