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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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  • April 23, 2008 |

    Corporate Counsel: Soft landings

    It is Wednesday afternoon and Paul McNulty is searching for his taxi outside Dulles International Airport. The former deputy attorney general and current Baker & McKenzie partner is just back from an overnighter in Houston, where he spoke to a group of 25 general counsel.His topic? How to handle federal investigations, of course. After all, McNulty did write the memo that governs federal prosecutions of corporations. While general counsel might not like the spectre raised by the McNulty Memorandum, if they have to comply, who better to consult than its author?

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  • April 16, 2008 |

    US Focus: Legal aid

    When a London-based partner at a magic circle firm took an American colleague and his wife out to the opera recently, the conversation turned to politics.The English lawyer expressed surprise that the US partner appeared to be so familiar with the political views and activities of his fellow partners. Indeed, the US lawyer observed: "Partners are likely to have lunchtime conversation about politics or pull someone across the room and say 'did you read that article today about that speech by Obama?'"While in the UK there are numerous high-level politicians who initially trained as lawyers, on the other side of the Atlantic practising lawyers tend to be more engaged in politics, at both a local and national level. "In the US a large proportion of prominent lawyers are very politically active," says the US partner. "Many may run for office some day or, even if not, they are very politically connected. A significant reason for why lawyers become lawyers in the US is that they have political ambitions or interests - they would like to have some influence."

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  • April 11, 2008 |

    US Briefing: AmLaw's Dealmakers of the Year

    Not since 2002 has the business environment been so grim. And as hard as it is to close a headline-grabbing deal while the economy is flush, the challenge is even greater in tough times. Rescuing deals in distress takes creative solutions. The American Lawyer's annual Dealmakers of the Year report shines a spotlight on lawyers who played pivotal roles in some of 2007's biggest, most creative and most noteworthy transactions. Read on for more about the deals that put them at the top of the list.

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  • April 4, 2008 |

    Sidley snaps up senior funds man from SJs

    Sidley Austin has bagged a new City partner for its financial services team with the addition of Bruce Gardner from SJ Berwin. Gardner, who specialises in hedge funds and financial markets, left SJ Berwin today (4 April) and will join the top 10 US firm's London office next week. He takes with him one associate.

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  • April 3, 2008 |

    Boardman hits AmLaw's deal partner list as sole UK lawyer

    Slaughter and May corporate heavyweight Nigel Boardman has become the only UK partner to feature in a ranking of leading deal lawyers compiled by Legal Week's US sister title The American Lawyer. The magazine's annual Dealmakers of the Year list shows Boardman, who has been a partner with Slaughters since 1982 after joining the firm in 1973, to be the sole UK face among a group of high-profile US partners.

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  • April 3, 2008 | International Edition

    City partnership rounds hold up despite financial market fears

    Herbert Smith and Olswang have both announced bumper crops of new partners, as the UK's top law firms cast aside fears about the credit crunch to announce their latest round of partnership promotions. The pair join firms including Macfarlanes, CMS Cameron McKenna and Wragge & Co to increase their tallies on last year, with Trowers & Hamlins the only firm to date to see a significant drop in its number of new partners.

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  • April 3, 2008 |

    City partnership rounds hold up despite financial market fears

    Herbert Smith and Olswang have both announced bumper crops of new partners, as the UK's top law firms cast aside fears about the credit crunch to announce their latest round of partnership promotions. The pair join firms including Macfarlanes, CMS Cameron McKenna and Wragge & Co to increase their tallies on last year, with Trowers & Hamlins the only firm to date to see a significant drop in its number of new partners.

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