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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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  • February 20, 2007 |

    Latham is latest LA firm with strong '06 figures

    Latham & Watkins has unveiled double-digit growth in turnover and profits per equity partner for 2006, joining a growing band of US firms to have posted robust year-end figures. The Los Angeles giant pulled in $1.624bn (£832m), up 15% from last year's mark of $1.412bn (£724m). Partner profits, meanwhile, rose 16% to $1.86m (£950,000).

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  • February 19, 2007 |

    White & Case in five-partner raid on Mayer Brown

    White & Case has beefed up its New York office with the hire of a five-partner finance team from Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw. The team, who all practise in Mayer Brown's New York office, consists of finance partners Nazim Zilkha, Kenneth Suh, Jeffrey Whyte, Jin Kim and Ronald Brody.

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  • February 15, 2007 |

    City growth drives strong Paul Hastings results

    Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker has posted robust year-end figures for 2006, with the firm's City office showing turnover rocketing by 84%. Turnover at the Los Angeles giant was up by more than a fifth (22%) to reach $813.5m (£442m), while profits per equity partner (PEP) rose 21% from $1.33m (£728,000) in 2005 to $1.61m (£872,000) last year.

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  • February 14, 2007 |

    Class action firms push for two-million strong Wal-Mart claim

    Wal-Mart is facing a multi-billion-dollar sex discrimination class action after a recent court ruling gave the go-ahead to what has been dubbed the largest-ever claim of its kind. As many as two million past and present female employees will be eligible to join a gender discrimination class action against Wal-Mart after a federal appeals court ruling in San Francisco last week (6 February).

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  • February 8, 2007 |

    West Coast trio unveil mixed results for 2006

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman have announced their financial figures for 2006, with the West Coast trio unveiling a mixed bag of results. Gibson Dunn posted an 8% rise in turnover, with the Los Angeles giant pulling in $809m (£411m) in fees, while profits per equity partner (PEP) rose 7% to $1.75m (£888,000).

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