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  • October 3, 2007 |

    Gibson Dunn becomes latest firm to open in Dubai

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher is to become the latest firm to launch in Dubai after announcing its plans to open in the region before the end of 2007. The West Coast US firm will open its new office in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) with Washington tax partner Peter Baumbusch relocating to oversee the launch.

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  • September 26, 2007 |

    Links cashes in on $4bn sale of Nordic exchange OMX

    Linklaters has become the latest firm to benefit from a complex deal that sees US exchange Nasdaq set to take charge of Nordic stock market operator OMX in a $4bn (£2bn) deal.

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  • September 26, 2007 |

    Gibson Dunn recruits Latham M&A partner

    US law firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has recruited corporate partner David Hernand from West Cost rival Latham & Watkins, as the firm looks to beef up its Century City office. Hernand focuses on public and private M&A in the technology industry. Prior to joining Latham in 1994, he also spent two years as managing director at Idealab, a Pasadena-based technology company and later as CEO of New.net, an Idealab portfolio company.

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  • August 1, 2007 |

    The sporting life

    Maybe it's a lifetime spent with documents in airless offices that gives partners the urge to throw themselves off cliffs or into frozen waters by way of recreation - or perhaps it's just hanging out with corporate counsel that does it.

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  • July 25, 2007 |

    Germany: Interested parties

    Earlier this month, the German Corporate Tax Reform 2008 secured the approval of all Germany's legislative bodies and will become effective on 1 January next year. The Corporate Tax Reform 2008 does not provide for any 'grandfather clauses' for current transactions but for structures involving German entities with deviating fiscal years, the changes might already have an impact on fiscal years starting in 2007. The reform can be divided into two key elements: firstly, the intended reduction of an overall tax rate for corporations (corporate and trade tax) from 38.6% to slightly below 30%; and secondly a new general interest deduction limitation rule - the new rule - which will have a significant impact on leveraged transactions in Germany.

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  • July 25, 2007 |

    Deal Week Dispatch: 25/7/2007

    Deal Week Dispatch brings readers an early taster of news from Legal Week's unparalleled Deal Week section, with Allen & Overy, Dentons and Gibson Dunn among the deal-doers.

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  • July 18, 2007 |

    Gibson Dunn moves in on £500m Shell Mex House sale to Westbrook Partners

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher's London arm has secured a role advising US private equity house Westbrook Partners on its £500m acquisition of Shell Mex House on the Strand.

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  • July 11, 2007 |

    A&O network advises on Tyco restructuring

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has bagged a trophy role alongside McDermott Will & Emery as international counsel on Tyco International's $65bn (£32.4bn) restructuring.

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  • July 11, 2007 |

    Contracts: Straight to the point

    The House of Lords was recently asked to consider whether, when assessing damages for breach of contract, the courts should take account of events that occurred after the breach. In Golden Strait Corporation v Nippon Yusen Kubishka Kaisha [2007], the majority of law lords determined that the overriding principle in the assessment of damages is compensation for actual loss. If an event post-breach affects that loss, the court should take this into account to avoid unjust enrichment.

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  • July 4, 2007 |

    A&O bags $65bn Tyco split in corporate coup

    Allen & Overy has bagged a plum role alongside McDermott Will & Emery as international counsel on the $65bn (£32.4bn) spin-off by Tyco International of two of its divisions, the magic circle law firm announced today (4 July). A&O fielded a mammoth 300-lawyer team to advise on the corporate restructuring for the spin-off of Tyco's healthcare and electronics businesses to its shareholders.

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