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  • May 2, 2007 |

    Firms' wariness of banking litigation is against the public interest, say partners

    Public interest is being neglected due to law firms' reluctance to litigate against banks, according to many of the UK's top lawyers.

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  • April 26, 2007 |

    Howrey returns to Dewey for latest IP hire

    Dewey Ballantine has suffered another senior defection with the news that Palo Alto managing partner Jeannine Yoo Sano is quitting the New York firm to join the local arm of intellectual property (IP) leader Howrey. Sano, who previously co-chaired Dewey's IP litigation practice, will join Howrey on 1 May as a partner. She is the second senior IP partner to quit Dewey for Howrey in as many months, after fellow IP litigation co-chair Cano Carrano defected to Howrey's Washington DC arm in March.

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  • April 19, 2007 |

    International ambition drives as US top 50 rakes in $40bn in 2006

    The US' top 50 law firms have posted their fourth successive year of double-digit increases in revenue and partner profits, yet still look set to lag behind their key European rivals in terms of growth this year.

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  • April 18, 2007 |

    Stephenson Harwood reels in Sharma for India branch

    Stephenson Harwood has boosted its expanding India practice with the recruitment of corporate partner Pawan Sharma from corporate boutique Grundberg Mocatta Rakison.

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  • April 18, 2007 |

    Reed Smith banks record Middle East loan role

    Reed Smith Richards Butler has landed a role opposite Linklaters advising Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) as it secured a $1.5bn (£760m) loan, the biggest syndicated loan for a Middle Eastern bank to date.

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  • April 18, 2007 |

    US Top 50/New York: The bigger picture

    Legal Week's top 50 US results show plenty of firms excelling in 2006. But, finds Paul Hodkinson, there is nervousness behind the numbers

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  • April 4, 2007 |

    Two more Reed Smith partners join Dewey NY

    Dewey Ballantine has hired two structured finance partners from Reed Smith in New York. Patrick de Carbuccia and Alexander Fraser become the firm's eighth and ninth partner hires in the last month. Last month Dewey also hired John Altorelli and Jeffrey Potash as structured finance partners from Reed Smith in New York.

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  • April 4, 2007 |

    Litigation: A different class

    A recurring theme of undiminished interest in recent years has been the extent to which class actions or other forms of collective procedure will be developed in the UK and Europe. This arises from:

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  • April 3, 2007 |

    Dewey returns to Reed Smith for new finance duo

    Dewey Ballantine has raided Reed Smith's structured finance practice for the second time in less than a month with the hire of two partners in New York. Patrick de Carbuccia and Alexander Fraser join Dewey from the Manhattan arm of Reed Smith, where they were both partners.

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  • April 2, 2007 |

    Hunton in Euro tax launch after Mayer Brown hire

    Hunton & Williams has announced the launch of a European tax practice after the hire of a partner from US rival Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw. Charles Elphicke becomes Hunton's first City-based tax partner and the 10th partner overall at its UK arm. He joined the firm on 26 March and will head up the new European tax group.

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