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  • February 1, 2013 |

    Linklaters makes corporate hire in Singapore with White & Case partner

    Linklaters has made a notable hire for its Singapore corporate team with the addition of M&A partner William Kirschner from White & Case. Kirschner, who is based in White & Case's local office, is joining Linklaters' Singapore corporate team of 15 lawyers which is led by partner trio Stuart Bedford, Kevin Wong and Sophie Mathur.

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  • January 31, 2013 |

    Bakers, Norton Rose among advisers on £700m private equity hospitals deal

    Baker & McKenzie and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are among a group of top firms leading on a £700m refinancing deal for Spire Healthcare Group, which has seen the sale and leaseback of 12 UK hospitals to a consortium of international investors. The consortium features Malaysian pension fund Employees Provident Fund (EPF) – which was last year part of a group of Malaysian investors that bought London's Battersea Power Station – alongside US hedge fund Och-Ziff Capital Management and private equity group Moor Park Capital Partners.

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  • January 31, 2013 |

    Burges Salmon, FFW and magic circle trio named on 48-strong Govt panel

    Allen & Overy, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Slaughter and May are among a raft of firms to have secured roles on the finalised 48-firm Government Procurement Service panel. The magic circle firms have all been named on the long-awaited roster after firms received final confirmation of their appointments following a ten-day stand still period.

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  • January 27, 2013 |

    The Transfer Window: recent moves including Addleshaws, Links and DLA

    Addleshaw Goddard has turned to Linklaters for the hire of a new private equity partner in London. The firm is taking on Ben Rodham, who is a managing associate at the magic circle firm, where he has worked with clients including Bridgepoint, Carlyle, Hg Capital, Montagu and Terra Firma. He has also spent time Linklaters' Dubai and Hong Kong offices.

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  • January 23, 2013 |

    Kirkland adds M&A partner in Hong Kong with Paul Weiss hire

    Kirkland & Ellis has added a partner to its Hong Kong corporate practice with the hire of M&A specialist Frank Sun from US rival Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison. Sun, who worked as an associate at Kirkland's New York office between 2007 and 2008, has rejoined the Chicago headquartered firm, bringing the total number of Hong Kong M&A partners to 13.

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  • January 18, 2013 |

    Mayer Brown boosts City arm with high profile White & Case litigator

    Mayer Brown is to hire high profile White & Case litigation partner Alistair Graham for its London office. Graham, who focuses on financial services disputes and is rated in band two for corporate crime & investigations by Chambers and Partners, has particular experience in regulatory and fraud investigations and asset tracing. In addition to financial services work his client base includes companies in the TMT and oil and gas sectors.

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  • January 18, 2013 |

    Documents, documents, documents

    Julian Morgan, head of automation services at LexisNexis, makes the case for document automation.

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  • January 17, 2013 |

    Dealmaker: Clive Barnard

    The Herbert Smith Freehills finance partner on his 30th anniversary at the firm and his love of rugby – and Lycra

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  • January 8, 2013 |

    Dechert, Wachtell take key roles on BoA's $11.6bn toxic loan settlement

    Dechert and Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz have taken advisory roles on Bank of America's (BoA) $11.6bn (£7.2bn) settlement with US Government mortgage agency Fannie Mae to resolve mortgage purchase claims related to residential home loans. The settlement, which comes after the Manhattan US Attorney sued BoA last October for selling toxic loans, will see BoA make payments of $3.6bn (£2.2bn) and repurchase 30,000 loans for $6.75bn (£4.2bn), as well as paying $1.3bn (£808m) to Fannie Mae to resolve loan servicing fee obligations.

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  • January 8, 2013 |

    SRA appoints seven to slimmed-down disciplinary panel

    Bevan Brittan and Capsticks are among a group of seven firms to have been appointed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to its slimmed-down disciplinary proceedings panel. The other five firms rounding out the panel are Pennington Solicitors, Jonathan Goodwin Solicitor Advocate, David Barton Solicitor Advocate, Morgan Cole and Devonshire Solicitors.

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