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  • January 8, 2014 |

    Latham makes fifth London hire in a year with Weil PE partner Benson

    Latham & Watkins has made another foray into the UK private equity market with the recruitment of Weil Gotshal & Manges partner Nick Benson.

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  • January 6, 2014 |

    A&O boosts Washington regulatory group with Weil partner hire

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has hired financial services partner Heath Tarbert from Weil Gotshal & Manges in a boost for its Washington office.

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  • December 16, 2013 |

    Debevoise leads on newly merged American Airlines jet purchase deal

    Debevoise & Plimpton and US firm Katten Muchin Rosenman are advising American Airlines on a deal with plane manufacturers Bombardier and Brazil's Embraer to buy 90 new regional jets.

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  • December 12, 2013 |

    Ropes & Gray hires Weil Gotshal tax partner Brenda Coleman

    Ropes & Gray has hired Weil Gotshal & Manges highly-ranked tax partner Brenda Coleman in London. Coleman, who moved to Weil from Allen & Overy (A&O) in 2009, advises on all areas of corporate tax, including private equity, restructuring, funds and finance matters. At Weil she worked on a part-time basis however at Ropes, she will return to full-time practice.

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  • December 12, 2013 |

    British Legal Awards 2013: who won what - and why...

    A run-down of all the winners at this year's British Legal Awards, including full details of the judging panel's reasoning for each award.

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  • December 6, 2013 |

    Cravath freezes end-of-year bonus round with associate pay-outs of up to $60,000

    Cravath Swaine & Moore has become the first of the white shoe firms to announce its end-of-year associate bonus round, with junior lawyers at the firm receiving up to $60,000 on top of base salaries.

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  • December 5, 2013 |

    Law firms set for payouts in wind-down of Lehman's Europe operations

    More than 30 law firms owed money by Lehman Brothers International Europe (LBIE) are in line for a payout, after the bank's administrators PwC confirmed a group of creditors would be entitled to distributions in the New Year.

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  • December 4, 2013 |

    Weil, Kirkland and Links act on RBS's disposal of WorldPay

    Linklaters, Weil Gotshal & Manges and Kirkland & Ellis have secured roles on Royal Bank of Scotland's (RBS) sale of its remaining 20% stake in WorldPay to private equity firms Advent International and Bain Capital. RBS was advised on the disposal of the payment processing operator by Linklaters corporate partner Anne Drummond.

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  • November 22, 2013 |

    Weil Gotshal makes up four female partners in nine-strong promotion round

    Weil Gotshal & Manges has made up nine new partners, including four women, in its latest global promotions round. The promotions - which will take effect from January 2014 - see two lawyers made up in London including litigator Hannah Field-Lowes and Mark Lawford who is part of Weil's business finance & restructuring department.

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  • November 14, 2013 |

    The art of the matter – law firm art is more important than just decorating the walls

    To hear David Stone describe the London office of Simmons & Simmons, he could easily be talking about the nearby Whitechapel Gallery or the Tate Modern across the Thames. "Clients arriving in the building are immediately confronted with the collection," says Stone, a partner in the firm's intellectual property practice, making reference to a huge paper art work of a black road stretching to the horizon flanked by towers of stereo speakers. "Then as you walk to a meeting room, you pass works by Chris Ofili, Rachel Whiteread, Gary Hume, and Jake and Dinos Chapman."

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