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  • March 27, 2014 |

    London partner hiring by international firms fell in 2013, research shows

    Senior lawyer hiring by international law firms in London fell last year for the first time since the financial crisis, according to research carried out by Legal Week.

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  • March 27, 2014 |

    Taking London – the US firms swooping in on the City's top talent

    The Olympic stadium wasn't the only venue for record setting in London in 2012.

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  • March 26, 2014 |

    Skadden becomes 19th foreign firm to open in Seoul

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has opened an office in Seoul after receiving a licence from South Korea's Ministry of Justice earlier this month.

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  • March 23, 2014 |

    Revealed: the elite firms advising the banks on the forex scandal

    More than a dozen global law firms, including Allen & Overy (A&O) and Sullivan & Cromwell have landed major advisory roles acting for banks accused of rigging rates in the foreign exchange market, court documents reveal.

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  • March 11, 2014 |

    Skadden, Paul Hastings lead on HK secondary listing of Uniqlo owner

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Paul Hastings have taken lead roles on the secondary listing of Japanese clothing company Fasting Retailing in Hong Kong. The retailer, whose primary listing is in Tokyo, has not issued shares or raised funds from the deal, but listed Hong Kong depositary receipts in the city by way of introduction so that investors can buy and sell shares in Hong Kong dollars instead of yen.

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  • March 10, 2014 |

    Skadden, Simpson Thacher and Freshfields advise on $1bn banana deal

    A host of international, US and Irish law firms have won roles on the $1bn (£597m) merger between Irish fruit company Fyffes and US rival Chiquita. The combination will create the world's largest banana company, ChiquitaFyffes, which is set to list in New York. Chiquita instructed Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom for the merger, with the firm fielding a team headed by New York corporate partner David Friedman and Chicago-based global co-head of corporate transactions Peter Krupp.

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  • March 10, 2014 |

    Hong Kong gives higher rights of audience to four more lawyers

    Four additional Hong Kong lawyers have been given the go-ahead to appear in the city's courts following training and assessment, out of a total of 30 who took part in the scheme. The lawyers were named in a Law Society circular, and inlcude Allen & Overy (A&O) senior associate Kevin Kee, Ernst and Young in house attorney Regina Fan, partner Pak Hau from Hong Kong outfit Charles Chu & Kenneth Sit and sole proprietor Paul Kwong.

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  • March 2, 2014 |

    Skadden, Shearman win mandates for Weibo's US IPO

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Shearman & Sterling have snared roles on the upcoming US IPO of Chinese microblogging site, Weibo. News of the hotly anticipated listing emerged last week, with media reports estimating that it would take place in the second quarter of this year and raise around $500m.

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  • February 19, 2014 |

    Latham and Wachtell take headline roles as Actavis buys Forest Labs for $25bn

    Latham & Watkins and Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz have taken the lead roles on highly-acquisitive pharmaceutical company Actavis' $25bn (£15bn) purchase of Forest Laboratories. As a result of the deal - the second largest announced corporate acquisition of 2014 so far -Irish-American drugmaker Actavis will expand into higher-margin treatments for Alzheimer's, hypertension and other disorders.

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  • February 18, 2014 |

    Record number of solicitor advocates take silk in 100-strong round

    International arbitration heads at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Herbert Smith Freehills and Berwin Leighton Paisner are among five solicitor advocates to be appointed Queen's Counsel.

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