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  • May 28, 2008 |

    Beyond borders

    Given the instability of credit markets, the slowdown in activity among domestic M&A buyers and the low US dollar, the US emerged as an attractive destination in 2007 for in-bound, cross-border deals. As foreign buyers increase, foreign law firms and lenders could also benefit. Since 2003, the beginning of the global merger boom, there has been a steady increase in the number of US acquisitions made by foreign companies. Their share of such deals has increased to 20%, from 11% in 2003, according to Dealogic. Some of these foreign buyers are looking to the US as an opposite hedge to investing in emerging markets. The US is seen as a market where there are stable companies, with good investment environments.

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  • May 22, 2008 |

    Countdown to this year's Global 100: the UK members

    Later this year Legal Week and The American Lawyer will be joining forces to produce the Global 100 the definitive ranking and analysis of the world’s…

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  • May 21, 2008 |

    Dechert and Fulbright partners join Bryan Cave

    Bryan Cave has hired two partners in the US, bagging a Dechert practice group chair and a Fulbright & Jaworski banking partner. Stuart Kaswell was Dechert's chair of the broker-dealer, financial institutions and market regulatory practice group. He will work with Bryan Cave's white-collar defence and investigations, securities litigation and enforcement and corporate finance and securities client service groups in Washington DC. Shep Melzer, a partner at Fulbright, will practise with the banking, finance and real estate client service group at Bryan Cave's New York office.

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  • May 20, 2008 |

    2008 Assistant Pay League: a Legal Week Wiki special

    Who pays what and how. Your A-Z guide to the pay scales at the top UK and US firms.

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  • May 7, 2008 |

    Dechert and Skadden Arps secure trophy public float on Czech £1.1bn mining IPO

    Dechert has landed a trophy corporate role advising Czech coal mining company New World Resources (NWR) on a flotation on the main stock exchanges in London, Prague and Warsaw that could be worth up to £1.1bn.The deal, which was scheduled for an early May listing as Legal Week went to press, is set to be the largest ever in Czech history and the largest European initial public offering (IPO) this year. It will also be the first to have a triple listing on the three bourses.

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  • April 30, 2008 |

    Hermione's potted history

    It's been a big few weeks for well-travelled City competition partner Chris Watson, formerly of Dechert, A&O and Simmons & Simmons.

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  • April 25, 2008 |

    US Briefing: Ex-clients sue Howrey after patent 'deal' sours

    Two former clients have sued Howrey partner Michael Dowler and the firm, alleging breach of fiduciary duty after an alleged deal to buy a patent for $1m went sour. The plaintiffs allege that Dowler was their lawyer in a variety of patent matters and that he brought a patent to them for potential purchase, demanded an "under the radar" verbal deal for 50% of net profits to be derived from the patent and breached his fiduciary duty by "misrepresent[ing] the value of the patent".

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  • April 17, 2008 | International Edition

    Camerons recruits ex-Dechert telecoms partner for TMT push

    CMS Cameron McKenna has hired former Dechert competition partner Chris Watson. Watson is set to join Camerons as a partner in its telecoms, media and technology (TMT) group, having left the US firm at the end of February after just two years. The hire will take Camerons' TMT practice to 12 partners in the UK and Central and Eastern Europe.

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  • April 17, 2008 |

    Camerons recruits ex-Dechert telecoms partner for TMT push

    CMS Cameron McKenna has hired former Dechert competition partner Chris Watson. Watson is set to join Camerons as a partner in its telecoms, media and technology (TMT) group, having left the US firm at the end of February after just two years. The hire will take Camerons' TMT practice to 12 partners in the UK and Central and Eastern Europe.

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  • April 16, 2008 |

    Duck the downturn

    Legal Week's career clinic recently received an anxious message from a newly-qualified corporate associate at a US firm. No doubt having heard stories of the gruelling hours put in at such firms, the associate expressed surprise - and concern - that they were not exactly run off their feet. "I am concerned that the lack of work coming into the department will mean that heads will start to roll and I may be picking up my P45 sooner or later."

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