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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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  • March 1, 2012 |

    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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  • February 28, 2012 |

    Hunton London partner joins Hong Kong oil company as CEO after surprise departure

    Former Hunton & Williams partner Jonathan Simpson has taken up a new role as CEO of Hong Kong-based Standard Oil International. Simpson informed The Am Law Daily of his move after leaving Hunton's London office last week.

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  • February 23, 2012 |

    Credit Suisse appoints line-up of top UK law firms to new EMEA roster

    Clifford Chance (CC), Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Allen & Overy (A&O) are among a raft of firms to have been appointed to Credit Suisse's EMEA panel. The trio have been reappointed to the roster alongside firms including Herbert Smith, Simmons & Simmons and Ashurst. Linklaters, which still has a close relationship with Credit Suisse, is not on the EMEA roster. It is unclear whether the magic circle firm was appointed to the panel during its last review in 2009.

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  • February 22, 2012 |

    A&O, White & Case take key roles as Greece agrees new €130bn bailout

    Allen & Overy, White & Case and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton have all taken key roles on a new €130bn (£109bn) Greek bailout agreement in the country's latest attempt to avoid a catastrophic default, reports The Am Law Daily. The new bailout deal has seen private sector investors holding portions of the country's sovereign debt agree to take further losses in return for government-imposed austerity measures.

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