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  • March 29, 2012 |

    Freshfields lines up alongside five top US firms on $10bn Tyco deal

    Freshfields has taken a role alongside five US firms on the $10bn (£6.3bn) sale of Tyco International's Flow Control business, reports The Am Law Daily. US water pump and filter company Pentair is acquiring Tyco Flow Control six months after Tyco announced plans to split into three independent companies, each focusing on one of the conglomerate's three main products: home security systems, flow control equipment, and commercial fire and security systems.

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  • March 22, 2012 | International Edition

    Funds promises to be the fertile ground that has long eluded US law firm leaders

    Funds proves the rare City practice line that really goes with US invaders' flow. Georgina Stanley reports

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  • March 22, 2012 |

    Skadden, CC, Eversheds and Travers line up on $5bn video tech purchase

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom's London office has taken a role on Cisco Systems' $5bn (£3.1bn) purchase of video software company NDS Group from News Corporation and private equity house Permira, writes The Am Law Daily. London-based NDS, which makes software used in the delivery of digital media to TV, computers and mobile devices, has turned to Skadden for advice on the deal.

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  • March 22, 2012 |

    Funds promises to be the fertile ground that has long eluded US law firm leaders

    Funds proves the rare City practice line that really goes with US invaders' flow. Georgina Stanley reports

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  • March 19, 2012 |

    Skadden's London arm takes role on $5bn News Corp PE sale of video tech company

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom's London office has taken a role on Cisco Systems' $5bn (£3.1bn) purchase of video software company NDS Group from News Corp and private equity house Permira, reports The Am Law Daily. London-based NDS, which makes software used in the delivery of digital media to TV, computers and mobile devices, has turned to Skadden for advice on the deal.

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  • March 14, 2012 |

    Macfarlanes recruits Addleshaws partner for corporate team

    Macfarlanes has grown its corporate practice with the hire of Addleshaw Goddard partner James Dawson. Dawson is set to join the City firm in the coming weeks, with a start date yet to be confirmed. Prior to joining Addleshaws as a partner in 2006, Dawson was a senior associate at Linklaters. Clients he has worked with include RBS, Lehman Brothers, telecommunications company Tiscali and global brand management company Pentland Group.

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  • March 11, 2012 |

    Skadden, Cleary, Simpson and Davis Polk see revenues rise in 2011

    A quartet of elite New York law firms saw revenues grow last year, as details of the 2011 financial performance of America's top firms continue to emerge, reports The Am Law Daily. The biggest of the four, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, saw revenue increase 3% to $2.17bn (£1.38bn), while profits per partner (PEP) rose 7% to $2.48m (£1.58m).

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  • March 4, 2012 |

    Ex-Simmons partner named head of legal at banking client

    Arbuthnot Banking Group has appointed former Simmons & Simmons corporate partner Alan Karter as its new head of legal affairs. Karter, who left Simmons at the end of 2011, will take up the newly-created position this month and will work closely with the bank's existing risk and compliance personnel.

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  • March 1, 2012 | International Edition

    The long, long haul - can the magic circle break America?

    As attention turns to emerging economies, London's top firms continue to press on in the US. Georgina Stanley asks whether a breakthrough is finally in sight

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  • March 1, 2012 |

    With all the buzz around UK tie-ups, will US firms head Down Under anytime soon?

    "Not a week goes by that we are not approached by an international firm" - as Australia shoots up the agenda for UK firms, will US rivals end their resistance to the Oz push?

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