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  • April 4, 2008 |

    City gets lion's share of Addleshaws' nine promotions

    National heavyweight Addleshaw Goddard has made up nine lawyers to its partnership, including five in London, the firm announced today (4 April). The new appointments, which are effective from 1 May, almost double last year's tally when just five new partners were made up. They will take the firm's total partnership to 185.

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  • April 3, 2008 |

    Linklaters storms to top of Euro M&A tables with big-ticket Q1 performance

    Linklaters has climbed to the top of the rankings for European M&A ahead of City rivals Clifford Chance (CC) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer after winning roles on five of the 15 largest deals of last quarter. The magic circle firm has secured the top place for European M&A by both value and volume in Mergermarket's Q1 2008 rankings, advising on 40 deals worth E172.8bn (£136.4bn).

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  • April 2, 2008 |

    Middle East and India: The new road to riches

    It is easy to become blase about the significance of law firms entering a new market in their droves, and for the pace of change in that market to become a platitudinous talking point among lawyers.But it was not that long ago that some lawyers in the Middle East outposts of City firms routinely took advantage of the Gulf weekend being on Thursdays and Fridays, by rolling the local weekend into the Western weekend for a bumper four-day rest, leaving three days to get their weekly work done. Now it is more common for Gulf lawyers to work both weekends, such is the volume of business being done in the region.

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  • April 2, 2008 |

    Monsieur is spoiling us...

    With French premier Nicolas Sarkozy last week charming the bejesus out of us impressionable Brits with his Gallic panache and dazzling other half, the ever-contrarian Diary this week had its beady eye on Paris instead. Jones Day is currently making waves of Sarkozian proportions in the French capital, with the Yankee powerhouse reportedly in line to take over super-swanky new premises at what is currently the US embassy.

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  • April 1, 2008 |

    Gibson Dunn bags Bakers man in Munich

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has hired an new employment partner from Baker & McKenzie in a boost for the US firm's European network. Mark Zimmer joined the firm's Munich office from Bakers today (1 April). He advises on employment law in restructurings, M&A, collective dismissals and union negotiations.

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  • March 30, 2008 |

    French connection still delivers for Americans in Paris

    If Daniel Hurstel’s schedule on Thursday 27 March was anything to go by, the Paris legal market is in decent health. The head of Willkie Farr &…

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  • March 20, 2008 |

    CC and Cleary win top roles on mining mega-deal as Vale approaches Xstrata

    Clifford Chance (CC) and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton have won key advisory roles on one of the world's biggest potential takeovers - Brazilian mining company Vale's approach to Swiss rival Xstrata for an estimated $90bn (£44.9bn). If the deal goes ahead it would see Vale threatening BHP Billiton's position as the world's largest mining company. CC has won the lead role for Vale, with the magic circle firm fielding a team led by Sao Paulo-based relationship partner Anthony Oldfield and London-based corporate partner David Pudge.

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  • March 19, 2008 |

    Dealmaker: Iain Newman

    Iain Newman is the straight-talking, fleece-wearing head of corporate at Nabarro

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  • March 12, 2008 |

    US duo celebrate key Lords extradition ruling

    White & Case and Jones Day are celebrating after the House of Lords blocked an attempt by the US to extradite a British citizen accused of price-fixing, bringing to an end one of the most high-profile white-collar crime investigations of recent years. The Lords ruled this morning (12 March) that White & Case client Ian Norris could not be extradited over his alleged involvement in the price-fixing of carbon products before the Enterprise Act 2002 made price-fixing a criminal offence in the UK.

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  • March 5, 2008 |

    The art of retention

    The day Walfrido Martinez joined Hunton & Williams to open the firm's Miami office in 1999, all he had to do was show up and start working. The firm had in place a receptionist, a head of office services and secretaries ready for him and the four colleagues who moved with him from Holland & Knight. A group of associates had already been flown in from other Hunton offices to work on their matters. The prep work paid off. In his first month Martinez billed 200 hours. "You can't do that if you don't have the resources in line," says Martinez. He hasn't forgotten that early lesson. Now Hunton's firm-wide managing partner, Martinez has tried to continue-and extend Hunton's lateral integration programme. So far, it seems to be working. Of the 28 lateral partners the firm hired in 2005, 25 are still there.

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