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  • July 16, 2009 |

    Hedge fund and private equity lawyers gear up for battle over Euro regulation

    Lawyers to London's leading hedge funds and private equity houses are braced for a prolonged period of uncertainty and lobbying as the alternative investment industry wrestles with controversial European Commission (EC) reforms. With the fuss regarding the EC's draft directive on alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs) showing no sign of abating since it was unveiled on 29 April, legal advisers are expecting a high-stakes battle to influence reforms seen as a politically motivated assault.

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  • July 16, 2009 |

    Slaughters gets top marks from associates over bonus

    Slaughter and May has emerged as the firm with the most satisfied associates when it comes to salaries and bonuses, according to Legal Week research. Slaughters associates have put the firm at the top of a table grading firms on their combined remuneration packages, marginally ahead of CMS Cameron McKenna.

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  • July 9, 2009 |

    GE appoints CC and Ashurst to Europe adviser roster

    General Electric (GE) has finalised its European non-M&A legal panel, with a clutch of UK firms winning roles including Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy (A&O), Ashurst and Norton Rose.

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  • July 8, 2009 |

    Deals hit a low but M&A lawyers wary of predicting turning point

    Freshfields and Links top UK and Euro tables, but overall figures fell

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  • July 7, 2009 |

    Weil Gotshal cuts starting salaries in City arm

    Weil Gotshal & Manges has dropped the starting salary of newly-qualified lawyers in its London arm by 5.5% to £85,000. The move sees the firm become the latest practice to halt associate lockstep in response to the current recession, with incoming City lawyers this year earning £85,0000, against a previous rate of £90,000.

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  • July 2, 2009 |

    GE appoints CC and Ashurst to Europe adviser roster

    General Electric (GE) has finalised its European non-M&A legal panel, with a clutch of UK firms winning roles, including Clifford Chance and Ashurst. DLA Piper, Weil Gotshal & Manges and Baker & McKenzie are also among the firms appointed to GE's 80-firm roster.

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  • July 2, 2009 |

    Addleshaws wins Barclays role as bank confirms new panel line-up

    Barclays has completed its panel review, with Addleshaw Goddard winning a coveted spot on the bank's main panel. The national firm joins Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance , DLA Piper, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters, Lovells and Simmons & Simmons on the bank's general advisory roster, with Barclays also appointing a string of firms to 10 specialist panels.

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  • June 25, 2009 |

    White & Case set to hold on to 13 qualifying trainees

    White & Case is to keep on 13 of the 15 trainees due to qualify in London in September, representing a retention rate of 87%. The figure is marginally up on the equivalent intake last year when White & Case kept on 86% of its trainees. The firm kept on 12 of its 13 March qualifiers earlier this year.

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  • June 24, 2009 | International Edition

    Dentons scores Deloitte role on Setanta collapse

    Denton Wilde Sapte has been appointed to advise administrator Deloitte on the collapse of sports broadcaster Setanta. The City firm is fielding a team led by head of restructuring and insolvency Mark Andrews and fellow partner Nigel Barnett, working alongside corporate partner Jeremy Cohen and a team of associates.

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  • June 24, 2009 |

    Dentons scores Deloitte role on Setanta collapse

    Denton Wilde Sapte has been appointed to advise administrator Deloitte on the collapse of sports broadcaster Setanta. The City firm is fielding a team led by head of restructuring and insolvency Mark Andrews and fellow partner Nigel Barnett, working alongside corporate partner Jeremy Cohen and a team of associates.

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