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  • September 10, 2012 |

    The Transfer Window: recent moves including Pinsents, DLA and FFW

    Pinsent Masons has recruited a new head of litigation in Manchester with the hire of Julian Diaz-Rainey from Hill Dickinson. Diaz-Rainey, whose practice has a particular focus on the sports sector, has acted for a number of big-name clients including Premier League giants Manchester United and Manchester City, while he has also been involved in high-profile public inquiries such as the Shipman Inquiry and Baha Mousa Inquiry.

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  • September 7, 2012 |

    In-depth: Middle East and Africa

    Hogan Lovells looks at how Saudi Arabia is introducing a more accessible approach to foreign investment, and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom argue why due diligence is important in African M&A transactions.

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  • September 6, 2012 |

    Broad horizons - why due diligence is key in African M&A transactions

    The opportunities to invest in Africa are plentiful. Yet with more than 50 legal systems, Doug Nordlinger and Sarah Wolpert underline the importance of due diligence on M&A transactions

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  • September 6, 2012 |

    Rethinking the firm/client relationship - a conversation with Axiom CEO Mark Harris

    If one party to an exchange is satisfied and one is miserable, somebody struck a terrific bargain. But if both parties are miserable, the exchange needs to be reconceived from the ground up. The law firm/client relationship was, he felt, firmly in the latter camp...

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  • August 31, 2012 |

    Skadden and Latham brush up legal advice for Carlyle's $4.9bn DuPont acquisition

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Latham & Watkins have taken top roles on the $4.9bn (£3.1bn) acquisition of DuPont's coatings business by US private equity house The Carlyle Group.

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  • August 31, 2012 |

    Addleshaws to miss out on success fee as Abramovich wins court battle

    Addleshaw Goddard is set to miss out on a significant payout after the High Court ruled against the firm's client, Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky, in his high-profile $6bn (£3.8bn) dispute with Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich. The judgment, which was handed down this morning (31 August) by Mrs Justice Gloster in the High Court, will be seen as a significant setback for Addleshaws, which had been working with Berezovsky on a conditional fee basis.

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  • August 22, 2012 |

    Shearman and Akin Gump lead on Ardagh's $880m glass manufacturing acquisition

    Shearman & Sterling has advised on a deal which has seen European packaging business Ardagh Group complete the $880m (£557m) acquisition of US glass manufacturer Anchor Glass Container Company. Shearman's team, which also advised on the deal's financing, comprised partners in London, New York and Washington DC, headed up by New York partner Christa D'Alimonte.

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  • August 20, 2012 |

    Slaughters lines up with Danish firms to advise on latest ISS bid

    Slaughter and May has lined up alongside a raft of Danish firms on a €500m (£390m) deal that saw Lego billionaire Kirk Kristiansen team up with a pension fund to secure a stake in Danish facilities giant ISS. Slaughters took a role advising ISS and majority shareholders GS Capital Partners and EQT Partners as Canadian pension fund Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) and Kirkbi Invest - a holding company that invests on behalf of the family behind Lego - took a 26% stake in the company.

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  • August 3, 2012 |

    Herbert Smith and Links act on $2bn Rosneft-Eni oil exploration deal

    Herbert Smith and Linklaters have advised on a $2bn (£1.3bn) oil exploration financing agreement between Russian oil giant Rosneft and Italian energy company Eni. Herbert Smith led for Eni with a team including Moscow corporate partner Danila Logofet and finance partner Ed Baring, while Linklaters acted for Rosneft with Moscow corporate partner Grigory Gadzhiev and Moscow managing partner Matthew Keats in the lead.

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  • July 17, 2012 |

    US quartet score roles on GSK's $3bn biotech takeover

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz are among a host of US firms to take lead roles on GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) $2.8bn (£1.8bn) acquisition of Human Genome Sciences (HGS), ending a three-month hostile pursuit of the biotech company after bettering its offer.

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