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  • September 19, 2013 |

    Will Dentons deliver? After a succession of mergers does Dentons add up to more than the sum of its parts?

    If this year's three-way mega-deal between SNR Denton, Salans and Canada's Fraser Milner Casgrain (FMC) still generates a large dose of scepticism among rivals, it does not seem to have knocked the confidence of the merged firm's chairman. Indeed, in an interview with Legal Week, Joe Andrew, an approachable American corporate lawyer, says that far from being the 'merger of weakness' that critics portray, his new 'polycentric' firm should be a blueprint for the world's leading legal practices.

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  • September 19, 2013 |

    Weir continues to build legal team with new deputy GC role

    FTSE 100 constituent Weir Group has created a new deputy general counsel role, as part of an expansion of its legal team. The Glasgow-headquartered engineering company is advertising for a candidate – either a partner at a "major" law firm or an experienced in-house lawyer – to fill the new role to support GC Keith Ruddock (pictured). Ruddock joined Weir in May 2012, following the retirement of Weir Group legal and commercial director Alan Mitchelson.

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  • September 19, 2013 |

    Hong Kong Law Society urges Taiwan to open legal market to local firms

    Hong Kong law firms could soon be permitted to open offices in Taiwan following a campaign by the city's law society to encourage fair treatment of foreign outfits in the country. Firms based in Hong Kong are not currently allowed to launch in Taiwan or advise on Taiwanese law, despite an absence of such restrictions on firms from the UK and US.

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  • September 16, 2013 |

    DLA beefs up corporate team with BLP and Debevoise hires

    DLA Piper has secured the hire of former Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) corporate heavyweight Patrick Somers. The firm has also hired Debevoise & Plimpton associate James O'Donnell as a partner in its London funds team.

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  • September 12, 2013 |

    US M&A three-year overview

    An overview of the biggest deals in the US from the past three years, with mandates for Baker & McKenzie, Slaughter and May, and Jones Day.

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  • September 12, 2013 |

    Debevoise and Milbank advise on Verizon's record $49bn bond issue

    Debevoise & Plimpton and Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy have taken the lead roles on Verizon's $49bn (£31bn) US bond issue, the largest corporate debt sale in history. The bond sale comes as the US telecoms group raises capital to finance its acquisition of Vodafone's 45% stake of Verizon Wireless, a $130bn (£84bn) deal which handed roles to a raft of firms including Slaughter and May and Macfarlanes.

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  • September 8, 2013 |

    Nabarro recruits Osborne Clarke partner to head up employment team

    Nabarro has hired Osborne Clarke partner Richard Brown as its new head of employment, a year after former postholder Jules Quinn left the firm for Jones Day. Brown previously joined Osborne Clarke's employment practice in 2004 and was made up as partner in 2006. He specialises in the technology, marketing services and recruitment industries as well as three of the firm's six strategic sectors: financial services, manufacturing and real estate.

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  • September 5, 2013 |

    Latham and Jones Day check out on French supermarket deal

    Gide Loyrette Nouel and Latham & Watkins are among a line-up of firms to have advised on a deal that has seen French retail giant Casino take control of rival supermarket chain Monoprix. Last July, Casino and French department store Galeries Lafayette ended a dispute over their joint ownership of Monoprix, which saw Lafayette agree to give up its 50% stake to Casino for €1.175bn (£1bn).

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  • September 4, 2013 |

    CC seals hire of BLP contentious tax head as senior exits continue

    Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) contentious tax head Liesl Fichardt is leaving to join Clifford Chance (CC) in the latest senior departure from the firm. Fichardt, who has been at BLP since 2008, is understood to be negotiating her exit from the firm, which has seen a number of partners leave in recent weeks.

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  • September 3, 2013 |

    BLP commercial and technology head quits firm for Mishcons

    The head of Berwin Leighton Paisner's information law unit, Adam Rose, has left to join Mishcon de Reya, marking the latest move in a string of partner exits from the firm. Rose joined BLP in 1990 before becoming a partner in 1997. He lead BLP's commercial and technology group for 12 years, and was also the head of information law. He advises clients in the financial, information and publishing and outsourcing sectors and has experience in advising on a wide range of software and related IT contracts. Rose is also a vice-chair of Lex Anglo-Brasil and is involved with various Latin American chambers of commerce in the UK.

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