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  • April 25, 2007 |

    College of Law's Proctor to head Nottingham at Kaplan

    Nottingham at Kaplan Law School has appointed a new chief executive after hiring a professor from rival legal education provider the College of Law. Giles Proctor is due to join Nottingham at Kaplan on 11 June to head up the new London school, which opens in September.

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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 12, 2007 | International Edition

    US duo land latest Nestle-Novartis deal

    Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw and Cravath Swaine & Moore have landed lead roles on the $5.5bn (£2.8bn) acquisition of Novartis' baby food brand by foodstuffs giant Nestle - the second major deal between the two companies in recent months.Mayer Brown is advising regular client Nestle as it agreed to acquire the Gerber baby food brand from Swiss drug maker Novartis - a deal announced earlier today (12 April). Corporate partner David Carpenter is leading the Mayer Brown team from the firm's Chicago hub.

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  • April 12, 2007 |

    US duo land latest Nestle-Novartis deal

    Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw and Cravath Swaine & Moore have landed lead roles on the $5.5bn (£2.8bn) acquisition of Novartis' baby food brand by foodstuffs giant Nestle - the second major deal between the two companies in recent months.Mayer Brown is advising regular client Nestle as it agreed to acquire the Gerber baby food brand from Swiss drug maker Novartis - a deal announced earlier today (12 April). Corporate partner David Carpenter is leading the Mayer Brown team from the firm's Chicago hub.

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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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  • March 22, 2007 | International Edition

    Mayer Brown targets £1m PEP in the City

    Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw has finalised a new strategy for its London office intended to bump its profits per partner (PEP) to between £800,000 and £1m within the next three years.The transatlantic firm's London PEP currently stands at around £650,000 - behind many of its UK rivals but ahead of the firm-wide average of $1m (£543,000).

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  • March 22, 2007 |

    Mayer Brown targets £1m PEP in the City

    Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw has finalised a new strategy for its London office intended to bump its profits per partner (PEP) to between £800,000 and £1m within the next three years.The transatlantic firm's London PEP currently stands at around £650,000 - behind many of its UK rivals but ahead of the firm-wide average of $1m (£543,000).

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  • March 22, 2007 |

    Norton Rose bolsters banking in Frankfurt

    Norton Rose has strengthened its Frankfurt office with the hire of Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw banking associate Caroline Herkstroeter as a partner. Herkstroeter, who specialises in regulatory and investment law, becomes the UK firm's eighth partner in its German banking group, which is spread between Frankfurt and Munich offices. This is the latest move by Norton Rose to strengthen its German banking and finance capabilities and follows the firm taking on White & Case Frankfurt banking partner Stephen Hodgson.

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  • March 15, 2007 |

    Dickinson Dees boosts environment team

    Dickinson Dees has appointed a new head of its environmental and safety law team after the hire of Michael Hutchinson from Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw. Hutchinson will join the northeast giant's Newcastle hub as a partner on 19 March. He was previously a consultant at Mayer Brown.

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  • March 14, 2007 |

    Kaplan LPC marketing blitz sidelines Nottingham

    The success of Nottingham Law School's much-hyped London launch has been questioned after it emerged that its joint venture partner - US education giant Kaplan - is leaving the law school out of some of its marketing. Kaplan's latest marketing materials refer to the joint venture as Kaplan Law School, referring to Nottingham only as the course provider. Some current marketing targeted at the legal profession, including the Kaplan Three Peaks Challenge charity event, make no reference to Nottingham at all.

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