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  • February 12, 2007 |

    City giants lead on Vodafone's £6bn Indian mobile deal

    Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have taken the lead roles in Vodafone's $11.1bn (£5.7bn) acquisition of a controlling stake in Indian mobile network Hutchison Essar. Linklaters advised longstanding client Vodafone, with corporate partners Iain Fenn and Clodagh Hayes leading a deal team that worked closely with Vodafone in-house counsel Helen Lamprell.

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  • February 7, 2007 |

    A&O holds off rivals to retain top spot in capital markets rankings

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has topped the debt capital markets rankings for 2006 after advising on 693 deals worth a total value of $371.6bn (£189bn). The City giant held on to its lead at the top of the securities table advising managers on international debt issues, according to research compiled by Thomson Financial.

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  • February 7, 2007 |

    Double hire strengthens MoFo's Asian practice

    West Coast firm Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) has strengthened its Asian practice with the hire of two lawyers from US rivals. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton corporate finance associate Edward Li and Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison counsel Marcia Ellis both join as partners. MoFo has 150 lawyers housed in its five Asian offices.

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  • February 5, 2007 |

    A&O tops 2006 capital markets league tables

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has topped the debt capital markets rankings for 2006 after advising on 693 deals worth a total value of $371.6bn (£189.1bn). The firm held onto its lead at the top of the table advising managers on European international debt issues, according to research compiled by Thomson Financial.

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  • February 1, 2007 |

    Magic circle duo follows Wall Street lead to match $160k pay benchmark

    Allen & Overy (A&O) and Clifford Chance (CC) have raised their US associate salaries to keep pace with the Manhattan pay war, with magic circle rivals Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters poised to follow.A&O and CC have announced they are raising salaries for first-year lawyers to the new benchmark of $160,000 (£81,000) and lifting rates across the board, with senior associates in line to pocket around $280,000 (£142,000).

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  • January 29, 2007 |

    Linklaters returns to Italy with A&O partner hire

    Linklaters has bolstered its fledgling Italian practice with the hire of Allen & Overy (A&O) finance specialist Davide Mencacci.Mencacci, who was a partner in A&O's Milan office, focuses on leveraged and real estate finance as well as global loans and restructuring. He had been a partner with the firm since 2005.

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  • January 26, 2007 |

    CC and A&O match New York pay-rises

    Allen & Overy and Clifford Chance have raised their US associate salaries as the Manhattan pay war gathers pace.

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  • January 25, 2007 |

    More NY firms match pay rises

    A broad spread of top US firms have jumped on the New York bandwagon to raise starting lawyer salaries to the newly-established benchmark of $160,000 (£81,000).Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy have become the latest to follow suit, while Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom is also understood to have matched the rate.

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  • January 19, 2007 |

    Another partner exits Freshfields Germany

    Frankfurt-based corporate partner Jens-Dietrich Mitzlaff becomes third partner in a month to quit Freshfields' German arm

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  • January 15, 2007 |

    Another German partner exits Freshfields

    City giant loses second Frankfurt partner in a week as Lutz Robert Kraemer joins White & Case

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