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  • February 16, 2012 |

    Abramovich battle is fitting launch as Rolls Building bolsters City's dispute credentials

    Litigators are optimistic that flagship court will help lure big-ticket disputes to London. Suzanna Ring reports

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  • February 15, 2012 |

    Kirkland announces 8% revenue hike as partner profits hold steady at $3m

    Kirkland & Ellis has posted firmwide revenue growth of 8% for the 2011 financial year, reports The Am Law Daily. The US firm, which in 2010 reported double-digit rises for both revenue and profits per equity partner (PEP), saw revenue increase 8% to $1.75bn (£1.1bn) during 2011, while PEP dipped by 1% to a still-impressive figure of $3.05m (£1.94m).

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  • February 13, 2012 |

    Linklaters and Skadden take top roles on major LatAm banking merger

    Linklaters and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom have taken lead roles on a $600m (£380m) merger deal set to create the largest investment bank in Latin America, reports The Am Law Daily. The combination of Brazil's BTG Pactual and Chile's Celfin Capital has seen Linklaters take the lead for Celfin, with New York corporate partner Alberto Luzarraga heading up the firm's team.

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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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