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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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  • April 16, 2007 |

    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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  • 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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  • March 28, 2007 |

    US giants dominate M&A rankings as European market falls from 2006 high

    A raft of US firms have topped the global M&A tables for the first quarter of 2007. New York firms Sullivan & Cromwell and Davis Polk & Wardwell led the field of advisers by total value of transactions over the three-month period, while Latham & Watkins and Jones Day finished top of the volume rankings.

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  • March 28, 2007 |

    Dutch duo win roles on Barclays/ABN bid

    Two of the Netherlands' leading independents are the latest firms to win roles on the £80bn merger talks between Barclays and ABN Amro. Herbert Smith's Benelux ally Stibbe is advising ABN's supervisory board while long-term adviser NautaDutilh is leading for ABN alongside Allen & Overy (A&O). Nauta corporate partner Hein Hooghoudt is leading the team for ABN.

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  • March 26, 2007 |

    Manhattan elite dominate Q1 deal rankings

    Elite New York firms Sullivan & Cromwell and Davis Polk & Wardwell have stormed to the top of preliminary global M&A tables for the first quarter of 2007. Sullivan topped the table, acting on 33 deals worth a combined $162.9bn (£83bn), while Manhattan rival Davis Polk acted on 28 deals worth $149.4bn (£76.2bn), according to figures from Mergermarket.

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  • March 22, 2007 |

    Stibbe scores latest role on £80bn ABN talks

    Herbert Smith's Benelux ally, Stibbe, has bagged a role advising ABN Amro's supervisory board on its £80bn merger bid with Barclays, it has emerged, as the Dutch bank continues to hand roles to the country's leading independent advisers. Stibbe is fielding an Amsterdam-based team headed by corporate partners Paul van den Hoek, Allard Metzelaar and Charles Honee, while long-term ABN advisor NautaDutilh is advising the bank. Nauta's team is led by corporate partner Hein Hooghoudt.

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  • March 22, 2007 |

    Nauta secures lead role on £80bn Barclays-ABN bid

    Dutch independent NautaDutilh has secured the lead role advising ABN Amro on its £80bn merger bid with Barclays, on what looks set to be one of Europe's biggest-ever M&A deals. Nauta is lining up alongside Allen & Overy (A&O) while Clifford Chance (CC) and Sullivan & Cromwell have bagged advisory roles for Barclays.

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