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  • May 2, 2007 |

    Kirkland knocks Sidley with $1.3bn restructuring mandate

    Kirkland & Ellis has landed the lead role on the €1.3bn (£885m) Sea Containers restructuring, knocking fellow US rival Sidley Austin off the top spot. Sidley, which had been leading on the company's reorganisation, will now take a secondary role advising on securities issues of the restructuring.

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  • April 26, 2007 |

    Blag your way through interview: Commercially conscious

    'Commercial awareness' is something that all of the top firms cite as key recruitment criteria - so if you are beginning to worry that you are not fully au fait with current goings-on in the legal market, Legal Week Student presents a crash course in this year's burning issues

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  • April 24, 2007 | International Edition

    Sidley hits Sydney with Pillsbury raid

    Sidley Austin is to open in Australia after hiring the managing partner of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman's Sydney office, Bob Meyers, to lead the venture. The office, due to open on 1 May, will be Sidley's sixth office in the Asia Pacific region, alongside bases in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and Singapore.

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  • April 24, 2007 |

    Sidley hits Sydney with Pillsbury raid

    Sidley Austin is to open in Australia after hiring the managing partner of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman's Sydney office, Bob Meyers, to lead the venture. The office, due to open on 1 May, will be Sidley's sixth office in the Asia Pacific region, alongside bases in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and Singapore.

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  • April 18, 2007 |

    Gibson Dunn and Dechert lead firm roster on Crown Estate's £680m joint venture

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and Dechert have won lead roles on a £680m property joint venture between the Crown Estate and property trust The Hercules Unit Trust.

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  • April 16, 2007 |

    Manhattan elite scoop $25bn Sallie Mae buy-out

    Elite New York firms Sullivan & Cromwell, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and Davis Polk & Wardwell have picked up the lead roles on the US' latest multibillion-dollar buy-out. An investment group headed by JC Flowers & Co has stumped up $25bn (£12.6bn) to acquire Sallie Mae, the largest student loan-provider in the US.

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  • April 4, 2007 |

    Simpson Thacher takes First Data private

    US trio Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Sidley Austin and Sullivan & Cromwell are advising on the latest mega buy-out in the US, the $29bn (£15m) take private of credit card processing group First Data. Simpson Thacher is advising private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) on its bid, which is expected to be completed by the end of the third quarter. Sidley is acting for the target and Sullivan is advising the company's independent directors.

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  • April 4, 2007 |

    Bakers leads Banco Santander on $1.7bn deal

    Baker & McKenzie has won a repeat instruction from the Portuguese arm of Spain's Banco Santander, advising Banco Santander Totta on a $1.75bn (£890m) bond issue.

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  • April 4, 2007 |

    An eye for talent

    More than a few eyebrows were raised in Dublin's close-knit legal market when Matheson Ormsby Prentice (MOP) unveiled plans in February to introduce tiered salaries for its newly-qualified lawyers.

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  • April 3, 2007 |

    US trio bag $29bn First Data buy-out

    US trio Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Sidley Austin and Sullivan & Cromwell have bagged plum roles on the latest multibillion-dollar buy-out as credit card processing group First Data is taken private for $29bn (£15bn). Simpson Thacher is advising private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) on its bid for the group, which is expected to be completed by the end of the third quarter. New York corporate partners Gary Horowitz, Sean Rodgers and James Cross are leading the Simpson Thacher team.

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