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  • June 21, 2007 |

    Summer surge gifts top City firms big-ticket IPOs

    A busy seven days for initial public offerings (IPOs) has gifted corporate mandates to a raft of City law firms as the number of companies coming to market surges before the summer break. White & Case, Norton Rose and Baker & McKenzie were among the main recipients of the listings, which had a combined value of more than £3bn.

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  • June 15, 2007 |

    Weil Gotshal hikes NQ salaries by 20% to £90,000

    Weil Gotshal & Manges will pay its London newly-qualified lawyers £90,000 after boosting its salaries by 20% to pay the same level as many of Wall Street's elite. The mid-Atlantic firm internally announced the pay bands today (15 June) and has increased all other associate bands by around 17%. Salaries for three year-qualified lawyers have risen from £98,000 to £114,660.

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  • June 13, 2007 |

    Cleary wins E9bn role on energy tie-up as Italian consolidation continues apace

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Italian boutique Pavesi Getti have bagged the lead roles on a E9bn (£6.1bn) merger that will create Italy's third-largest energy company and biggest local utility.

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  • June 13, 2007 |

    Hengeler, Cleary wrap up €1bn Gerresheimer IPO

    Hengeler Mueller and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton have bagged lead roles on the €1bn (£677m) initial public offering (IPO) of drug packaging maker Gerresheimer - the biggest completed float in Germany this year. Hengeler acted for Gerresheimer, with Frankfurt capital markets partner Daniela Favoccia leading a team including fellow partners Reinhold Ernst (capital markets), Matthias Blaum (corporate) and Heinrich Knepper (finance).

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  • May 25, 2007 |

    Skadden leads on $3.7bn Nasdaq-OMX tie-up

    New York giants Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton have bagged roles on the $3.7bn (£1.9bn) acquisition of Nordic exchange operator OMX Group by Nasdaq. Skadden has teamed up with local outfit Cederquist to advise Nasdaq, while Cleary and Swedish leader Vinge are advising the target.

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  • May 24, 2007 |

    Latham don't give a damn about the dollar (for now)

    What a generous bunch they are at the City arm of Latham & Watkins. As reported in the current issue of Legal Week (see story), LA’s finest legal…

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  • May 23, 2007 |

    Latham boosts City pay with dollar exchange rate freeze

    Latham & Watkins is handing out bigger pay packets to its London associates than those in New York, with the US firm emerging as one of the highest-paying outfits in the City.

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  • May 22, 2007 |

    Manhattan duo lead GE's $12bn plastics sale

    Weil Gotshal & Manges and Shearman & Sterling have bagged lead roles on the sale by General Electric (GE) of its plastics business to Saudi Basic Industries in a $11.6bn (£5.9bn) deal. Shearman advised the buyer, with firm co-managing partner John Madden and New York-based corporate partner Stephen Besen leading the team acting on behalf of Saudi.

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  • May 22, 2007 | International Edition

    Second time lucky for Weil on Terra Firma's £3.2bn EMI bid

    Weil Gotshal & Manges' London arm has landed a second high-profile bid for Terra Firma - advising the private equity house on its £3.2bn takeover of EMI. City corporate partners Marco Compagnoni and Ian Hamilton are advising the sponsor on the bid, which was agreed by EMI's board on Monday (21 May), with banking partner Richard Ginsburg handling debt issues. The instruction comes just a month after Weil Gotshal advised the private equity house on its joint bid for Alliance Boots for more than £10bn.

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  • May 22, 2007 |

    Second time lucky for Weil on Terra Firma's £3.2bn EMI bid

    Weil Gotshal & Manges' London arm has landed a second high-profile bid for Terra Firma - advising the private equity house on its £3.2bn takeover of EMI. City corporate partners Marco Compagnoni and Ian Hamilton are advising the sponsor on the bid, which was agreed by EMI's board on Monday (21 May), with banking partner Richard Ginsburg handling debt issues. The instruction comes just a month after Weil Gotshal advised the private equity house on its joint bid for Alliance Boots for more than £10bn.

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