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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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  • March 28, 2007 |

    Deals: Property 29/03/2007

    - Wragge & Co has advised Rosemound Developments on a deal with Cliff Basset, the owner of the Old Park Farm site, to develop a £25m stadium for Luton Town Football Club on the site. The Wragges team included commercial development and investment specialist Victoria Perry, tax partner Lee Nuttall and finance partner Colin Hurt. Real estate partner Alan Spiers at Mishcon de Reya advised Cliff Bassett.

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  • March 5, 2007 |

    Herding cats: Tony Griffiths

    Tony Griffiths is London office administrative partner at K&L Gates. He was managing partner at Nicholson Graham & Jones until 2005, when the City firm merged with Pittsburgh giant Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, with Griffiths taking a seat on the combined firm's management committee.

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  • February 28, 2007 |

    Franchising: Caught in the web

    The development of online sales presents unfamiliar challenges to businesses operating territorial franchise agreements Of the hundreds of successful franchise networks operating in the UK, few are unaffected by the phenomenal growth in the internet, which provides not just opportunity but also competition.

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  • February 21, 2007 |

    Deals: M&A 22/02/2007

    CMS Cameron McKenna has advised Galliford Try, a UK construction and house-building company, on its acquisition of residential building company Linden Holdings for £244.5m. Galliford will acquire 100% equity value of Linden for £108.5m and will assume Linden's net debt of £136m. Corporate partner Gary Green led the team at Camerons, while partner Adam Greaves at Jones Day led the team advising Linden.

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  • February 21, 2007 |

    Iberia: Beyond borders

    Where would you rank Spain in a league table of the world's largest economies? Having been in 16th place 10 years ago, it now sits at number eight, according to World Bank research. Last year, Spain also joined an elite group of the 10 countries that boast the most dollar millionaires; according to a wealth report produced by investment bank Merrill Lynch, there are now 148,600 of them.

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  • February 7, 2007 |

    Deals: Property 8/02/2007

    Olswang has acted for a joint venture between Benchmark and JER Partners on the sale of 90 Long Acre in Covent Garden, Olswang's old London premises, to a joint venture between Witkoff Group and DCD Group for £175m. The team at Olswang was led by real estate partner Liz Goss. Jones Day's real estate partner, Andrew Gumpert, led the team acting for the Witkoff Group/DCD joint venture.

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