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  • October 4, 2007 |

    Cobbetts turns to Barlows to help fight against £10m property negligence claim

    Cobbetts has instructed Barlow Lyde & Gilbert to defend it from a £10m negligence claim brought by Cheshire Building Society.

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  • October 4, 2007 |

    Mayer Brown associate joins Noerr as partner

    German independent Noerr Stiefenhofer Lutz has hired Mayer Brown capital markets associate Ingo Wallenborn as a salaried partner. Wallenborn has advised on the Nationwide Building Society's structured real estate financing, the stock exchange listings of Fraport and Thielert, and Fujitsu's public takeover of TDS and ABN Amro.

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  • October 3, 2007 |

    Reuters strives to maintain proud history in face of Thomson union

    Reuters has built a strong reputation as a go-to employer for ambitious corporate counsel. Michelle Madsen investigates whether the respected news provider can maintain its focus in the wake of its recent merger with Thomson

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  • September 28, 2007 |

    Legal Week Lunchbox: 28/9/2007

    The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today; plus the pick of readers' comments; and a new query in the Legal Week Wiki Swapshop

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  • September 27, 2007 |

    Barlows litigation team defects to Mayer Brown

    Barlow Lyde & Gilbert has been hit by the departure of head of commercial litigation Clare Canning and two junior litigation partners for US firm Mayer Brown, Legal Week can reveal. Canning leaves the top 40 UK firm alongside commercial litigation partners Simon Willis and Matthew Lawson.

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  • September 26, 2007 |

    Eversheds faces £20m Nationwide negligence claim

    National giant Eversheds is being sued for £20m by Nationwide in one of the largest negligence claims brought against a top UK firm in recent times. The action was filed by the UK building society in the High Court earlier this month (7 September). It claims that Eversheds provided negligent advice on an allegedly fraudulent property deal in which Nationwide offered a £14.25m loan to Mr Saleem Arshid and his company SA Estates, secured on a Welsh building in Carmarthen worth less then £1m.

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  • September 26, 2007 |

    Legal Week Lunchbox: 27/9/2007

    The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today; plus the pick of readers' comments; and a new Career Clinic dilemma to fret over

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  • September 26, 2007 |

    Taking a gamble on red-meat litigation

    It’s been a while since a US-based law firm made a genuinely eye-catching hire in London but Wednesday saw both New York’s Debevoise &…

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  • September 19, 2007 |

    Martin loses out on Thomson-Reuters top GC role

    Lauded Reuters general counsel Rosemary Martin has been overlooked for the top post-merger legal job at Thomson-Reuters in favour of Thomson's legal director, Deirdre Stanley.

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  • September 19, 2007 |

    Editor's Comment: On the defensive

    At first blush, the results of Legal Week's annual US firms in London survey appear contradictory. On the one hand, nearly half of the top US firms in London are now open to the idea of a merger. On the other, more firms than ever are taking on trainees and around half now say they have full-service offerings in the capital. The number preparing to launch new departments has also crept up. This suggests a commitment to long-term investment rather than desperation for a tie-up.

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