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  • December 5, 2007 |

    Fellowes quits Field Fisher for Mayer Brown

    Field Fisher Waterhouse construction partner Chris Fellowes has left to join the London office of Mayer Brown. Fellowes, who previously spent four years as a lawyer at Mayer Brown legacy firm Rowe & Maw, will join the US firm on 2 January. London senior partner Sean Connolly commented: "We are delighted to welcome Chris back to the firm."

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  • November 28, 2007 |

    CC gears up to fight $2bn claim over ex-client

    Clifford Chance (CC) has pledged to fight a $2bn (£966m) claim brought by the bankruptcy trustee overseeing the estate of DVI, a former US client of the magic circle firm.

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  • November 27, 2007 | International Edition

    City giants commit £750k to new diversity drive

    A clutch of London's leading law firms have committed around three-quarters of a million pounds to a new initiative aimed at increasing diversity in the legal profession. Thirteen members of the City Solicitors Educational Trust (CSET) have set aside £250,000 for next year to finance the new project - which aims to encourage students from a wider range of universities and backgrounds to consider a career in law - with similar totals expected for 2009 and 2010.

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  • November 27, 2007 |

    City giants commit £750k to new diversity drive

    A clutch of London's leading law firms have committed around three-quarters of a million pounds to a new initiative aimed at increasing diversity in the legal profession. Thirteen members of the City Solicitors Educational Trust (CSET) have set aside £250,000 for next year to finance the new project - which aims to encourage students from a wider range of universities and backgrounds to consider a career in law - with similar totals expected for 2009 and 2010.

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  • November 21, 2007 |

    Mayer Brown stands firm in face of $245m Refco lawsuit

    Mayer Brown's US and UK partnerships have both filed motions to dismiss the $245m (£119.4m) lawsuit relating to the firm's advice on the 2005 collapse of futures broker Refco.

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  • November 13, 2007 |

    Barlows bags Fladgate Fielder employment head

    Barlow Lyde & Gilbert has bolstered its employment and pensions group with the hire of a senior partner from West End outfit Fladgate Fielder, it was announced today (13 November). Adam Lambert, who headed up the employment team at Fladgate Fielder, is set to join the top 40 UK law firm in the coming months.

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  • November 7, 2007 |

    Tonucci in structure revamp to head off top-level disputes

    Italian independent Tonucci & Partners has shaken up its management and remuneration structure as it attempts to avoid the strategy disputes suffered at some of its rivals. The Mayer Brown ally has opened up its decision-making process to all of its 27 equity partners and has scrapped the need for the partnership to require approval from the firm's founding partner, Mario Tonucci.

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  • November 7, 2007 |

    Sidley edges in to advise on $80bn 'superfund' creation

    Top US securitisation practice Sidley Austin has secured a high-profile instruction to advise alongside rival Mayer Brown on the cutting-edge $80bn (£38bn) 'superfund' designed to restore confidence in the credit markets, as firms look to secure roles on the process. The fund, created by Citi, Bank of America and JP Morgan Chase, was announced at the end of last month and aims to halt a further drop in market prices by offering to buy assets from structured investment vehicles (SIVs), helping them to avoid dumping securities.

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  • October 25, 2007 |

    A&O joins US duo on creation of $80bn superfund

    Allen & Overy (A&O), Mayer Brown and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton have bagged roles advising on the creation of an $80bn (£39bn) superfund designed to kick-start the financial markets. A&O and Mayer Brown are advising the structuring banks - Citi, Bank of America and JP Morgan - on UK and US matters respectively.

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  • October 24, 2007 |

    Latham recruits for City IP team launch

    Latham & Watkins has hired McDermott Will & Emery intellectual property head Larry Cohen to launch a contentious intellectual property (IP) practice in the UK.

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