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  • February 20, 2007 |

    Lovells adds to Amsterdam arm with A&O associate

    Lovells has strengthened its Dutch corporate capabilities with the hire of Allen & Overy senior associate Victor de Vlaam as a partner. Vlaam, who will join Lovells' Amsterdam office on 1 March, focuses on a range of corporate and commercial work. He joined the magic circle firm's Amsterdam arm in 1998.

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  • February 19, 2007 |

    Lovells leads advisers on new John Lewis panel

    Lovells has retained its place on John Lewis' advisory panel as the UK retailer completes a review of its external legal services. The City giant, which has historically been the group's lead adviser, is named alongside Travers Smith and national duo Eversheds and Pinsent Masons on the all-purpose panel. Beachcroft has been appointed to deal with real estate matters while Wragge & Co will handle property litigation for the group.

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  • February 14, 2007 |

    EU and Competion: Who guards the guardian?

    Most large companies only tend to deal with regulators and competition authorities when they need a merger cleared, or are fending off investigations of their activities. Few companies complain about their competitors' conduct when they are convinced that they are being excluded from a market, or otherwise being disadvantaged by anti-competitive conduct.

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  • February 8, 2007 |

    A week is a long time in Lovells

    It has certainly been an eventful week for Lovells. On Monday legalweek.com broke the news of the firm’s long-awaited Dubai launch before two days…

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  • February 8, 2007 |

    Law firms braced as five top banks review panels

    UK firms are gearing up for a surge of panel reviews by major financial institutions, with a number of Europe's biggest banks set to review their advisers in the coming months.

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  • February 7, 2007 |

    Dentons secures BHB appeal court victory

    Denton Wilde Sapte has secured a significant Court of Appeal victory for the British Horseracing Board (BHB) in relation to its ability to charge fees for 'pre-race' information on horses and riders.

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  • February 7, 2007 |

    Lovells set to secure Middle East launch with Dentons Dubai team

    Lovells is set to launch in the Middle East with the hire of Denton Wilde Sapte global Islamic finance head Rahail Ali, despite a last-ditch attempt by Dentons to hold on to the partner.

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  • February 5, 2007 |

    Lovells in Middle East launch with Dentons raid

    Lovells is to launch in the Middle East with the hire of a three-lawyer team from UK rival Denton Wilde Sapte, including its global Islamic finance head Rahail Ali. The London firm is to open in Dubai in May and will transfer London banking and project finance partner Shibeer Ahmed to Dubai to head up the office.

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  • February 5, 2007 |

    Dentons and Lovells tussle for Dubai partner

    Denton Wilde Sapte is making a last-ditch attempt to hold on to global Islamic finance head Rahail Ali, who is set to lead a three-lawyer team to help Lovells launch in Dubai. As revealed on legalweek.com today (5 February) the London firm is to open in Dubai in May with the hire of Ali and will transfer London banking and project finance partner Shibeer Ahmed to Dubai to head up the office.

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  • February 5, 2007 |

    Dentons secures appeal court victory

    Denton Wilde Sapte has secured a significant Court of Appeal victory for the British Horseracing Board (BHB) in relation to its ability to charge fees for 'pre-race' information on horses and riders. The Court last week overturned a December 2005 High Court finding that the BHB had abused its dominant position by charging excessive fees for pre-race information to Attheraces (ATR), a racing consortium comprised of BSkyB and Arena Leisure. ATR is a UK horseracing broadcaster which relies on the data for its service to bookmakers.

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