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  • August 15, 2007 |

    Jones Day adds Mayer Brown partner to City team

    Jones Day has bolstered its London finance team with the hire of Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw partner Michael Pabst. Pabst, who is qualified in England and Australia, joined Jones Day on Monday (13 August) after 10 years with Mayer Brown.

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  • August 14, 2007 |

    Chemicals combination might not be deadly for Freshfields

    It was refreshing to hear an honest assessment of how a lawyer feels about advising the target of a multibillion-pound takeover this week.“These…

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  • August 9, 2007 |

    Bristol law institute puts London plans on hold in wake of BPP's City LPC win

    The Bristol Institute of Legal Practice looks set to delay plans to open in London after missing out on the City Legal Practice Course (LPC) consortium contract last week.

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  • August 1, 2007 |

    Lovells scores top mandate on Dentons and Deloitte Milton Keynes office build

    Lovells has scored a headline role advising on the construction of a new office development in Milton Keynes, in which fellow City rival Denton Wilde Sapte will have a major presence.

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  • August 1, 2007 |

    Deal Week Dispatch: 1/8/2007

    Deal Week Dispatch brings readers an early taster of news from Legal Week's unparalleled Deal Week section, with DLA Piper, Macfarlanes and Herbert Smith among the deal-doers.

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  • July 30, 2007 |

    Legal Week Lunchbox: 30/7/72007

    The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today, including a new Career Clinic dilemma to get the week started; plus the pick of readers' comments

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  • July 27, 2007 |

    Mayer Brown hit by $245m Refco lawsuit

    Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw is facing a $245m (£119.5m) lawsuit from a former creditor of Refco, the futures broker on whose 2005 bankruptcy the Chicago-based law firm advised, it emerged yesterday (26 July). Thomas H Lee Partners (THL) - which acquired a controlling stake in Refco in 2004 - filed a claim in New York alleging that Mayer Brown had failed to inform it of the true state of Refco's finances.

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  • July 18, 2007 |

    Skadden, Bingham win big on Refco bankruptcy

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Bingham McCutchen have emerged among the big winners on the Refco bankruptcy, with Skadden alone trousering around $45m (£22m) in fees. Skadden was the main adviser to the struggling futures broker on its bankruptcy, which was filed in October 2005, while Bingham is advising the court-appointed administrator, Marc Kirschner, on what looks set to be a lengthy clean-up process.

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  • July 13, 2007 |

    Refco creditors eye Mayer Brown 'fraud' action

    Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw could face legal action after a court examiner in the Refco bankruptcy case said evidence had been found that the firm had committed professional negligence and fraud. Creditors of Refco - the futures broker that filed for bankruptcy in 2005 - were told they had a strong case against the Chicago-based law firm after a court examiner found "sufficient evidence" to bring a claim against the firm for "aiding and abetting a breach of fiduciary duty and fraud".

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  • June 27, 2007 |

    Linklaters cuts systems costs with second IT outsourcing deal this year

    Linklaters has sealed its second IT outsourcing agreement so far this year - this time sending a chunk of its IT infrastructure to be managed outside the firm.

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