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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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  • 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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