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  • April 10, 2012 |

    Orrick in the picture as Facebook snaps up Instagram in $1bn deal

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe and Fenwick & West have taken the lead roles on Facebook's $1bn (£630m) acquisition of photo-sharing site Instagram, reports The Am Law Daily. The deal, Facebook's largest acquisition to date, has seen the company turn once again to Fenwick, the California-based firm which is also working on its $5bn (£3.1bn) initial public offering.

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  • April 4, 2012 |

    DLA advises as Korean giant buys stake in major UK carbon capture project

    DLA Piper has taken a lead role for Samsung C&T on its acquisition of a 15% stake in the Don Valley Power Project, one of Europe's biggest carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects. The landmark project has seen 2Co Energy secure planning permission for the $4.8bn (£3bn) development of a coal gasification plant in Derbyshire that will generate 650MW of power and capture 90% of its entire CO2 output. Construction is expected to start in 2013.

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  • April 3, 2012 |

    Simmons announces plan to open up new low-cost base in Bristol

    Simmons & Simmons is set to launch in Bristol to offer an alternative lower-cost option for its UK clients. The new office - the firm's first UK base outside of London - will focus on projects, real estate and dispute resolution work, with the firm stating that it will not be a support office but will instead focus on high end advice in close co-operation with London.

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  • March 29, 2012 |

    The teeming crowd - is India's dynamic legal elite built to last?

    Riding a dynamic private sector in one of the world's most touted emerging economies, Indian law firms have rapidly evolved in recent years. Friederike Heine asks if this legal elite is ready to compete on the global stage

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  • March 22, 2012 | International Edition

    Funds promises to be the fertile ground that has long eluded US law firm leaders

    Funds proves the rare City practice line that really goes with US invaders' flow. Georgina Stanley reports

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  • March 22, 2012 |

    Funds promises to be the fertile ground that has long eluded US law firm leaders

    Funds proves the rare City practice line that really goes with US invaders' flow. Georgina Stanley reports

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  • March 22, 2012 |

    Skadden, CC, Eversheds and Travers line up on $5bn video tech purchase

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom's London office has taken a role on Cisco Systems' $5bn (£3.1bn) purchase of video software company NDS Group from News Corporation and private equity house Permira, writes The Am Law Daily. London-based NDS, which makes software used in the delivery of digital media to TV, computers and mobile devices, has turned to Skadden for advice on the deal.

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  • March 21, 2012 |

    Morgan Lewis leads as Deutsche Boerse sues EC over NYSE merger

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius has taken the lead role for Deutsche Boerse on its lawsuit against the European Commission (EC) over the rejection of its merger with NYSE Euronext. The US firm's Frankfurt office has been instructed to advise the German stock exchange following its decision to sue the European Commission at the General Court of the European Union in Luxembourg.

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  • March 19, 2012 |

    Skadden's London arm takes role on $5bn News Corp PE sale of video tech company

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom's London office has taken a role on Cisco Systems' $5bn (£3.1bn) purchase of video software company NDS Group from News Corp and private equity house Permira, reports The Am Law Daily. London-based NDS, which makes software used in the delivery of digital media to TV, computers and mobile devices, has turned to Skadden for advice on the deal.

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  • March 19, 2012 |

    The Transfer Window: latest moves including BLP, Mayer Brown and DLA

    Simmons & Simmons has hired another partner from Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) in London, with the recruitment of real estate specialist John Kelsey taking the number of partners the firm has hired from BLP to seven in less than a year. Kelsey specialises in real estate investment and development work as well as real estate finance and restructuring advice.

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