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  • August 9, 2011 |

    Slaughters adds third New Zealand firm to secondment network

    Slaughter and May has agreed a new secondment arrangement with New Zealand firm Chapman Tripp. The pair have been in discussions over the last few months and have decided to enter into a non-exclusive programme that will see junior lawyers from each firm seconded to the other for a year.

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  • July 27, 2011 |

    A&O dominates global bond rankings at halfway mark

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has topped Thomson Reuters' debt capital markets (DCM) rankings for international cross-border bonds for the first half of 2011 by both manager and issuer. The firm advised managers on 238 bond deals worth $180bn (£110bn) during the period, giving it a 7.1% share of the market, ahead of Linklaters, which held a 3.5% share of the market, with roles on 117 deals worth $104bn (£63.8bn).

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  • July 14, 2011 |

    Freddie Mac general counsel heads to to SNR Denton

    Robert Bostrom, general counsel of much-maligned Freddie Mac, is leaving July 29 to become partner and co-head of the financial-institutions sector at SNR Denton, writes Corporate Counsel. Principal deputy general counsel John Dye will serve as Freddie Mac's interim GC while the company conducts an internal and external search to fill the position.

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  • July 13, 2011 |

    BNP Paribas GC launches global panel review with expansion aim

    BNP Paribas has kicked off its first global panel review since bringing in the former head of Herbert Smith's Paris banking practice, Georges Dirani, in October 2010 as general counsel. The France-headquartered bank sent out a tender document to more than 20 firms last month, with a view to increasing the size of the roster to take into account the bank's geographic reach.

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  • July 1, 2011 |

    Elite US trio added to Barclays panel after review of bank's advisers

    Barclays has added three US firms to its general advisory panel, following a comprehensive panel review intended to increase value for money from the bank's regular advisers. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Shearman & Sterling and Sullivan & Cromwell have been added to the bank's main general advisory panel after Barclays decided to include the creation of a US sub-division for the first time.

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  • July 1, 2011 |

    Slaughters and Sidley post 100% retention rates for autumn NQ intakes

    Slaughter and May and Sidley Austin have both posted 100% retention rates for their autumn intake of newly-qualified lawyers (NQs). Slaughters is set to keep on all of its 59 trainees in September, marking an increase on recent rounds, after the firm retained 96% of its NQs in March 2011 and 93% in autumn 2010.

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  • June 15, 2011 |

    Outriders - the US firms breaking away from the herd in the City

    A disparate band of US firms are breaking away from the herd to become a real competitive force in the City. Caroline Hill assesses how far they've come and the terrain ahead

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  • May 18, 2011 |

    CC US disputes chief departs for Cleary in Washington DC

    Clifford Chance (CC) has lost its Americas head of litigation and dispute resolution, with Juan Morillo joining Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in Washington DC. The departure will be seen as a blow to the magic circle law firm, which heavily restructured its US litigation practice two years ago.

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  • May 9, 2011 |

    Sidley signs up Gibson Dunn capital markets partner for London office

    Sidley Austin has sealed the hire of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher capital markets partner Dorothee Fischer-Appelt, who is switching between the City offices of the two US firms. Fischer-Appelt, who will become the fifth partner in Sidley's London capital markets team, has a practice focused on US and international capital markets, cross-border M&A, joint ventures and restructurings. As a German speaker, she will lead Sidley's push into the Central and Eastern European (CEE) corporate and capital markets.

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  • May 9, 2011 |

    CC sees US litigation head quit to join Cleary in Washington DC

    Clifford Chance (CC) has lost its Americas head of litigation and dispute resolution, with Juan Morillo joining Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in Washington DC. The departure will be seen as a blow to the magic circle firm, which heavily restructured its US litigation practice two years ago.

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