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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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  • September 11, 2007 |

    McDermott's Charnley quits for Mayer Brown

    Mayer Brown has strengthened its London office with the hire of corporate partner William Charnley from rival Chicago firm McDermott Will & Emery. Charnley, who will join Mayer Brown on 1 October, has been handed a mandate to develop the firm's practice in private equity, hedge funds and the investment banking arena.

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  • September 9, 2007 |

    Maher viewed from the other side of the pond

    Opinion on this side of the Atlantic about top US firms is often heavily shaped by the profile of their London offices. It stands to reason that it is…

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  • September 6, 2007 |

    Mayer Brown hits Sao Paulo with CC veteran

    Mayer Brown has opened a new office in Sao Paulo after hiring Clifford Chance (CC) local head Stephen Hood, the Chicago-based law firm announced yesterday (5 September). Hood, a capital markets specialist who had been an equity partner since 1978, sat on CC's management committee, as well as serving as local managing partner in Hong Kong and New York during his time with the magic circle giant.

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