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  • September 19, 2007 |

    Commentary: McDermott puts on brave face as revolving door keeps spinning

    "If I was David I would have said I'd had a f***ing terrible year." With William Charnley last week taking the total number of partners to quit McDermott Will & Emery's City arm to 11 in little more than a year, there are no prizes for guessing which US firm's London managing partner a rival was describing above.

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  • September 19, 2007 |

    US firms in London: Friends in the City

    Almost half the respondents to this years' US firms in London survey would consider a tie-up with a UK firm. Helen Mooney reports on London's enduring appeal

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  • September 14, 2007 |

    Reed Smith takes Mayer Brown duo in Chicago push

    Reed Smith has bagged five new partners for its Chicago arm, including taking two partners from the head office of US rival Mayer Brown. Mayer Brown partners John Vishneski and Russell Eggert join Reed Smith Sachnoff Weaver - the name under which Reed Smith practises in Chicago - as partners in the insurance recovery and environment groups respectively.

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  • September 14, 2007 | International Edition

    McDermott names Nias new City senior partner

    McDermott Will & Emery has named tax partner Peter Nias as the new senior partner of its London office. Nias joined McDermott in 1998 from Simmons & Simmons and will now share responsibility for the London office with local chief David Dalgarno, who was appointed City managing partner in summer 2004.

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  • September 14, 2007 |

    McDermott names Nias new City senior partner

    McDermott Will & Emery has named tax partner Peter Nias as the new senior partner of its London office. Nias joined McDermott in 1998 from Simmons & Simmons and will now share responsibility for the London office with local chief David Dalgarno, who was appointed City managing partner in summer 2004.

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  • September 13, 2007 |

    US buy-out giants hunting for general counsel

    As private equity firms grow, broaden the scope of their investments and encounter more litigation, a rising number of them are hiring general counsel. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR), one of the biggest private equity firms in the world, and GTCR Golder Rauner, one of the largest in Chicago, are both seeking first-time general counsel, according to people familiar with the executive searches. KKR and GTCR declined to comment.

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  • September 12, 2007 |

    Jones Day bags £585m oil financing role

    Jones Day has scored a role advising Aberdeen-based oil and gas production company Venture Production on its £585m debt financing.

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  • September 12, 2007 | International Edition

    Reed Smith settles on new City home

    Reed Smith Richards Butler is to move into British Land's new 35-storey Broadgate Tower after signing a major pre-let agreement to take almost 40% of the building. The firm is to take 155,000 sq ft on the top 10 floors of the tower as well as a further floor lower down, totalling 39% of the total floor-space.

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  • September 12, 2007 |

    Reed Smith settles on new City home

    Reed Smith Richards Butler is to move into British Land's new 35-storey Broadgate Tower after signing a major pre-let agreement to take almost 40% of the building. The firm is to take 155,000 sq ft on the top 10 floors of the tower as well as a further floor lower down, totalling 39% of the total floor-space.

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  • September 12, 2007 |

    Legal Week Lunchbox: 12/9/2007

    The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today; plus the pick of readers' comments; and former Olswang top man Jonathan Goldstein is the latest big-name blogger to join Legal Village

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