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  • November 13, 2012 |

    Freshfields partner exits for top legal role at BP European arm

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Germany corporate partner Hildegard Bison has left the firm to take up the role of of legal head at BP Europa and assistant GC of the global oil giant. Bison started at BP Europa - which covers BP's operations in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria and Poland - on 1 November this year.

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  • November 8, 2012 |

    US firms score lead roles on Nike's £140m sale of sports brand Umbro

    US trio Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, Blank Rome and White & Case have advised on a deal that will see Nike sell iconic English sports brand Umbro to US clothing company Iconix Brand Group for £140m.

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  • November 8, 2012 |

    UK duo act as Japan pharma co takes GSK-Pfizer JV stake

    Allen & Overy (A&O) and Slaughter and May are among a line-up of top law firms advising on Japanese pharma group Shionogi's purchase of a 10% stake in Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) joint venture ViiV Healthcare.

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  • November 1, 2012 |

    US law firms tap China's go-private market amid global IPO slump

    Latham and Kirkland among firms benefiting from booming take-private sector, says Elizabeth Broomhall

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  • October 31, 2012 | International Edition

    Latham and Skadden use the force on Disney's $4bn Lucasfilm purchase

    Latham & Watkins and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom have taken starring roles on The Walt Disney Company's $4.05bn (£2.5bn) acquisition of Lucasfilm, one of the most high-profile M&A deals of the year. Lucasfilm, which is 100% owned by chairman and founder George Lucas, is the production company behind the Star Wars and Indiana Jones film franchises. The stock and cash deal will see Disney pay approximately half in cash and issue around 40 million shares.

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  • October 31, 2012 |

    Latham and Skadden use the force on Disney's $4bn Lucasfilm purchase

    Latham & Watkins and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom have taken starring roles on The Walt Disney Company's $4.05bn (£2.5bn) acquisition of Lucasfilm, one of the most high-profile M&A deals of the year. Lucasfilm, which is 100% owned by chairman and founder George Lucas, is the production company behind the Star Wars and Indiana Jones film franchises. The stock and cash deal will see Disney pay approximately half in cash and issue around 40 million shares.

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  • October 18, 2012 |

    Linklaters, Cleary and Skadden take top roles on multibillion-dollar BP-Rosneft deal

    Linklaters, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom have secured lead roles on the multibillion-dollar sale of Russian oil joint venture TNK-BP to Rosneft. The deal, which is thought to be the second-largest oil transaction in history, will see BP - which owns TNK-BP in partnership with Alfa-Access-Renova (AAR), a consortium of Russian oligarchs - receive a $17.1bn (£10.7bn) cash payment from Rosneft, as well as a 12.84% share in the state-backed company.

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  • October 16, 2012 |

    Addleshaws' Berezovsky earnings reach £50m as Bar fees also emerge

    Addleshaw Goddard has received around £50m in fees from its representation of Boris Berezovsky over the last four years, as details of the Russian oligarch's £20m fees to the Bar have also emerged. The UK top 20 law firm has generated total fee income of £50m since taking on the mandate in January 2009, including a £15m success fee relating to Berezovsky's recent settlement with the family of now-deceased Georgian billionaire, Arkady 'Badri' Patarkatsishvili.

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  • October 16, 2012 |

    MoFo and Skadden lead on Softbank's $20.1bn Sprint acquisition

    Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom have secured lead advisory roles as Japanese telecoms group Softbank acquires a 70% stake in US mobile operator Sprint Nexel for $20.1bn (£12.5bn). The deal, thought to be the largest ever overseas acquisition by a Japanese company, will make Softbank the world's third-largest mobile phone operator by revenues.

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  • October 14, 2012 |

    The Transfer Window: recent moves including Reed Smith, Linklaters and RPC

    Reed Smith has added a partner to its London media team with the hire of Askandar Samad from DLA Piper. Samad's practice focuses on film and media financing, structured finance, co-production funding and tax. The hire for Reed Smith comes after the firm recruited Nick Swimer from Channel 4 - where he was head of legal for governance, regulatory and trading - in November last year.

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