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  • November 12, 2013 |

    Virgin Group kicks off review of legal panel

    Virgin Group has launched a review its legal panel, which currently runs to eight firms, ahead of possible changes to the roster.

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  • November 6, 2013 |

    Macfarlanes re-elects senior management team

    Macfarlanes has re-elected its senior management team, with managing partner Julian Howard and senior partner Charles Martin chosen to serve further three-year terms. The new terms will be Martin's (pictured) third as senior partner and Howard's second as managing partner. The re-elections were approved by the firm's partnership at the beginning of the year, with the new terms starting next May.

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  • November 5, 2013 |

    Co-op Bank to split new legal team following group break-up

    The Co-operative Bank is to divide its new in-house legal team into two separate functions, following the financial institution's split from former owner Co-op Group. Details of the break up were this week filed in a prospectus outlining the organisational re-shape of the bank following the transfer of ownership to a consortium of hedge funds including Aurelius and Silver Point.

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  • November 4, 2013 |

    Co-op conflict sees A&O lose out as bank readies for new GC

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has been forced to step down from parts of its advisory role to the Co-operative Bank following a conflict caused by its dual mandate for the bank and former majority owner the Co-operative Group. The news comes as the Co-op bank is poised to appoint a new general counsel, after the Co-op Group lost overall control of the bank to a consortium of hedge funds.

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  • November 1, 2013 |

    Macfarlanes nabs Bakers energy partner as lateral hiring spree continues

    Macfarlanes has recruited Baker & McKenzie energy and projects partner Scott Brodsky to join its commercial practice, marking the firm's second lateral hire this month. Brodsky is co-managing partner of Bakers' Johannesburg office and has advised on a broad range of global projects in the power, renewable energy, oil and gas and transport sectors.

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  • October 24, 2013 |

    Links and A&O among 26 firms objecting to legal threat from Dewey estate

    A host of firms including Linklaters, Allen & Overy, and Baker & McKenzie have filed a collective objection against Dewey & LeBoeuf's estate over its attempt to win compensation for client work originated at the defunct firm. The estate is threatening legal action over matters allegedly transferred to the firms when former Dewey partners left following its collapse last year.

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  • October 14, 2013 |

    Macfarlanes builds real estate practice with Ashurst hire

    Macfarlanes has added to its commercial real estate practice with the hire of Ashurst partner Anthony Burnett-Scott. The announcement follows the recent additions to the practice of partners Clare Breeze, who joined from Shearman and Sterling in July and Ann Minogue, also from Ashurst, in August.

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  • October 10, 2013 |

    Top firms set to do battle at 2013 British Legal Awards

    Linklaters is leading the way in nominations for the top practice awards as the shortlist for the 2013 British Legal Awards has been unveiled. The magic circle has nominations M&A, banking, financing or restructuring, and commercial team of the year categories. However, it missed out on the law firm of the year shortlist.

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  • September 25, 2013 |

    Shearman and Skadden lead on $4.7bn bid to acquire BlackBerry

    Shearman & Sterling and Canadian firm McCarthy Tetrault are advising Fairfax Financial on its $4.7bn (£2.9bn) offer for struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry. Fairfax, BlackBerry's largest shareholder with a stake of approximately 10%, is offering $9 a share in cash to acquire the remaining shares in the firm, which is being advised by Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Canada's Torys.

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  • September 24, 2013 |

    Tencent appoints Paul Weiss and Bakers for $448m Sogou deal

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison and Baker & McKenzie have advised as the owner of WeChat, Tencent Holdings, has taken a 35.6% stake in Chinese search engine Sogou for $448m. The deal, which is the latest in a string of mergers and acquisitions among Chinese internet companies, will see the two businesses jointly develop and cross-promote their products, with Sogou Pinyin and Sogou Search gaining access to the user base of Tencent's online and mobile social communities.

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