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  • January 16, 2008 |

    London lawyers fare well in US firms' latest partnership promotions round

    London lawyers have made up around 10% of US firms' overall partnership additions in the latest promotions round. The latest firms to announce their promotions are Dechert, Jones Day and McDermott Will & Emery, which between them have named 98 lawyers as partners worldwide, although only nine of those are London based.

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  • January 16, 2008 | International Edition

    Farrers taps Trowers for property practice boost

    City law firm Farrer & Co has bagged a new partner taking Carrie Faller from Trowers & Hamlins to boost its property practice. Faller, who joins Farrers on 14 January, sat in Trowers' commercial property practice, where she was a partner. She has experience in working on property investment, joint ventures, waste management and mineral extraction and private finance initiative projects. Her arrival means Farrers now has five dedicated property partners.

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  • January 16, 2008 |

    Farrers taps Trowers for property practice boost

    City law firm Farrer & Co has bagged a new partner taking Carrie Faller from Trowers & Hamlins to boost its property practice. Faller, who joins Farrers on 14 January, sat in Trowers' commercial property practice, where she was a partner. She has experience in working on property investment, joint ventures, waste management and mineral extraction and private finance initiative projects. Her arrival means Farrers now has five dedicated property partners.

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  • January 16, 2008 |

    Marathon men

    Today's City lawyers seem to like nothing more than a bit of charity work - particularly if it involves a fun task in an exotic location. But with so many people growing moustaches, jumping out of planes and rowing across oceans to raise funds - often all at once - bog-standard marathon-running seems a little passe these days.

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  • January 9, 2008 |

    Jones Day makes corporate hire from Cadwalader in London expansion push

    Jones Day has coaxed Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft London corporate partner Peter Baldwin over to its City operation.

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  • January 9, 2008 |

    Major US law firms bet on Obama to win 2008 presidential election race

    US law firms are throwing their financial muscle behind the Democrats' attempts to reach the White House, with the legal sector providing more funding to the party's leading candidates than any other industry.

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  • January 9, 2008 |

    Southwest and Wales: A region redefined

    Last year a cluster of law firms focused their attention on Bristol and Cardiff. Is the southwest and Wales now viewed as one region by clients, or does regional loyalty still count? Ed Thornton reports

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  • January 9, 2008 |

    Russian bear meets bull market

    Russia's oil-driven economic revival is generating a flood of corporate work and surging demand for City partners. Richard Lloyd reports on Moscow's white-hot legal market

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  • December 17, 2007 | International Edition

    CC clinches debut UK deal for buy-out giant 3i

    Clifford Chance (CC) has scored its first UK deal for buy-out house 3i, advising on the £228m acquisition of inspection and testing business Inspicio. Relationship partner Simon Tinkler led the team for the magic circle giant alongside corporate partner Patrick Sarch and finance partner James Butters.

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  • December 17, 2007 |

    CC clinches debut UK deal for buy-out giant 3i

    Clifford Chance (CC) has scored its first UK deal for buy-out house 3i, advising on the £228m acquisition of inspection and testing business Inspicio. Relationship partner Simon Tinkler led the team for the magic circle giant alongside corporate partner Patrick Sarch and finance partner James Butters.

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