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  • June 5, 2008 |

    Watson Farley hires Orrick man in New York

    Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has moved to expand its US corporate practice with the hire of a new partner in New York. Antonios Backos joined the City outfit's Manhattan arm as a partner on 1 June. The addition of Backos, who was previously a partner at West Coast firm Orrick Harrington & Sutcliffe, brings Watson Farley's New York partnership to eight.

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  • June 4, 2008 |

    Frank talking for Francies

    With current economic conditions combining the very worst aspects of the Great Depression, the Dark Ages and the last days of Babylon (according to certain hyperbolic elements of the media, anyway) this might not be the best time to go job-hunting

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  • June 2, 2008 |

    US leaders join China quake aid effort

    A clutch of leading US law firms have opened their wallets to help China's recent earthquake victims, writes The American Lawyer, including a number of firms with active China practices. Firms to have contributed to various relief organisations working to aid the Chinese include New York's Dewey & LeBouef and Sullivan & Cromwell; West Coast outfits Heller Ehrman, Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe; and the Chicago pair of Kirkland & Ellis and McDermott Will & Emery.

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  • May 22, 2008 |

    Countdown to this year's Global 100: the UK members

    Later this year Legal Week and The American Lawyer will be joining forces to produce the Global 100 the definitive ranking and analysis of the world’s…

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  • May 21, 2008 |

    Corporate Counsel: Thinking inside the box

    Little needs to be said about the continuously increasing cost of retaining outside counsel and there is little hope that the economic downturn will do anything more than temporarily slow the increases. Moreover, the slow economy will step up the pressure on companies to reduce their legal costs.

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  • May 21, 2008 |

    CC faces A&O on Staples' €1.5bn hostile Dutch bid

    Magic circle duo Clifford Chance (CC) and Allen & Overy have taken lead roles on the €1.5bn (£1.19bn) hostile takeover approach by US office supply giant Staples for Dutch supplier Corporate Express, writes The American Lawyer. CC is advising Staples on Dutch aspects of the bid, alongside a team from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, which is advising on US law. The WilmerHale team is being led by Boston-based corporate partners Jay Bothwick, Mark Borden and Wendell Taylor.

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  • May 20, 2008 |

    2008 Assistant Pay League: a Legal Week Wiki special

    Who pays what and how. Your A-Z guide to the pay scales at the top UK and US firms.

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  • May 14, 2008 |

    ...Legal Week Lunchbox: 14/05/08...

    The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today; plus the pick of the day's posts; Dick Tyler on law firm profits; and more

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  • May 13, 2008 |

    Brooklyn beckons for Weil Gotshal

    Weil Gotshal & Manges has opened another office in New York, writes The American Lawyer, with the Manhattan-based law firm opening a new branch in Kings County, Brooklyn. The firm - ranked 10th in this year's Am Law 100 report - is relocating staff members from its finance, operations and IT departments into 35,000 sq ft of new office space at 15 MetroTech Center in downtown Brooklyn.

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  • May 12, 2008 |

    Weil signs LPC deal with College of Law

    Weil Gotshal & Manges has signed a deal with the College of Law that will see the US firm's City trainees on the Legal Practice Course (LPC) receive bespoke training from the education provider. Under the terms of the deal, which takes effect from September 2009, Weil Gotshal's annual intake of trainees will spend two terms at the College in Moorgate before a final term studying the firm's bespoke electives.

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