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  • October 20, 2010 |

    Gianni plans UAE push as Italy leader gets green light for Abu Dhabi launch

    Italy's Gianni Origoni Grippo & Partners is set to launch in Abu Dhabi next year following the recent approval of the firm's licence. Real estate partner Riccardo Sensi will relocate to the region to head up the office alongside counsel Francesca Cesca, senior associate Gianluca Grillo and three further associates.

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  • October 18, 2010 |

    Speechly Bircham recruits former Mayer Brown partner for City base

    Speechly Bircham has bolstered its City corporate practice with the hire of a former Mayer Brown partner. Jonathan Crawford joins the firm's London office as a partner in the financial services team and will focus on large, cross-border transactional work, working closely with financial services sector group head Nick Janmohamed. At Mayer Brown his practice focused on M&A, restructurings and joint venture transactions. He left at the end of last year after 11 years at the firm, prior to which he was a lawyer at DLA Piper - joining legacy firm Alsop Wilkinson in Liverpool in 1995.

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  • October 13, 2010 |

    Top names ready to battle for honours at 2010 British Legal Awards

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Hogan Lovells and Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) are among the firms shortlisted for a number of categories in the 2010 British Legal Awards. The group has been nominated for the much sought after Law Firm of the Year award alongside Clyde & Co, Sullivan & Cromwell and Travers Smith.

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  • October 13, 2010 |

    Slaughters advises media coalition on NewsCorp-Sky takeover opposition

    Slaughter and May has won a role advising a coalition of media organisations opposed to NewsCorp chief Rupert Murdoch's bid to secure a full takeover of BSkyB. Slaughters' competition team is advising eight media rivals - which include the BBC, Channel 4, The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph - on NewsCorp's bid to acquire the remaining 60.1% of shares in satellite broadcaster BSkyB, a deal which values the company at more than £12bn.

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  • October 13, 2010 |

    Courtroom drama - the City's top film lawyers pick their favourite movies

    The City's top film lawyers might be experts when it comes to questions of finance, distribution and intellectual property law - but do they know what makes a good movie? Sofia Lind asks a line-up of film law partners for their recommendations

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  • October 13, 2010 |

    TLT brings in Mayer Brown partner for private equity practice

    TLT has bolstered its private equity practice with the hire of former Mayer Brown partner Alistair Bird. Bird joined the firm's new City premises on Gresham Street earlier this month (4 October) as a partner in the corporate group. He will work alongside corporate partners Ian Taylorson and Richard Tall, who has just relocated to the City from Bristol.

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  • October 6, 2010 |

    Carlsberg to refresh adviser line-up with first Euro corporate panel

    Carlsberg has kicked off a competitive tender process with a view to creating its first-ever European corporate panel. The review is being led out of Denmark by the drinks company's general counsel and vice president Ulrik Andersen. Carlsberg's current global panel features UK firms Norton Rose, Bond Pearce and Tollers, as well as Swedish law firm Vinge and Denmark's Kromann Reumert, which have all been invited to pitch.

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  • October 6, 2010 |

    Dewey ramps up Mid East presence with Abu Dhabi office launch

    Dewey & LeBoeuf has launched an office in Abu Dhabi, securing its fourth post in the Middle East. City corporate finance partner Stephen Jurgenson has relocated to the region to head up the new branch with a team of associates. Jurgenson will work closely with capital markets partner Camille Abousleiman and energy and infrastructure partner Jim Simpson, who will support the outfit from London.

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  • September 29, 2010 |

    Bird & Bird and DLA Piper win roles on £300m healthcare PPP

    Bird & Bird and DLA Piper have taken lead advisory roles on a public-private partnership (PPP) between support services company Serco Group and King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in a deal worth in excess of £300m. King's College Trust, advised by DLA Piper, is the latest addition to GSTS Pathology, a joint venture between Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and Serco.

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  • September 29, 2010 |

    Wall St duo advise on $3.7bn acquisition of haircare co

    Cravath Swaine & Moore and Sidley Austin have taken the lead corporate roles on a multibillion-dollar US acquisition by consumer products group Unilever. The acquisition sees Unilever acquire haircare rival Alberto Culver - owner of brands such as V05, St. Ives and TRESemme - in a $3.7bn (£2.3bn) deal, adding to the Anglo-Dutch group's portfolio of haircare brands such as Dove and Sunsilk.

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