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  • September 2, 2011 |

    Slaughters and A&O win roles on $2bn Cathay Pacific bond programme

    Slaughter and May has advised Cathay Pacific Airways on its application for the listing of a $2bn (£1.2bn) medium-term note programme on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, reports The Asian Lawyer. According to the Hong Kong airline, the programme will broaden the company's sources of funding and increase its financial flexibility.

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  • August 19, 2011 |

    Gibson Dunn, Slaughters lead firms on HP's £7bn Autonomy takeover

    Gibson Dunn and Slaughter and May have won lead roles on Hewlett-Packard's (HP) £7.1bn takeover bid for Britain's largest software company Autonomy, in a deal which could become the largest ever in the history of the European IT sector.

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  • August 15, 2011 |

    A&O boosts Qatar with hire of Simmons' local financial markets chief

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has hired Simmons & Simmons' Middle East financial markets head as a partner in its Qatar office. Doha-based Samer Eido will head A&O's local banking and finance practice when he joins the firm at a start date still to be agreed.

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  • August 9, 2011 |

    Thomas Eggar becomes latest firm to join Integreon shared support centre

    Thomas Eggar has joined a growing list of firms to have signed up to outsource back office functions to Integreon. The southeast firm has signed a deal for Integreon to run its library and information service, joining the outsourcing company's existing clients - which include CMS Cameron McKenna, Osborne Clarke, Beachcroft, TLT Solicitors and Morgan Cole - in the use of its Bristol service centre.

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  • August 9, 2011 |

    A&O and CC take top roles on pre-let deal for new Canary Wharf tower

    Allen & Overy (A&O) and Clifford Chance (CC) have taken lead roles on one of the largest London lettings deals so far this year. The magic circle duo have advised as the European Medical Association (EMA) agreed a pre-let of 250,000 sq ft in a new 20-storey tower which Canary Wharf Group will start building at 25 Churchill Place on the Wharf later this year.

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  • July 29, 2011 |

    O'Melveny names litigation head as new chair

    O'Melveny & Myers has named New York-based litigation head Bradley Butwin as its new chair, writes The Am Law Daily. The 51-year old Butwin will succeed current O'Melveny chair Arthur Culvahouse, who has held the position since 2000.

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  • July 27, 2011 |

    Slaughters and A&O act on $7.5bn Petrohawk acquisition financing

    Slaughter and May and Allen & Overy (A&O) have picked up advisory roles as BHP Billiton agreed a $7.5bn (£4.6bn) financing package for its takeover of Petrohawk Energy Corporation. The Anglo-Australian mining giant announced earlier this month (14 July) that it will acquire Houston-based oil and gas producer Petrohawk in a proposed $12.1bn (£7.4bn) deal.

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  • July 26, 2011 |

    CC adds partner to City regulatory team with senior Morgan Stanley hire

    Clifford Chance (CC) has moved to boost its regulatory team with the hire of a partner from Morgan Stanley. The firm has recruited Monica Sah, who is currently managing director and head of international wealth management legal for Morgan Stanley Smith Barney across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia.

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  • July 13, 2011 |

    BNP Paribas GC launches global panel review with expansion aim

    BNP Paribas has kicked off its first global panel review since bringing in the former head of Herbert Smith's Paris banking practice, Georges Dirani, in October 2010 as general counsel. The France-headquartered bank sent out a tender document to more than 20 firms last month, with a view to increasing the size of the roster to take into account the bank's geographic reach.

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  • July 11, 2011 |

    Simmons energy projects partner exits to join Morgan Lewis in London

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius has strengthened its London energy transactions practice with the hire of projects partner Martin Stewart-Smith from Simmons & Simmons. Stewart-Smith, who was a partner in the energy and project finance practice at Simmons, is due to join the US firm's City arm on 1 September once he has served his notice period.

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