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  • January 31, 2007 | International Edition

    Dentons rolls up sleeves to restructure Focus DIY

    Denton Wilde Sapte has edged Ashurst aside to land a lead role on the high-profile restructuring of retailer Focus DIY.Dentons banking and insolvency partner Graham Paine is acting for the senior lenders - a consortium of banks led by ING and Barclays holding around £180m of senior debt.

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  • January 31, 2007 |

    Dentons rolls up sleeves to restructure Focus DIY

    Denton Wilde Sapte has edged Ashurst aside to land a lead role on the high-profile restructuring of retailer Focus DIY.Dentons banking and insolvency partner Graham Paine is acting for the senior lenders - a consortium of banks led by ING and Barclays holding around £180m of senior debt.

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  • January 26, 2007 | International Edition

    Freshfields facing finance exodus as three partners exit

    Three Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer finance partners are to leave the firm, it has emerged today (26 January), with one joining magic circle rival Linklaters and two moving to Morrison & Foerster (MoFo).David Ereira - one of Freshfields' most senior finance partners - is expected to join Linklaters in April. His focus is primarily on acquisition finance and he is known to work closely with buy-out houses including Apax.

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  • January 26, 2007 |

    Freshfields facing finance exodus as three partners exit

    Three Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer finance partners are to leave the firm, it has emerged today (26 January), with one joining magic circle rival Linklaters and two moving to Morrison & Foerster (MoFo).David Ereira - one of Freshfields' most senior finance partners - is expected to join Linklaters in April. His focus is primarily on acquisition finance and he is known to work closely with buy-out houses including Apax.

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  • January 25, 2007 |

    Dentons and Addleshaws adopt liability caps as standard

    Denton Wilde Sapte and Addleshaw Goddard lead a growing number of top UK firms capping their liability on individual deals, with many City practices now seeking to agree such terms as a matter of course.

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  • January 25, 2007 |

    DLA Piper ups its game with City TMC hire

    DLA Piper has bagged another new partner for its London arm as the transatlantic giant presses on with its expansion plans in the capital.Huw Roberts joins the firm as a partner in the technology, media and commercial (TMC) practice after a six-year spell in Monaco as general counsel to the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the world governing body for track and field athletics. Prior to moving in-house, Roberts, a regulatory and sports law specialist, worked as part of the litigation and arbitration practice at City giant Herbert Smith.

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  • January 24, 2007 |

    Deals: Property 25/01/2007

    SJ Berwin has advised Redevco Properties on the sale of the Marble Arch Unit Trust for around £160m to two of the UK property industry's biggest private investors, David and Simon Reuben. Real estate partner Jon Vivian led the team. Denton Wilde Sapte corporate partner Leonard Sebastian advised the purchasers.

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  • January 17, 2007 |

    HSBC to swell its lawyer ranks by 50 as banking giant shakes up law team

    Banking giant HSBC has completed an overhaul of its UK legal function as part of a wider efficiency drive that will see it hire an additional 50 lawyers…

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  • January 17, 2007 |

    Deals: Capital Markets 18/01/2007

    Capital marketsSalans London office, led by banking partners Jonathan Denton and Mark Wilson, has advised international oil and gas producer Ascom Group on raising $300m (£155m) in bonds to be listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. White & Case New York capital markets partner Gary Kashar advised arranging bank Jeffries.

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  • January 16, 2007 |

    GE names Curry as new corporate finance Euro GC

    GE Commercial Finance names Lorna Curry as general counsel for its European corporate finance arm.

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