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  • May 21, 2007 |

    Cleary, Wachtell get call on $27.5bn telecoms LBO

    New York duo Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz have bagged the lead roles on the $27.5bn (£14bn) take-private of telecoms giant Alltel as the boom in big-ticket M&A in the US shows little sign of slowing. Cleary is advising the buyout consortium, which comprises Texas Pacific Group and the private equity arm of Goldman Sachs Group. Texas Pacific relationship partner Paul Shim led the team for the Manhattan giant, with acquisition finance partner Meme Stowers and corporate partner Duane McLaughlin assisting.

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  • May 16, 2007 |

    Wachtell, Cleary bag $4.5bn optician buy-out

    Elite Manhattan firms Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton have bagged the lead roles on Warburg Pincus' $4.5bn (£2.3bn) acquisition of opticians Bausch & Lomb. Cleary advised the buyer, with M&A partners Robert Davis and David Leinwand spearheading the New York-based team alongside finance partner Meme Stowers.

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  • May 9, 2007 |

    City duo boost as M&A soars to record level

    Slaughter and May and Allen & Overy (A&O) are among a raft of firms to benefit this week from two major M&A mandates worth more than $10bn (£5bn), as research shows 2007 is on course to smash all deal records.

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  • May 8, 2007 |

    Skadden, Stikeman set for $33bn mining mega-deal

    New York deal-machine Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Canadian leader Stikeman Elliott have bagged plum roles advising mining giant Alcoa on its $33bn (£16.5bn) hostile bid for rival Alcan. New York corporate partners David Fox, Margaret Wolff and Neil Stronski are spearheading the Skadden team acting for Alcoa, while Stikeman chairman Pierre Raymond is leading for the Canadian outfit alongside Montreal corporate partners Marc Barbeau and Erik Richer La Fleche.

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  • May 2, 2007 |

    Cleary and Bredin Prat lead on landmark EC court battle

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Slaughter and May best friend Bredin Prat have won lead roles advising Schneider Electric on its groundbreaking E1.6bn (£1.1bn) damages claim against the European Commission (EC). Cleary and Bredin Prat are advising the electrical equipment maker in its battle with the EC, which took place in the European Court of First Instance - the European Union's second-highest court - last month (25 April).

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  • April 20, 2007 |

    2007 pay round: a Legal Week Wiki special

    As more City firms show their hands in the salary stakes, the Legal Week Wiki brings you the chance to post your views, pass on the latest gossip and help fill out our salary table.

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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 4, 2007 |

    NY lawyers call for more action to boost US market confidence

    US securities lawyers are calling for fresh regulatory reforms to boost the drawing power of America's capital markets despite recent concessions for foreign-listed companies.

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  • April 3, 2007 |

    US trio bag $29bn First Data buy-out

    US trio Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Sidley Austin and Sullivan & Cromwell have bagged plum roles on the latest multibillion-dollar buy-out as credit card processing group First Data is taken private for $29bn (£15bn). Simpson Thacher is advising private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) on its bid for the group, which is expected to be completed by the end of the third quarter. New York corporate partners Gary Horowitz, Sean Rodgers and James Cross are leading the Simpson Thacher team.

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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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