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  • March 25, 2011 |

    Latham opens new base in Boston with hires from trio of US firms

    Latham & Watkins has opened a new office in Boston with seven hires from a trio of US firms, reports The Am Law Daily. Joining the new base are four lawyers from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, two from Bingham McCutchen and one from Proskauer Rose.

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  • March 23, 2011 |

    Paying the piper - can law firms' love affair with banks survive a series of tough panel reviews?

    Can City law firms' love affair with leading banks survive a bruising round of adviser reviews? Sofia Lind and Friederike Heine report

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  • March 23, 2011 |

    Links and Freshfields act on high-profile float alongside US duo

    Linklaters, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and US firms Kirkland & Ellis and Weil Gotshal & Manges have picked up roles on the planned initial public offering (IPO) of British vacuum technology producer Edwards Group, which is expected to value the company at £1.5bn. Magic circle firm Freshfields has been instructed by Edwards Group, fielding a team led by London corporate partners Simon Witty and Natasha Good, who are working alongside US-qualified corporate partner Don Guiney.

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  • March 23, 2011 |

    Raft of magic circle, US and Euro firms act on $4.5bn cable buyout

    A raft of US and European firms have taken roles on Liberty Global's $4.5bn (£2.8bn) acquisition of Germany's Kabel Baden-Wuerttemberg (KBW) after a competitive auction led by private equity sellers EQT Partners. US cable operator Liberty instructed both Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and US firm Ropes & Gray on the deal, with the firms advising on M&A and financing respectively.

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  • March 22, 2011 |

    Wragges recruits new partner for healthcare practice

    Wragge & Co has strengthened its healthcare practice with the hire of a new partner in London. Robert Breedon is set to join Wragges on 4 April from his own consultancy Nomos Legal, where he provides consultancy services to various in-house legal teams. These include the Department of Health, where he has spent much of his time as in-house counsel for the department's commercial directorate.

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  • March 21, 2011 |

    Sullivan and Wachtell take lead on AT&T's $39bn T-Mobile USA buyout

    Sullivan & Cromwell and Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz have taken lead roles on AT&T's $39bn (£24bn) purchase of T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom, reports The Am Law Daily. The cash-and-stock deal will create the largest mobile phone company in the US. AT&T has 95.5 million subscribers, while T-Mobile USA has 34 million.

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  • March 18, 2011 |

    Winston signs up 15-partner Howrey team for Houston launch

    Winston & Strawn is launching in Houston with the hire of more than 40 intellectual property (IP) and commercial litigation lawyers from Howrey, reports The Am Law Daily. The group joining Winston includes 15 partners, with the remainder of the team comprising special counsel, associates and IP experts. The partners include Stephen Cagle, the former managing partner of Howrey's Houston office.

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  • March 16, 2011 |

    Latham names new non-US finance co-head

    Latham & Watkins has appointed London banking partner Dominic Newcomb to co-head its finance practice outside the US. Newcomb replaces London finance partner Christopher Hall in the role, with Hall's decision to step down announced at Latham's annual partnership conference in New York earlier this month (3 March).

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  • March 15, 2011 |

    Silk round 2011 - reaction and the chambers perspective

    Three sets of barristers' chambers will each gain four new queen's counsel (QC) next month as part of a 2011 silk round that saw applicants enjoy the highest success rate since 1995. The 120-strong round saw barristers from 76 chambers across the country securing the elite QC kitemark, with No5 Chambers, Thirty Nine Essex Street/82 King Street and Maitland Chambers all achieving the highest share of successful applicants, with four apiece.

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  • March 10, 2011 |

    Slaughters and A&O advise on £1.2bn Gatwick refinancing deal

    Allen & Overy (A&O) and Slaughter and May have taken lead roles on a £1.2bn refinancing for Gatwick Airport. The refinancing, which closed last week ( 2 March), saw Slaughters act for Gatwick Airport and its largest shareholder Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), with A&O advising the lead arranger Royal Bank of Scotland. The two-part refinancing comprised a £600m bond issue combined with a new £600m bank loan, with the deal fully refinancing GIP's £1.5bn acquisition of Gatwick from BAA in 2009.

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