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  • September 26, 2007 |

    Deal Week Dispatch: 26/9/2007

    Deal Week Dispatch brings readers an early taster of news from Legal Week's unparalleled deals coverage, with Hammonds, Clifford Chance and Travers Smith among the movers and shakers

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  • September 19, 2007 |

    US firms in London: Friends in the City

    Almost half the respondents to this years' US firms in London survey would consider a tie-up with a UK firm. Helen Mooney reports on London's enduring appeal

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  • August 3, 2007 |

    Lovells builds Dubai with three finance mandates

    Lovells' fledgling Dubai office has established itself with three sizeable Islamic finance deals in three weeks. The office, which was set up in May this…

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  • July 3, 2007 | International Edition

    Weil Gotshal City arm to lose rising star Rosen

    Weil Gotshal & Manges is to lose rated private equity partner Will Rosen. Rosen, who was the firm's first-ever City-based corporate assistant when he joined 11 years ago, handed in his notice today (3 July). He will officially leave the firm on Friday and is understood to be taking some time out over the summer before deciding on his next move.

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  • July 3, 2007 |

    Weil Gotshal City arm to lose rising star Rosen

    Weil Gotshal & Manges is to lose rated private equity partner Will Rosen. Rosen, who was the firm's first-ever City-based corporate assistant when he joined 11 years ago, handed in his notice today (3 July). He will officially leave the firm on Friday and is understood to be taking some time out over the summer before deciding on his next move.

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  • June 21, 2007 |

    Latham seizes rival's Diem in Euro hiring spree

    Latham & Watkins has continued its aggressive expansion in continental Europe with the hire of a senior finance partner from US rival Shearman & Sterling. Respected Shearman partner Andreas Diem joins Latham's Munich office as a partner. His practice focuses on acquisition finance, real estate finance and general syndicated lending.

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  • June 18, 2007 |

    Latham lands Lovells partner in Spanish push

    Latham & Watkins is set to beef up its fledgling Spanish operation with the capture of rated Lovells administrative law partner Antonio Morales. Morales, who will become the second partner in Latham's formative Spanish practice, has held a number of high-profile public positions including a three-year stint as the secretary general of the Nuclear Security Council (NSC) between 2002 And 2005. At the NSC, he was responsible for regulatory issues, enforcement, drafting rules and legal affairs.

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  • May 16, 2007 |

    Wachtell, Cleary bag $4.5bn optician buy-out

    Elite Manhattan firms Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton have bagged the lead roles on Warburg Pincus' $4.5bn (£2.3bn) acquisition of opticians Bausch & Lomb. Cleary advised the buyer, with M&A partners Robert Davis and David Leinwand spearheading the New York-based team alongside finance partner Meme Stowers.

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  • May 2, 2007 |

    Wedlake Bell strengthens corporate capabilities

    London commercial firm Wedlake Bell has boosted its corporate department with the hire of Dechert senior associate Tim Bird and the promotion of associate Tony Lane. Bird qualified at Hammonds and has since worked at Herbert Smith and Deutsche Bank. Lane joined Wedlake Bell in 1996. The appointments bring the number of partners at the firm to 42.

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  • April 25, 2007 |

    Simpson and Dechert lead on latest Blackstone deal

    US firms Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Dechert have landed plum mandates advising on Blackstone's $8bn (£4bn) sale of hotel chain Extended Stay America.

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