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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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  • January 10, 2007 |

    Dentons on track with Northern rail role

    Denton Wilde Sapte has been appointed as sole legal adviser to Northern Rail after winning a beauty parade against a number of rivals.The City firm has…

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  • December 13, 2006 |

    Dentons breaks ground with cross-border insolvency order

    Dentons acts on first cross-border appeal under closely-watched new insolvency code

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  • December 6, 2006 |

    TMT Team of the Year Winner: DLA Piper

    Highlight instructions of the past year include advising the FA Premier League on its settlement with the European Commission and DSG International on its £365m IT outsourcing to HCL Technologies

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  • December 6, 2006 |

    DLA Piper recruits Elsenaar for planning group

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  • December 6, 2006 |

    Commentary: RBS review leaves panels stirred but far from shaken

    Firms still searching for crucial inside track after bloodless review at UK banking giant

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