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  • January 31, 2007 |

    Macquarie-style US push could show lawyers the way

    Given the insecurity that has dogged projects teams at top London firms in recent years, evidence of a revival in the sector will be manna from heaven for hard-pressed partners. The year-end tables from Infrastructure Journal make clear the extent of that revival with the global value of projects in 2006 up 35% against 2005, and the number of deals rising from 323 to 437. Add in surging investment in renewable energy and it was the best year in projects since the 1990s.While much of the attention has focused on the wealth of projects work coming out of the Middle East and intense competition for infrastructure assets in Europe, it is interesting to see Allen & Overy (A&O) highlight the opportunities opening up in the US. This revolves around the drift towards European-style project finance structures. To the very casual observer, this appears odd given the maturity, size and sophistication of the US market. But for the private sector, the backbone of the US projects market has always been power. Backed by a highly-efficient system of federal funding and tax breaks, transport/infrastructure work has largely been financed, and built, through public money.

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  • January 30, 2007 |

    Notts Law School Gaines new dean from Lovells

    Nottingham Law School has named Lovells senior litigation partner Keith Gaines as its new dean - its third in as many years.

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  • January 25, 2007 |

    Mayer Brown adds two to Chicago private equity

    Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw has bagged two partners for its private equity practice from Kaye Scholer. David Lee and Robert Davis both join the firms corporate and securities practice in Chicago as partners. Prior to joining Kaye Scholer, the pair worked together at Kirkland & Ellis. The hires follow those of Gary Jungels and Olga Loy, who joined the Chicago private equity group from Kirkland in September 2006.

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  • January 23, 2007 |

    Heller Ehrman rehires ex-PwC general counsel

    West Coast leader Heller Ehrman has strengthened its securities litigation team with the hire of former PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) global general counsel Lawrence Keeshan.

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  • January 17, 2007 |

    Norton Rose wins plum role on $2.5bn Nestle buy-out of Novartis' nutrition arm

    Norton Rose has landed a role on Nestle's $2.5bn (£1.3bn) acquisition of the nutrition arm of pharmaceutical giant Novartis.

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  • January 17, 2007 |

    Deals: Property 18/01/2007

    Forsters, led by head of commercial property Howard Gill, has advised antique dealer Mallet & Son on the sale of its leasehold interest in Bourdon House, Mayfair, for around £14m. Ron Perry, senior partner of Vizards Tweedie, acted for the private purchaser.

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  • December 18, 2006 |

    Kilpatrick stocks up management with twin heads

    By James Illman

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  • December 13, 2006 |

    BP names formal top-tier panel

    Oil giant BP has appointed a raft of firms to advise on top-level cross-border instructions, marking the first time the company has established a formal roster for such work. Top UK firms including Linklaters, Herbert Smith, Norton Rose, Simmons & Simmons and McGrigors have been named on the panel, while US firms Sullivan & Cromwell, Kirkland & Ellis, Baker & McKenzie and Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw are also on the list.

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  • December 13, 2006 |

    German joins Weil Gotshal's strategy board

    Weil Gotshal & Manges has expanded its management committee to include its first-ever German member

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  • November 29, 2006 |

    Eversheds and DLA Piper bulk up London offices with senior hires

    Eversheds recruits Chadbourne partner to beef up cross-border M&A as DLA Piper hires City litigator

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