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  • May 30, 2007 |

    Networks: Opportunity knocks

    The rapid emergence of a new wave of highly-coveted emerging markets is providing contrasting challenges to the latest law firm networks. Ed Thornton reports

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  • May 17, 2007 |

    Overview: A Whirlwind Tour

    The intense focus on pay rises at the top London firms may have stolen the headlines of late, but the truth is that there is just as much happening in the regional, offshore and international legal markets as in the City - as Legal Week's editorial team demonstrates in this round-up of events from Nottingham to New York.

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  • May 16, 2007 |

    Hogan bags $4.8bn mandate as aggressive bid tactics rule

    Norilsk Nickel calls in Hogan in competitive bid as aggressive acquirers power M&A market

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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 |

    Milbank bags E1.45bn Veolia deal

    New York duo Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy and White & Case have bagged roles on French water giant Veolia Environnement's A1.45bn (£987m) acquisition of Sulo Group from Apax and Blackstone.

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  • May 9, 2007 |

    NY giants line up for News Corp's Dow Jones bid

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom is among a raft of New York firms to have bagged roles on News Corporation's $5bn (£2.5bn) unsolicited bid for Dow Jones. Skadden is representing News Corporation, fielding a team out of its Manhattan base headed by M&A partners Lou Kling and Howard Ellin.

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  • April 27, 2007 |

    Simpson Thacher raids Freshfields for China launch

    Elite New York firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has launched its first office in mainland China with the hire of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer China head Douglas Markel. The firm announced yesterday (26 April) that it is to open a seven-lawyer office in Beijing which will focus on M&A, private equity and capital markets transactions.

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  • April 26, 2007 |

    Blag your way through interview: Commercially conscious

    'Commercial awareness' is something that all of the top firms cite as key recruitment criteria - so if you are beginning to worry that you are not fully au fait with current goings-on in the legal market, Legal Week Student presents a crash course in this year's burning issues

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  • April 25, 2007 |

    Simpson and Dechert lead on latest Blackstone deal

    US firms Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Dechert have landed plum mandates advising on Blackstone's $8bn (£4bn) sale of hotel chain Extended Stay America.

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  • April 25, 2007 |

    Weil Gotshal hires Mayer Brown employment chief

    Weil Gotshal & Manges has beefed up its New York employment team with the hire of a senior partner from US rival Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw. Gary Friedman was previously head of employment at Mayer Brown, where he was based in New York. He joins Weil Gotshal's Manhattan hub as a partner.

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