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  • February 6, 2012 |

    Skadden boosts Germany with double partner hire from Shearman

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom is set to launch a dedicated capital markets practice in Germany, with the hire of two partners from US rival Shearman & Sterling. The New York firm has hired Shearman's European capital markets head Stephan Hutter and fellow partner Katja Kaulamo for its Frankfurt office, taking its partner count in Germany to nine, including six in Frankfurt.

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  • January 23, 2012 |

    Links, White & Case and Skadden make SocGen's French line-up

    Societe Generale has drawn up a roster of law firms to provide advice in France, with Linklaters, White & Case and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom among those making the cut. CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre; Linklaters; White & Case; De Pardieu Brocas Maffei and Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel have all been selected to provide general legal advice to SocGen in France.

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  • January 23, 2012 |

    Freshfields recruits first-ever COO for Stateside operations

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed its first-ever chief operating officer for its US arm, with the hire of Sullivan & Cromwell's former chief legal personnel and development officer. Andrea Locklear started at the magic circle firm this month. She was most recently managing director of New York corporate recruitment firm FPC, prior to which she was at Sullivan for 10 years.

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  • January 19, 2012 |

    A fresh start - reinvigorating one of America's leading law firms

    After a few tough years, O'Melveny has a new chair and a revamped strategy. Drew Combs reports

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  • January 19, 2012 |

    Stayin' alive (just) – high street woe looks set to shake restructuring market out of relative calm

    With budget fashion retailers Peacocks and Barratts this week looking set to join a growing list of high street casualties in the latest round of economic turmoil, 2012 should – in theory – shape up to be a busy year for City restructuring and insolvency partners. To date, January has already seen the likes of Addleshaw Goddard, Travers Smith, Linklaters and SJ Berwin win roles on the administrations of Blacks Leisure and lingerie chain La Senza and, with many predicting a surge of additional collapses, the tally of firms winning work from turbulence on the high street is obviously set to increase. Still, a quick glance behind the more high-profile headlines shows that restructuring – and in particular, insolvency – work has so far failed to see the sustained upsurge predicted in the wake of Lehman Brothers' collapse and the onset of the last recession. While there was a run of deals in the wake of the banking crisis through 2009 and early 2010, by consensus pickings have been slimmer than restructuring teams expected.

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  • January 19, 2012 |

    Macfarlanes corporate partner exits firm for new in-house role

    Macfarlanes corporate partner Rachel Bond has left the firm and taken up an in-house role at financial services company Byhiras. Bond left Macfarlanes at the close of 2011 and joined Byhiras earlier this month. Her role at the company, which was launched a year ago, will cover both legal and non-legal work.

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  • January 12, 2012 |

    At last Davis Polk hits the City, but is the Wall St leader ready to go on offensive?

    Suzanna Ring sizes up Davis Polk & Wardwell's prospects as the US leader makes its English law debut in the City...

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  • January 5, 2012 |

    Skadden recruits restructuring partner in London with Weil hire

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has strengthened its corporate restructuring practice in London with the hire of partner Dominic McCahill from rival US firm Weil Gotshal & Manges. McCahill, who will become the sixth partner in Skadden's London restructuring practice, will report to London corporate restructuring chief Chris Mallon. The firm's restructuring practice sits alongside the corporate group, which currently comprises 16 partners in the City.

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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 16, 2011 |

    SFO names former Revenue & Customs Prosecutions Office director as new head

    Senior City barrister David Green QC, the former director of the Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office (RCPO), has been appointed as the next director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). The appointment was announced today by Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC, with Green to take up the appointment when current director Richard Alderman steps down in April 2012. The appointment, which follows an open competition, is for four years.

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