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  • January 16, 2008 |

    Heller seals hospitality cred with hire of Sidley veteran

    Top 50 US law firm Heller Ehrman has cemented its standing in the hospitality sector after recruiting a veteran partner from the London arm of Sidley Austin. Sidley corporate partner Robert Asher will join the San Francisco-based firm's nine-partner City arm, working alongside Heller's London managing partner, Brian Smith, who specialises in the same sector.

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  • January 16, 2008 |

    Restructuring leads US lateral round in early '08

    The first two 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 US' biggest law firms, writes the National Law Journal. Each January, law firms issue a deluge of announcements that tout the successes of incoming lateral partners wooed from competitors. The first month of the year is particularly popular for such moves, since those lawyers have closed out the previous year at their old firms and can start fresh at their new firms.

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  • January 9, 2008 |

    Eversheds enjoys Swiss role as firm ties up alliance with Zurich's Schmid

    Eversheds has launched in Switzerland after forming an association with local outfit Schmid in a move that adds further scale to the UK giant's expanding foreign network.

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  • January 9, 2008 |

    Olswang ramps up telecoms team with regulatory veteran from Mayer Brown

    Olswang has strengthened its telecoms practice with the hire of respected Mayer Brown partner Rob Bratby, who joined the firm on 1 January.

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  • January 9, 2008 |

    Major US law firms bet on Obama to win 2008 presidential election race

    US law firms are throwing their financial muscle behind the Democrats' attempts to reach the White House, with the legal sector providing more funding to the party's leading candidates than any other industry.

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  • December 5, 2007 | International Edition

    Olswang finance push lures Sidley partner

    Olswang has hired Sidley Austin partner Steve Clark, as the top 30 City firm looks to give more prominence to its finance practice. Clark, who specialises in acquisition and real estate finance, joined Olswang as a partner from Sidley's City arm earlier this week.

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  • December 5, 2007 |

    Olswang finance push lures Sidley partner

    Olswang has hired Sidley Austin partner Steve Clark, as the top 30 City firm looks to give more prominence to its finance practice. Clark, who specialises in acquisition and real estate finance, joined Olswang as a partner from Sidley's City arm earlier this week.

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  • December 5, 2007 |

    ...Legal Week Lunchbox 5/12/07...

    The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today; plus the pick of the day's posts; and partnership expert Clare Murray returns to Legal Village with a lesson in customer service

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  • November 29, 2007 |

    The long return

    There is a growing split between the domestic commercial work and finance-driven specialist services that the Republic of Ireland's elite band of commercial firms are offering to an international client base, drawn by the country's low corporate taxes.

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  • November 21, 2007 |

    That failed bid for Sainsbury's: making life taste bitter

    When Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom won the lead role on the Qatar Investment Authority's (QIA's) £10.6bn bid for Sainsbury's through Delta Two, the mandate was understandably seen as a coup for the US firm's City arm. But with the deal's last-minute implosion there are recriminations and some questioning of the tactics of the bidders; where did it all go wrong for what looked like one of the most daring European deals of the year?

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