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  • October 14, 2012 |

    The Transfer Window: recent moves including Reed Smith, Linklaters and RPC

    Reed Smith has added a partner to its London media team with the hire of Askandar Samad from DLA Piper. Samad's practice focuses on film and media financing, structured finance, co-production funding and tax. The hire for Reed Smith comes after the firm recruited Nick Swimer from Channel 4 - where he was head of legal for governance, regulatory and trading - in November last year.

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  • October 11, 2012 |

    New York elite reshape junior ranks amid sustained fee pressure

    Some of New York's leading law firms have taken steps to reposition their business in response to falling client demand and pressure on fees for the most junior US lawyers.

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  • October 4, 2012 |

    Freshfields and Shearman target ethnic minority grads with recruitment deal

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Shearman & Sterling are ramping up their diversity efforts by signing up to work with an agency that specialises in African Caribbean graduates. The firms have joined the client list of Rare Recruitment, which specialises in providing high-achieving African Caribbean graduates, as well as other ethnic minorities.

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  • September 25, 2012 |

    Slaughters mulls adding US-qualified partners in Asia

    Slaughter and May is mulling adding US law capability to its Hong Kong office, after a spate of US firms launched local practices in the region. The magic circle firm is considering whether to hire US-qualified lawyers for its Asia base - a move which would involve lateral partner hires and would represent a break from the firm's traditional strategy of organic growth.

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  • September 23, 2012 |

    The Transfer Window: recent moves including OC, DLA and Ashurst

    Paul Hastings has recruited Clifford Chance (CC) securitisation and structured finance partner Neil Hamilton for the US firm's London office. Hamilton, whose recent work has included leading a CC team advising Deutsche Bank on a €900m (£720m) collateralised loan obligation, is set to start at Paul Hastings on 1 October.

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  • September 13, 2012 |

    Kuala Lumpur: Asia's IPO champ?

    The Malaysian capital has put in an impressive performance in the IPO market this year. But talk of challenging Hong Kong is premature, says Jessica Seah

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  • September 6, 2012 |

    DLA, Olswang, BLP, Stephenson Harwood among bidders for new Singapore licences

    DLA Piper, Olswang and Stephenson Harwood are among a raft of firms to have bid for licences to practise local law in Singapore, with the deadline for applications passing last week (31 August). The trio have applied for Qualifying Foreign Law Practice (QFLP) status alongside Berwin Leighton Paisner, Jones Day, K&L Gates, Watson Farley & Williams, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and Shearman & Sterling, with the latest selection process coming four years after six licences were handed out in 2008.

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  • August 22, 2012 |

    Shearman and Akin Gump lead on Ardagh's $880m glass manufacturing acquisition

    Shearman & Sterling has advised on a deal which has seen European packaging business Ardagh Group complete the $880m (£557m) acquisition of US glass manufacturer Anchor Glass Container Company. Shearman's team, which also advised on the deal's financing, comprised partners in London, New York and Washington DC, headed up by New York partner Christa D'Alimonte.

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  • August 1, 2012 |

    CC and Linklaters head up £300m sale of Broadgate West

    Clifford Chance (CC) and Linklaters have taken the lead roles on the sale of Broadgate West in London's EC2, in deal valued at around £300m. The development, which counts Ashurst and US firm Shearman & Sterling among its tenants, has been sold to a joint venture between HSBC Alternative Investments Limited and US developer Hines. The property comprises 42,000 square metres of office space.

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  • July 18, 2012 |

    Macfarlanes, Hogan Lovells switched on for £200m BBC TV Centre sale

    Macfarlanes and Hogan Lovells have taken lead roles on the £200m sale of the BBC Television Centre in White City to property developers Stanhope. Stanhope was advised by a team from Macfarlanes, led by commercial real estate head Ian Nisse, who joined the firm from Shearman & Sterling last year.

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