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  • November 8, 2012 |

    Simpson Thacher recruits A&O private equity co-head for City base

    Allen & Overy (A&O) global private equity co-head Derek Baird has resigned to join Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in London. Baird will join the elite US firm as a partner in the City corporate group, taking the total number of partners in the local practice to 12.

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  • October 11, 2012 | International Edition

    Moods in Manhattan – mixed messages from the world's legal capital

    You don't really appreciate until you talk to Manhattan lawyers in their own habitat how Wall Street firms at times seem weighed down by history. In London, partners often struggle to remember as far back as the 1990s. But their counterparts in the bustling yet conservative Manhattan community still find their focus drawn to key moments in their firm's past.

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  • October 11, 2012 |

    Moods in Manhattan – mixed messages from the world's legal capital

    You don't really appreciate until you talk to Manhattan lawyers in their own habitat how Wall Street firms at times seem weighed down by history. In London, partners often struggle to remember as far back as the 1990s. But their counterparts in the bustling yet conservative Manhattan community still find their focus drawn to key moments in their firm's past.

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  • October 4, 2012 |

    New Novartis general counsel completes overhaul of in-house team

    Novartis has shaken up its global in-house legal team following the arrival of new general counsel Felix Ehrat at the end of last year. Ehrat, who joined the pharma giant in October 2011 from leading Swiss law firm Baer & Karrer, began his review at the beginning of this year.

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  • October 4, 2012 |

    New tricks - Novartis GC Felix Ehrat reflects on one of the top jobs in law

    Despite a long career in private practice, Felix Ehrat has proved his mettle in-house as GC of pharmaceutical giant Novartis. Caroline Hill reports

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  • October 2, 2012 |

    CC, Simpson Thacher, Linklaters and SJB lead on KKR UK energy buyout

    Clifford Chance (CC), Linklaters and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett have taken roles on KKR's acquisition of UK oil and gas company Acteon, in a deal valued at around £800m. The transaction has seen energy-focused private equity group First Reserve sell its 52% stake in the company to US buyout giant KKR.

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  • September 25, 2012 |

    Slaughters mulls adding US-qualified partners in Asia

    Slaughter and May is mulling adding US law capability to its Hong Kong office, after a spate of US firms launched local practices in the region. The magic circle firm is considering whether to hire US-qualified lawyers for its Asia base - a move which would involve lateral partner hires and would represent a break from the firm's traditional strategy of organic growth.

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  • September 25, 2012 |

    Cleary and McDermott set for Korea openings as liberalisation gathers pace

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and McDermott Will & Emery are among a four firm line-up set to receive licences to launch in South Korea tomorrow (26 September), as the country pushes ahead with opening its legal market to international firms. Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker and Squire Sanders will also receive approval on Wednesday to establish Foreign Legal Consultant Offices in Seoul, according to a statement from the local Ministry of Justice (MOJ).

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  • September 20, 2012 |

    Norton Rose and Simpson act on C$1.1bn Apax Canada acquisition

    Norton Rose and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett are among a line-up of firms on Apax Partners' C$1.1bn (£700m) acquisition of Canadian company GardaWorld Security Corporation.

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  • September 20, 2012 |

    Young at heart - how Latham calls on associate talent to stay ahead of the game

    Ground-breaking in the 1970s and still ahead of its time, Friederike Heine explores Latham & Watkins' approach of drafting in young associates to help run what has become one of the world's top law firms

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