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  • August 20, 2013 |

    Gibson Dunn recruits Skadden litigation partner in London

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has made a rare partner hire in London with the appointment of Skadden Arps Meagher & Flom litigation and arbitration lawyer Penny Madden. An English-qualified solicitor who was promoted to the Skadden partnership in 2012, Madden has a practice focus on telecoms, international trade and insurance disputes.

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  • August 12, 2013 |

    Macfarlanes boosts construction with ex-Linklaters partner from Ashurst

    Macfarlanes has strengthened its commercial real estate practice with the hire of former Linklaters construction partner Ann Minogue from Ashurst. Top-rated Minogue joins Macfarlanes after four years at Ashurst, where she headed up the firm's City construction practice.

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  • August 6, 2013 |

    US duo take headline roles on sale of Washington Post to Amazon chief

    Cleary Gottlieb Stein & Hamilton and Cravath Swaine & Moore have taken the key roles on Amazon.com founder Jeffrey Bezos' $250m (£163m) acquisition of prestigious US newspaper The Washington Post. The takeover will see the billionaire buy the paper and several other publishing businesses in a personal capacity, as opposed to a deal led by e-commerce giant Amazon.

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  • August 4, 2013 |

    The Transfer Window: recent moves including Shearman, CMS and A&O

    Shearman & Sterling has appointed Arnold & Porter white collar partner Claudius Sokenu to its litigation group, in a boost to the firm's anticorruption and securities enforcement practices. Sokenu, who will split his time between London, New York and Washington DC, is a former senior counsel in the Securities Exchange Commission's (SEC) Division of Enforcement. In private practice, he has represented clients in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigations, and compliance matters before the SEC, the US Department of Justice and the UK Serious Fraud Office.

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  • August 1, 2013 |

    2012-13 case studies: Macfarlanes

    Macfarlanes defied the depressed UK and European markets this year to record its second set of strong financial results in a row, with revenue up by 11.6% and profits per equity partner (PEP) increasing by 9.5% for 2012-13. Revenue at the top 30 firm climbed from £102.3m to £114.2m with PEP rising from £903,000 to £989,000 - within touching distance of the £1m landmark the firm achieved during the credit boom. The figures follow another successful performance in 2011-12, when revenue grew 7.9% and PEP was up 20.1%. However, Legal Week's five-year comparison shows that the firm is still rebuilding its profitability following the downturn, with PEP remaining 10% below the £1.1m achieved in 2007-08 and revenue up just 4%.

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  • August 1, 2013 |

    Weil Gotshal loses high-flying London litigator to Sidley Austin

    Sidley Austin has hired Weil Gotshal & Manges litigation partner Matthew Shankland to its disputes resolution group in London. Shankland, who represents clients in commercial disputes in the higher courts, the European court and arbitration tribunals, has a particular practice focus on alternative dispute resolution and cross-border bankruptcy and insolvency work for financial institutions.

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  • August 1, 2013 |

    Freshfields, Links and Shearman lead on £3.4bn Invensys takeover

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters, Shearman & Sterling and Bredin Prat have taken roles on Schneider Electric's £3.4bn takeover of British engineering company Invensys. France's Schneider announced on Wednesday its intention to acquire the entire stock of Invensys, in what would be the second-largest foreign purchase of a British company this year after Liberty Global's £15bn buyout of Virgin Media.

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  • July 31, 2013 |

    A&O, Linklaters and DLA among firms facing legal action over Dewey hires

    A raft of firms including Allen & Overy (A&O), Linklaters and DLA Piper are facing legal action from Dewey & LeBoeuf's estate over client matters they took on when recruiting former partners of the collapsed US law firm. US firm Diamond McCarthy, which is acting for Dewey's estate, last Friday (26 July) asked the judge overseeing the bankruptcy to grant permission to issue subpoenas to 36 law firms and one accountancy firm which are now home to ex-Dewey partners.

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  • July 18, 2013 |

    Addleshaws moves Africa energy market up agenda with double partner hire

    Addleshaw Goddard is driving Africa up the agenda with a push into the energy and resources markets following the hire of Shepherd and Wedderburn partner duo Angus Rollo and Guy Winter. The pair, both of whom previously worked at Linklaters and Shearman & Sterling, will boost partner numbers within the firm's Africa group to six.

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  • July 11, 2013 |

    Linklaters hires top Paris capital markets partner from Shearman

    Linklaters has recruited Paris capital markets partner Bertrand Senechal from Shearman & Sterling, as the magic circle firm moves to restock its practice in the French capital following the loss of a team to White & Case earlier this year. Senechal - who will start at the magic circle firm on 2 September - has been a partner at Shearman since 2005 and is highly rated for equity capital markets work in France.

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