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  • November 7, 2007 |

    Sidley edges in to advise on $80bn 'superfund' creation

    Top US securitisation practice Sidley Austin has secured a high-profile instruction to advise alongside rival Mayer Brown on the cutting-edge $80bn (£38bn) 'superfund' designed to restore confidence in the credit markets, as firms look to secure roles on the process. The fund, created by Citi, Bank of America and JP Morgan Chase, was announced at the end of last month and aims to halt a further drop in market prices by offering to buy assets from structured investment vehicles (SIVs), helping them to avoid dumping securities.

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  • October 25, 2007 |

    A&O joins US duo on creation of $80bn superfund

    Allen & Overy (A&O), Mayer Brown and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton have bagged roles advising on the creation of an $80bn (£39bn) superfund designed to kick-start the financial markets. A&O and Mayer Brown are advising the structuring banks - Citi, Bank of America and JP Morgan - on UK and US matters respectively.

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  • October 24, 2007 |

    Lovells drinks to SABMiller's Coors tie-up

    Lovells has reaffirmed its relationship with trophy client SABMiller by advising the brewing giant on a multibillion-pound tie-up with market rival Molson Coors Brewing Company.

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  • October 19, 2007 |

    A legal education

    BPP Law School has held off competition from rivals including the College of Law to retain its trophy client - the City Legal Practice Course (LPC) consortium.

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  • October 19, 2007 |

    A determined approach

    A qualifying law degree has traditionally been the first step on the road to becoming a solicitor.

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  • October 17, 2007 |

    Curran retires from Cleary after 10 years

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton's most senior UK partner, Andrew Curran, is to retire at the end of 2007. Curran joined Cleary from Lovells as a partner in January 1997 to launch the New York firm's English-law practice. His retirement will leave the firm with three English-law M&A partners in London.

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  • October 17, 2007 |

    Dewey & LeBoeuf chief drops in for some London fudge

    The newly-merged Dewey & LeBoeuf’s decision not to appoint a London head looks like a confused fudge. Steven Davis, settling in as chairman of…

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  • October 17, 2007 |

    Dewey & LeBoeuf axes London top role after McKinsey review

    Newly-merged New York giant Dewey & LeBoeuf is to ditch the role of London managing partner, following a review by management consultancy McKinsey. The office will now be organised along practice group lines, with the two firms' legacy City heads - Peter Sharp of LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae and Dewey Ballantine's Fred Gander - returning to full-time fee earning.

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  • October 15, 2007 | International Edition

    Cleary's City veteran Curran to call it a day

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton's most senior UK partner, Andrew Curran, is to retire at the end of this calendar year. Curran joined Cleary from Lovells as a partner in January 1997 to launch the New York firm's English-law practice. He had spent more than 25 years with Lovells in London, where he qualified into the tax practice.

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  • October 15, 2007 |

    Cleary's City veteran Curran to call it a day

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton's most senior UK partner, Andrew Curran, is to retire at the end of this calendar year. Curran joined Cleary from Lovells as a partner in January 1997 to launch the New York firm's English-law practice. He had spent more than 25 years with Lovells in London, where he qualified into the tax practice.

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