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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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  • 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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