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  • August 1, 2007 |

    Deal Week Dispatch: 1/8/2007

    Deal Week Dispatch brings readers an early taster of news from Legal Week's unparalleled Deal Week section, with DLA Piper, Macfarlanes and Herbert Smith among the deal-doers.

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  • July 23, 2007 |

    Lovells, Norton Rose lead on Barclays' £2bn Asian sale

    Norton Rose and Lovells have become the latest firms to benefit from the £45bn merger bid between Barclays and ABN Amro, with the City firms each advising major Asian clients on more than £2bn worth of investment in the UK financial services giant. Norton Rose is acting for the China Development Bank and Lovells is representing Temasek, the investment arm of the Singapore Government, which have acquired stakes worth a combined £2.4bn in Barclays ahead of its planned takeover of ABN.

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  • June 21, 2007 |

    DLA Piper makes China corporate capture

    DLA Piper has strengthened its Beijing corporate team with the hire of Heller Ehrman partner Steven Liu, the transatlantic firm announced today (21 June). Liu - who spent the best part of a decade with tech leader Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati prior to joining Heller - focuses on venture capital and technology work.

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  • May 30, 2007 |

    Bank of Beijing IPO generates trophy mandates but lawyers wary of Hong Kong listing threat

    A raft of firms including DLA Piper and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are in line to bag roles on the Bank of Beijing's initial public offering (IPO) - the latest of the Chinese state-owned banks to go public.

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  • May 30, 2007 |

    Networks: Opportunity knocks

    The rapid emergence of a new wave of highly-coveted emerging markets is providing contrasting challenges to the latest law firm networks. Ed Thornton reports

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  • April 23, 2007 |

    NY elites lead ABN's $21bn LaSalle sell-off

    Elite Manhattan firms Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and Davis Polk & Wardwell have bagged plum roles on Bank of America's $21bn (£10.5bn) bid for ABN Amro subsidiary LaSalle Bank. Wachtell is representing the buyer, while Davis Polk picked up the lead role for ABN Amro on its sale of the Chicago-based bank.

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  • April 18, 2007 |

    Rival ABN bid hands trophy roles to host of top firms

    A raft of European firms have secured new roles on the £40bn bidding war for Dutch bank ABN Amro.

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  • April 18, 2007 |

    US Top 50/New York: What Marty says...

    Corporate legend Wachtell Lipton has defined individualism and innovation in Manhattan's legal community for two decades. James Illman asks what the future holds as the architect of its rise nears retirement

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  • April 18, 2007 |

    US Top 50/New York: The bigger picture

    Legal Week's top 50 US results show plenty of firms excelling in 2006. But, finds Paul Hodkinson, there is nervousness behind the numbers

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  • April 16, 2007 | International Edition

    Linklaters leads as RBS closes in on ABN

    Linklaters is acting for longstanding client RBS on the bank's approach for Dutch rival ABN Amro. The magic circle firm - the bank's main corporate counsel for a number of years - is understood to be fielding a team that includes Dutch corporate partner Peter Goes. The firm's main relationship partner for RBS in London is restructuring head Robert Elliott, while corporate partners Matthew Middleditch and Anne Drummond also handle work for the client.

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