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  • June 20, 2007 |

    Employment: Gainful employment

    "Employment practices and employment lawyers used to be the poor cousins in the legal world, servicing law firms' corporate departments. That has changed. Now we have a seat at the table," says Edward Goodwyn, employment partner at Pinsent Masons. Just 15 years ago, former Simmons & Simmons partner Janet Gaymer founded the Employment Lawyers Association, having already set up Simmons' own employment department and begun the long process of raising the profile of her chosen practice area.

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  • June 20, 2007 |

    Employment: Parent power

    The Work and Families Act (WFA), which received Royal Assent on 21 June, 2006, has been the subject of considerable speculation and debate since the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) outlined a range of proposals promoting family-friendly policies and practices at work in its February 2005 consultation paper.

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  • April 18, 2007 |

    Ashurst, CC lead on record-breaking CityPoint disposal

    Ashurst and Clifford Chance (CC) have bagged lead roles on London's largest-ever office deal - advising on Beacon Capital Partners' acquisition of CityPoint for more than £650m.

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  • April 18, 2007 |

    Gibson Dunn and Dechert lead firm roster on Crown Estate's £680m joint venture

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and Dechert have won lead roles on a £680m property joint venture between the Crown Estate and property trust The Hercules Unit Trust.

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  • April 18, 2007 |

    US Top 50/New York: The bigger picture

    Legal Week's top 50 US results show plenty of firms excelling in 2006. But, finds Paul Hodkinson, there is nervousness behind the numbers

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  • April 4, 2007 |

    Gibson Dunn hires Fulbright partner in LA

    West Coast leader Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has strengthened its flagship Los Angeles office with the hire of Fulbright & Jaworski corporate partner Keith Biancamano. Biancamano has previously advised clients including Yukos, Acco Engineered Systems, Houlihan Lokey, Petroval and Adknowledge.

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  • April 4, 2007 |

    They shoot lawyers, don't they?

    For the purposes of this slightly forced article, elite racehorses and City lawyers have plenty in common. Highly-strung thoroughbreds that respond in different measures to carrot and stick, effortlessly vaulting hurdles - hedge-based or regulatory - only for a fat bloke on the sidelines to swan off with all the winnings if they happen to finish first.

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  • March 5, 2007 |

    Mayer Brown set for 10% equity cull

    Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw has drawn up plans to axe 45 partners from its equity - equivalent to around 10% of its equity partnership - in a bid to boost profitability at the Chicago giant. Most of the de-equitisations are likely to take place across the firm's US offices, although it is not yet known which offices and practice groups will take the biggest hit.

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  • February 27, 2007 | International Edition

    Gibson Dunn bags €885m Investcorp parking sale

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has taken a lead role on the €885m (£595m) sale of European parking company APCOA to Eurazeo. The US firm advised APCOA's seller, Investcorp, on the deal, which was announced last week (19 February). Eurazeo was one of a number of bidders competing for APCOA in an auction process lasting several months. Rival bidders are thought to have included UK car park operator NCP and Macquarie Bank, as well as buy-out house Bridgepoint.

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  • February 27, 2007 |

    Gibson Dunn bags €885m Investcorp parking sale

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has taken a lead role on the €885m (£595m) sale of European parking company APCOA to Eurazeo. The US firm advised APCOA's seller, Investcorp, on the deal, which was announced last week (19 February). Eurazeo was one of a number of bidders competing for APCOA in an auction process lasting several months. Rival bidders are thought to have included UK car park operator NCP and Macquarie Bank, as well as buy-out house Bridgepoint.

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