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  • March 20, 2014 |

    Blake Lapthorn and Morgan Cole merger to form new top 50 firm

    Blake Lapthorn and Morgan Cole are to merge, creating a new UK top 50 firm with revenues of £72m.

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  • March 20, 2014 |

    Simpson, Cadwalader lead on JPMorgan sale of commodities arm

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft are advising on the sale of JPMorgan's physical commodities business to Mercuria Energy Group for $3.5bn.

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  • March 17, 2014 |

    HSF and Linklaters ordered in for £700m Just Eat IPO

    Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) and Linklaters are advising on Just Eat's £700m initial public offering (IPO), the latest in a wave of new listings in London so far this year. Yesterday (17 March), online takeaway company Just Eat announced its intention to list around £100m of shares either on the Financial Conduct Authority's premium listing segment, or the high growth segment of the main market.

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  • March 11, 2014 |

    Skadden, Paul Hastings lead on HK secondary listing of Uniqlo owner

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Paul Hastings have taken lead roles on the secondary listing of Japanese clothing company Fasting Retailing in Hong Kong. The retailer, whose primary listing is in Tokyo, has not issued shares or raised funds from the deal, but listed Hong Kong depositary receipts in the city by way of introduction so that investors can buy and sell shares in Hong Kong dollars instead of yen.

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  • March 6, 2014 |

    The future of law firms' lucrative litigation mandates

    Litigators are seeing even once resilient big-ticket fees come under pressure from the boardroom as companies look for ways to slash their legal bills...

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  • February 26, 2014 |

    HSF and Simmons score leading roles on AO World's £1.2bn IPO

    Herbert Smith Freehills and Simmons & Simmons have landed roles on British online retailer AO World's £1.2bn flotation. The domestic appliance retailer has debuted on the London Stock Exchange today (26 February) at the billion-pound value after shares jumped by more than 40% on its offer price.

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  • February 26, 2014 |

    The Transfer Window: recent moves including Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy and Norton Rose Fulbright

    The Transfer Window is a regular round-up of recent legal moves in the UK and abroad.

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  • February 20, 2014 |

    Davis Polk and Slaughters land roles as ISS sizes up major Nordic IPO

    Davis Polk and local firm Gorrissen Federspiel have landed the mandates advising Danish facilities giant ISS on its planned DKK8bn (£883m) flotation. Slaughter and May has also secured a key role, acting on a refinancing facility being arranged ahead of the proposed listing.

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  • February 18, 2014 |

    A&O, Freshfields secure roles as Poundland eyes stock market flotation

    Allen & Overy (A&O) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have won mandates on British discount retailer Poundland's proposed initial public offering (IPO). Poundland, which operates more than 500 stores in the UK and Ireland, is 76% owned by US-based private equity firm Warburg Pincus.

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  • February 11, 2014 |

    Paul Hastings announces new China office heads

    Paul Hastings has given two Greater China partners additional leadership responsibilities as its Hong Kong and Beijing office chairs prepare to relocate to the US. Corporate partner Sammy Li has taken over from Derek Roth to manage the Hong Kong office, whilst David Wang, the firm's Shanghai head, will now manage both mainland China bases.

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