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  • September 19, 2007 |

    Summer re-jig for legal in-housers

    Tyco recruits from within for healthcare and electronics division legal heads; Starbucks hires Thurston as first ever UK-based legal chief; and former Alcatel-Lucent GC becomes Motorola head of legal. Michelle Madsen reviews the latest key in-house moves

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  • September 6, 2007 | International Edition

    Davis Polk recruits Jeantet chief for renewed Paris push

    Davis Polk & Wardwell has recruited the managing partner of respected Paris independent Jeantet along with another partner, as the Wall Street leader boosts its only foreign law practice. Georges Terrier joins Davis Polk along with corporate partner Christophe Perchet in a significant boost to the top 25 US law firm's Paris arm.

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  • September 6, 2007 |

    Davis Polk recruits Jeantet chief for renewed Paris push

    Davis Polk & Wardwell has recruited the managing partner of respected Paris independent Jeantet along with another partner, as the Wall Street leader boosts its only foreign law practice. Georges Terrier joins Davis Polk along with corporate partner Christophe Perchet in a significant boost to the top 25 US law firm's Paris arm.

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  • September 5, 2007 |

    Legal Week Lunchbox: 6/9/2007

    The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today; plus the pick of readers' comments; and Dominic Carman on the possible introduction of trial fees in England and Wales

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  • September 4, 2007 |

    Links leads way as GdF-Suez saga nears end

    Linklaters has joined French firms Bredin Prat and Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier among the beneficiaries of the protracted €70bn (£47bn) merger saga involving Gas de France (GdF) and Suez, which was finally approved yesterday (3 September). Bredin Prat, the French ally of Slaughter and May, advised Suez alongside City giant Linklaters, while Darrois Villey acted for GdF on a deal that was originally announced in February 2006.

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  • August 29, 2007 |

    UK firms bypassed as US associates rank Wachtell top of prestige tables

    US associate survey rates elite New York firms as most prestigious places to work; no UK firms make top 20

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  • August 29, 2007 |

    Asia: Three's the charm

    With bulging workloads and a dearth of suitable lawyers, why are law firms stretching themselves to have a presence in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong? Dominic Carman speaks to China's top lawyers about the three-office debate

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  • August 9, 2007 |

    Record Spanish IPO gifts Freshfields and Linklaters roles on E4bn bank flotation

    Magic circle duo Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have scooped lead roles on the biggest-ever initial public offering in Spain, the A4bn (£2.7bn) float of Catalan savings bank La Caixa.

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  • August 6, 2007 |

    Alibaba steals Freshfields' Steinert for GC role

    Chinese online shopping giant Alibaba Group has named Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer corporate partner Timothy Steinert as its new general counsel. Steinert, who specialises in overseas stock offerings of Chinese companies and cross-border M&A, is set to leave Freshfields at the end of the month. In his new role he will report to Alibaba chief executive Jack Ma.

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  • August 1, 2007 |

    Long to replace Jones as one of Freshfields' M&A sector heads

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is reshuffling its much-vaunted corporate division, with Julian Long set to replace Tim Jones as the head of its leisure, technology, media and telecommunications and healthcare sub-group.

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