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  • January 6, 2012 |

    Herbert Smith and Dutton advise as watchdog hands PwC record fine

    Herbert Smith, Fountain Court and Five Paper Buildings have taken roles on a high-profile action against PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) that has seen the accounting giant fined £1.4m. The proceedings were launched by the Accountancy & Actuarial Discipline Board (AADB) into the role of PwC's UK arm in not uncovering a failure by audit client JP Morgan to ringfence client money.

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  • January 3, 2012 |

    SRA unveils ABS application process as around 15 put in for first licences

    The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has released new information on the application process to become an Alternative Business Structure (ABS) as the regulator began accepting licence applications today (3 January). The Co-operative and Irwin Mitchell have confirmed that they are among the first applicants, while the SRA has said that it is in serious talks with a total of around 15 interested parties, with more than ten first-stage applications made via the website so far today.

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  • January 3, 2012 |

    Taylor Wessing adds partner to data protection team with Speechly hire

    Taylor Wessing has expanded its data protection team with the hire of Speechly Bircham partner Vinod Bange. Bange, who specialises in data protection and privacy laws, information security legal risk, corporate compliance and technology law, has been a partner at Speechly since 2009 when he joined from Eversheds, where he was a senior associate.

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  • December 19, 2011 |

    Herbert Smith & A&O score roles on multi-billion dollar Rosneft financing

    Herbert Smith and Allen & Overy (A&O) have both advised on a multi-billion dollar financing facility for Russian oil giant Rosneft. A Herbert Smith team led by Moscow finance partner Edward Baring has advised Barclays Bank as agent with 12 other leading banks including Bank of America, JP Morgan and Credit Suisse.

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  • December 13, 2011 |

    Herbert Smith and Freshfields lead on Pearson's FTSE sale

    Herbert Smith and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have lined up to advise on the £450m sale of Financial Times publisher Pearson's 50% stake in FTSE International to the London Stock Exchange (LSE). Herbert Smith is advising longstanding client Pearson on the sale, which gives the LSE full ownership of the FTSE indices.

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  • December 7, 2011 |

    London Office of the Year: Weil Gotshal & Manges

    Weil Gotshal & Manges has dubbed 2011 "the most strategically significant year for its London office since it was launched 15 years ago". The judges were suitably impressed with the evidence to support this statement, including a hugely impressive roster of senior partner hires from leading UK rivals. In recent months the office, which is led by Mike Francies, has hired partners from Jones Day, Ashurst, Shearman & Sterling and Debevoise & Plimpton.

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  • November 30, 2011 |

    Morgan Lewis adds finance partner to business arm

    Morgan Lewis has hired its second Simmons & Simmons partner in recent months, with private funds partner Noel Ainsworth set to join the US firm in the New Year (3 January).

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  • November 30, 2011 |

    CC and A&O act in €3bn bond deal to bail out Irish

    Clifford Chance (CC) and Allen & Overy (A&O) have taken lead roles on a €3bn (£2.6bn) bond sale by the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), the latest part of the financial assistance programme for Ireland. CC advised the euro-zone bailout facility EFSF as it launched the issue via a syndicate of lead manager banks advised by A&O. The sale is the first EFSF bond issue since eurozone countries renegotiated the size and terms of the facility over the summer in response to the heightened financial crisis, particularly in Greece.

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  • November 23, 2011 |

    Freshfields, CC lead as Russian mining company floats in London

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Clifford Chance (CC) have taken lead roles on Russian gold and silver mining company Polymetal's $500m (£317m) initial public offering (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange. Polymetal, the world's third-largest silver producer, hopes to join the FTSE 100 index with the move, having recently posted a market capitalisation of approximately $7bn (£4.4bn).

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  • November 16, 2011 |

    The Cadbury hero - Hank Udow on his new role at Reed Elsevier and the epic Cadbury takeover

    Ex-Cadbury GC 
Hank Udow tells Friederike Heine how his legal team coped with Kraft's takeover

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