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  • February 12, 2008 |

    Sidley signs up Covington City tax man

    Sidley Austin has bagged a new tax partner in London, taking on David Hinds from the City arm of rival US firm Covington & Burling. Hinds, who was also a partner at Covington, will focus on fund formation work and fund-related transactions. Prior to joining Covington in 2002, Hinds was a partner at SJ Berwin. He is chairman of the UK branch of the International Fiscal Association.

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  • February 8, 2008 | International Edition

    A&O claims pole position in '07 DCM tables

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has held on to top spot in the latest international debt capital markets rankings, with the magic circle firm seizing an 8% market share for 2007. A&O advised managers on 651 deals worth a combined $331.8bn (£170.4bn) over the last year to top the table, compiled by Thomson Financial.

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  • February 8, 2008 |

    A&O claims pole position in '07 DCM tables

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has held on to top spot in the latest international debt capital markets rankings, with the magic circle firm seizing an 8% market share for 2007. A&O advised managers on 651 deals worth a combined $331.8bn (£170.4bn) over the last year to top the table, compiled by Thomson Financial.

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  • February 7, 2008 |

    Cadwalader hit by 6% PEP drop as US firms' 2007 results emerge

    Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft and Morgan Lewis & Bockius are among a swathe of US firms to have announced their latest financial results, with Cadwalader the first firm to take a hit on its profits for 2007.Cadwalader reported a fall in profits per equity partner (PEP) from $2.9m (£1.48m) 2006 to $2.72m (£1.38m) this year, while overall revenue at the firm stands at $587m (£299m), up 5% from $556m (£283m) last year.

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  • February 6, 2008 | International Edition

    Hiring trends at US firms in London fail to match 2005 five-year high

    US firms hired 67 partners across the City in 2007 - a slight dip on the recruitment peak of 2005, despite last year's booming markets. Legal Week research into hiring trends at 24 of the US' biggest players in the UK found that while recruitment activity was up on 2006 - when 60 partners joined US practices - it failed to match 2005's five-year high of 72.Much of the activity came in the mid-market. Mayer Brown was the biggest lateral recruiter of 2007, with the firm bringing in nine partners, including two high-profile names - McDermott Will & Emery corporate partner William Charnley and Ashurst real estate partner Gary Watson.

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  • February 6, 2008 |

    Hiring trends at US firms in London fail to match 2005 five-year high

    US firms hired 67 partners across the City in 2007 - a slight dip on the recruitment peak of 2005, despite last year's booming markets. Legal Week research into hiring trends at 24 of the US' biggest players in the UK found that while recruitment activity was up on 2006 - when 60 partners joined US practices - it failed to match 2005's five-year high of 72.Much of the activity came in the mid-market. Mayer Brown was the biggest lateral recruiter of 2007, with the firm bringing in nine partners, including two high-profile names - McDermott Will & Emery corporate partner William Charnley and Ashurst real estate partner Gary Watson.

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  • February 6, 2008 |

    Dealmaker: Alan Samson

    Confirmed deal junkie Alan Samson co-heads Gibson Dunn & Crutcher's highly rated real estate team

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  • February 1, 2008 |

    New York giants lead on $19bn Citi fundraising

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Sullivan & Cromwell are among a clutch of US firms to have claimed advisory roles on a major finance deal that will see sovereign funds totalling $12.5bn (£6.3bn) dispensed to US banking giant Citigroup. Cleary and Sullivan acted as counsel to Citigroup, which has raised $12.5bn through private placements with investors including the investment arms of the Singapore and Kuwaiti governments.

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  • January 30, 2008 |

    Kirkland plans autumn Palo Alto launch

    Kirkland & Ellis is planning to launch a new office in Palo Alto later this year, writes the National Law Journal, as US firms continue to target Silicon Valley. Kirkland's management committee has approved plans for the office to open in the autumn, with partners set to vote on the move in the spring.

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  • January 25, 2008 |

    US Briefing: DLA Piper kicks off laterals season

    The first few weeks of 2008 already have marked an abundance of lateral hires among partners making a switch for better opportunities - or so they hope - at some of the nation's biggest law firms. So far the areas of practice for lateral hires are across the board, though movement in bankruptcy and finance already look particularly active. In one of the more prominent switches, DLA Piper has recruited William Goldman from Sidley Austin to join its restructuring and bankruptcy practice group in New York.

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