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  • July 4, 2007 |

    Client hospitality comes under the spotlight in Bar standards review

    Bar Standards Board unveils 'blush test' as key plank of new guidance on chambers hospitality as senior Bar figures say the regulator has managed a deft balancing act. Claire Ruckin reports on the latest developments at the Bar

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  • July 3, 2007 |

    Shearman taps US rival for Paris finance hire

    New York giant Shearman & Sterling has strengthened its European finance practice with the hire of Paris-based Jones Day partner Pierre-Nicolas Ferrand, it was announced yesterday (2 July). Ferrand, who focuses on banking and structured finance, as well as restructuring and insolvency matters, joins Shearman in the French capital as a partner.

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  • June 21, 2007 |

    Summer surge gifts top City firms big-ticket IPOs

    A busy seven days for initial public offerings (IPOs) has gifted corporate mandates to a raft of City law firms as the number of companies coming to market surges before the summer break. White & Case, Norton Rose and Baker & McKenzie were among the main recipients of the listings, which had a combined value of more than £3bn.

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  • June 20, 2007 |

    Deal Week Dispatch: 20/6/2007

    Deal Week Dispatch brings readers an early taster of news from Legal Week's unparalleled Deal Week section, with Freshfields, Ashurst and Wragges among the runners and riders.

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  • June 19, 2007 |

    Ex-CBI boss Jones joins Welsh firm as adviser

    Welsh leader Hugh James has hired the former head of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), Sir Digby Jones, the firm announced today (19 June). Jones, takes on an advisory role, with the firm confident his business expertise will be beneficial to its clients. Following his decision to step down from the CBI in 2006 after six years at the helm, Jones and has been acting as 'skills envoy' for the Government. He has also done consulting work for professional services giant Deloitte and Barclays Capital.

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  • May 21, 2007 |

    Jones Day hires in Madrid for real estate launch

    Jones Day 's Spanish arm has launched a real estate department after sealing the hire of Victor Casarrubios from Spanish independent Gomez-Acebo & Pombo, Legal Week can report today (21 May). Construction specialist Casarrubios, who was a partner in Gomez-Acebo's real estate, planning and environment practice, joined the US firm at the beginning of the month.

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  • May 17, 2007 | International Edition

    Herbert Smith conflict gifts Macfarlanes £8bn mandate

    A Herbert Smith conflict has handed Macfarlanes the lead role opposite Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer on the £8bn takeover of UK construction group Hanson by Germany's HeidelbergCement. Macfarlanes corporate finance partner Tim Lewis and corporate partner Graham Gibb are advising Heidelberg on its £7.85bn offer for Hanson, in the biggest-ever takeover in the building materials industry.

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  • May 17, 2007 |

    Herbert Smith conflict gifts Macfarlanes £8bn mandate

    A Herbert Smith conflict has handed Macfarlanes the lead role opposite Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer on the £8bn takeover of UK construction group Hanson by Germany's HeidelbergCement. Macfarlanes corporate finance partner Tim Lewis and corporate partner Graham Gibb are advising Heidelberg on its £7.85bn offer for Hanson, in the biggest-ever takeover in the building materials industry.

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  • May 16, 2007 |

    Nabarro to fight £700k negligence claim over client's Man Utd lease

    Hanson launches six-figure High Court claim against Nabarro over tenancy dispute with top football club

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  • May 9, 2007 |

    DLA Piper taps US rival for City tax chief recruit

    DLA Piper has hired Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Ellis Gates' London tax chief, Richard Woolich, as the firm continues to beef up its City presence.

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