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  • July 8, 2008 |

    Sidley makes up 34 to global partnership

    Sidley Austin has promoted 34 associates to its partnership, with only one promotion in London. Securities lawyer David Howe is the only London associate to be made up, with the Chicago-based firm promoting associates across its US, Asian, Australian and European offices. Howe, who joined Sidley Austin in 1999 from Clifford Chance, where he qualified in 1998, advises clients on 'plain vanilla' Eurobonds, capital markets and securities.

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  • June 27, 2008 |

    US Briefing: Goodwin ups ante with Latham lateral

    Goodwin Procter has built a buzz in California by hiring from notable law firms like Morrison & Foerster, Munger Tolles & Olson and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. On Monday (23 June), the firm upped the ante, adding a Latham & Watkins corporate partner to its trophy case. Bradley Bugdanowitz became the ninth partner in Goodwin's San Francisco office, bringing the firm from zero to 90 total attorneys in California in just two years.

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  • June 19, 2008 | International Edition

    Ex-Olswang partner makes return to firm

    Olswang has bolstered its corporate department with the recruitment of Duncan McDonald, who returns to the firm after a stint in-house. McDonald joined Olswang this week as a partner after spending 18 months at Japanese private equity house Nikko Principal Investments. The move brings McDonald back for a second stint at the City firm. He initially joined Olswang as a partner from Pinsent Masons in 2004.

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  • June 19, 2008 |

    Ex-Olswang partner makes return to firm

    Olswang has bolstered its corporate department with the recruitment of Duncan McDonald, who returns to the firm after a stint in-house. McDonald joined Olswang this week as a partner after spending 18 months at Japanese private equity house Nikko Principal Investments. The move brings McDonald back for a second stint at the City firm. He initially joined Olswang as a partner from Pinsent Masons in 2004.

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  • June 11, 2008 |

    The Am Law 100: The giving tree

    Over the last 10 years, dozens of Am Law firms have scrambled to find merger partners. New practice areas, geographic advantages, economies of scale-the rationales for these couplings are endless. But does all the happy talk really translate into bigger clients, busier associates and fatter pay packets? To find out, we assessed the fortunes of eight firms from this year's Am Law 100 that engaged in name-changing mergers with similarly sized partners in the past decade. We scrutinised their performances based on post-merger growth in revenue per lawyer (RPL), profits per partner and average compensation for all partners. Combinations with non-US firms were not included, nor were mergers with fewer than three years of post-merger results to analyse. As a benchmark, we looked at the average growth of The Am Law 100 by RPL, profits per partner and compensation-all partners. For firms where data was available, we also compared the growth of the merged firms with that of their predecessors.

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  • June 11, 2008 |

    Sex and the Sidley

    After Sue Yoo and Robin Cheatham have graced the pages of The Diary in recent weeks, more noteworthy names from the super-smooth charmers at Sidley Austin, whose City office might be a good place for any aspirant Carrie Bradshaws to start looking to bag a Mr Big of her (or his) own. Among the lawyerly ladykillers at the US firm's City arm are the promisingly named partner trio of Andrew Bliss, John Casanova and Julian Goodman, who have all set hearts a-fluttering in the structured finance practice.

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  • May 12, 2008 |

    Herbies corporate man in Covington City switch

    Covington & Burling has announced the hire of the former head of Herbert Smith's Paris corporate practice, Mike Kingston. Kingston joins Covington's London arm to head up the Washington DC-based firm's European corporate practice.

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  • May 8, 2008 |

    A&O still on top in debt capital markets rankings

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has held onto the top spot in the latest quarterly international debt capital markets rankings, advising deal managers on 130 deals worth $54.6bn (£27.6bn). Thomson Financial's rankings show the firm held onto a 6.5% share of the underwriting market from January to April this year. Linklaters remains in second place having advised on 73 deals worth $49.3bn (£25bn), representing a 5.8% share of the market.

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  • April 24, 2008 | International Edition

    Olswang adds partner to City restructuring team

    Olswang has bolstered its restructuring practice, hiring DLA Piper partner Alicia Videon for its City offering. Videon - who specialises in restructuring, with a particular focus on buying and selling distressed debt - joined Olswang's restructuring and insolvency practice earlier this week as a partner.

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  • April 24, 2008 |

    Olswang adds partner to City restructuring team

    Olswang has bolstered its restructuring practice, hiring DLA Piper partner Alicia Videon for its City offering. Videon - who specialises in restructuring, with a particular focus on buying and selling distressed debt - joined Olswang's restructuring and insolvency practice earlier this week as a partner.

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