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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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  • May 9, 2007 |

    Jones Day's City arm ties up Dana pensions restructuring

    Jones Day's London office has completed a controversial restructuring of car part manufacturer Dana's UK pension liabilities.

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  • April 27, 2007 |

    Legal Week Student firm guide: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

    Few would dispute the barnstorming performance of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer across the European deal market in recent years. The firm has comfortably established itself as the continent's leader for cross-border M&A. Freshfields has acted on an amazing proportion of big-ticket deals. Highlights last year included acting on headline-hogging takeovers of P&O and airports operator BAA.

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  • April 26, 2007 |

    Know your firm: Firm foundations

    Proving you have researched the firm you want to work for is crucial come interview time. Legal Week Student offers an insight into the top 10 UK firms - their top partners, their cultures and their biggest clients

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  • April 25, 2007 |

    Wragges scoops lead on £352m corporate sale

    Wragge & Co has bagged one of its largest M&A mandates of recent years after scoring a lead role on the £352m buy-out of Rosemound Developments by Australian property giant Macquarie Goodman Group.

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  • April 19, 2007 |

    International ambition drives as US top 50 rakes in $40bn in 2006

    The US' top 50 law firms have posted their fourth successive year of double-digit increases in revenue and partner profits, yet still look set to lag behind their key European rivals in terms of growth this year.

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  • April 18, 2007 |

    Linklaters edges ahead of A&O and CC with 16% salary boost

    Linklaters is to increase its associate salaries by around 16%, overtaking magic circle rivals Allen & Overy (A&O) and Clifford Chance (CC) as a pay war looks increasingly likely.

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  • April 18, 2007 |

    Ashurst, CC lead on record-breaking CityPoint disposal

    Ashurst and Clifford Chance (CC) have bagged lead roles on London's largest-ever office deal - advising on Beacon Capital Partners' acquisition of CityPoint for more than £650m.

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  • April 18, 2007 |

    Gibson Dunn and Dechert lead firm roster on Crown Estate's £680m joint venture

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and Dechert have won lead roles on a £680m property joint venture between the Crown Estate and property trust The Hercules Unit Trust.

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  • March 28, 2007 |

    US giants dominate M&A rankings as European market falls from 2006 high

    A raft of US firms have topped the global M&A tables for the first quarter of 2007. New York firms Sullivan & Cromwell and Davis Polk & Wardwell led the field of advisers by total value of transactions over the three-month period, while Latham & Watkins and Jones Day finished top of the volume rankings.

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