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  • January 15, 2010 |

    Ex-Mayer Brown partner sentenced to seven years for Refco fraud

    Former Mayer Brown partner Joseph Collins has been sentenced to seven years in prison for helping executives at financial services company Refco defraud investors of $2.4m (£1.5m) - crimes the judge said were motivated by "excessive loyalty" to his client. Collins, 59, who had sought a sentence of mostly community service, shook his head as Judge Robert Patterson said that "the significance of what transpired here is the reason for the sentence."

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  • January 13, 2010 |

    Jones Day makes up London duo in 36-strong promotions round

    Jones Day has promoted two new partners in London out of a global total of 36 in the firm's annual partnership round. The new City-based partners are international litigation and arbitration specialist Nicholas Cotter and Barnaby Stueck in the US firm's trial practice.

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  • January 13, 2010 |

    Law firm confidence rebounds for 2010

    Senior City lawyers are facing 2010 in a considerably more optimistic mood according to new research, which shows business confidence rising sharply over the last three months. Legal Week's quarterly business confidence survey found that 83% of responding partners expect revenue growth at their own firm over the next 12 months, a result that is up sharply on the last poll in October, when just 58% were expecting growth.

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  • January 11, 2010 |

    A&O and Latham score top roles on £500m Manchester Utd bond issue

    Allen & Overy (A&O) and Latham & Watkins have taken lead roles on Manchester United's £500m bond issue. A&O advised the Premier League club - a longstanding client of the firm - with a team led by recently recruited high yield partner Kevin Muzilla.

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  • December 22, 2009 |

    Mayer Brown seals South American boost with Brazilian alliance

    Mayer Brown has bolstered its South American practice after sealing an alliance with Brazilian firm Tauil & Chequer (T&C). T&C, which specialises in energy and infrastructure work and has offices in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, will now operate as Tauil & Chequer in association with Mayer Brown.

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  • December 21, 2009 |

    Training and education: All tied up

    The last few years have seen the College of Law, BPP Law School and, to a lesser extent, Kaplan Law School jostle with each other to secure tie-ups with the top law firms. In the main, firms have been receptive to their advances, with the result being that the vast majority of UK top 20 law firms - and many top 50 firms and US firms with London offices - now have arrangements in place to send their future trainees to study the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) and Legal Practice Course (LPC) exclusively with a certain course provider.

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  • December 21, 2009 |

    Mayer Brown and Latham lead on $8.5m Ernst & Young settlement

    Mayer Brown and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr have taken roles advising Ernst & Young (E&Y) in settlement talks with regulators over the accounting firm's failure to report fraudulent activity at one of its clients, reports The Am Law Daily. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had accused E&Y of issuing unqualified audit opinions that said that Chicago-based company Bally Total Fitness's 2001 and 2003 financial statements conformed with US accounting rules.

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  • December 17, 2009 |

    Mayer Brown leads on GM sale of Saab assets to Chinese company

    Mayer Brown has taken the lead role for Beijing Automotive Industry Holding (BAIC) on the purchase of Saab assets and intellectual property rights from General Motors. The deal, valued at SEK1.4bn (£119m), could stave off bankruptcy for Swedish car maker Saab while GM continues to search for a buyer, following the failed takeover attempt by Swedish car maker Koenigsegg in the autumn.

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  • December 17, 2009 |

    Mayer Brown to cut City jobs with associates and partners set to leave

    Mayer Brown has launched a redundancy consultation which is set to affect up to eight associates in London, while four partners are also departing the firm's City office. The consultation, which began last week, will affect associates from a variety of practice areas, while the partner departures come in the firm's corporate department.

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  • December 13, 2009 |

    Mayer Brown

    A mid-market London firm hooked up several years ago with a decent Chicago player to create a firm with a strong focus on both sides of the Atlantic...

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