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  • March 5, 2008 |

    Shearman City partners fly in after German exits

    Shearman & Sterling London finance head Anthony Ward is splitting his time between London and Frankfurt, following the departure of two German banking partners.Ward is sharing the responsibility with other London partners, with one City partner at a time spending three days each week in the German office.

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  • March 5, 2008 |

    Freshfields' Paris arm leads trio on €800m Eurotunnel funding

    The Paris offices of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Shearman & Sterling and Sullivan & Cromwell are advising Eurotunnel on its plans to secure €800m (£612m) of funding. Last month's issue of deferred equity securities is part of a planned €1.7bn (£1.3bn) refinancing and is being fully underwritten by a Goldman Sachs infrastructure fund.

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  • February 25, 2008 |

    Skadden Euro push lands Links tax man

    Skadden Arps Meagher & Flom has boosted its French practice with the hire of a tax partner from City giant Linklaters. Philippe Derouin will join Skadden in Paris as a partner next month. He advises clients on tax aspects of a wide range of domestic and international matters, including M&A, corporate restructurings, structured and project finance and tax litigation.

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  • February 21, 2008 |

    City leads for Shearman in strong '07 results

    Shearman & Sterling has notched up significant rises in both profits and turnover in its latest financial results, with London emerging as a leading performer for the US firm. Global revenue grew by 9.4% to $921m (£471m), up from a mark of $842m (£430m) in 2006. Profits per equity partner (PEP), meanwhile, were up 11.9% to a new mark of $1.847m (£944,000), compared to $1.65m (£843,000) in 2006.

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  • February 21, 2008 | International Edition

    Morgan Stanley man boosts Latham City finance

    Latham & Watkins has bagged a new partner for its London office with the hire of Daniel Maze from Morgan Stanley. Maze, who joins Latham's City finance practice on 1 March, was previously an executive director in the leveraged and acquisition finance group at Morgan Stanley in London, where he worked for three years.

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  • February 21, 2008 |

    Morgan Stanley man boosts Latham City finance

    Latham & Watkins has bagged a new partner for its London office with the hire of Daniel Maze from Morgan Stanley. Maze, who joins Latham's City finance practice on 1 March, was previously an executive director in the leveraged and acquisition finance group at Morgan Stanley in London, where he worked for three years.

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  • February 21, 2008 |

    Slaughters gears up for headline role on landmark Northern Rock nationalisation

    Slaughter and May is preparing to handle the UK's first full nationalisation since the 1970s following the announcement this week that the Government plans to take control of Northern Rock.The decision to reject two private sector bids for the ailing mortgage lender will come as a blow to a number of City firms, including Allen & Overy, which was advising Virgin Group, the front-runner to acquire the bank.The news leaves Slaughters, which is fielding a team under partner Charles Randell, working on an unprecedented corporate takeover under intense scrutiny. The bid, which will be backed by emergency legislation, will notably have to avoid falling foul of European Commission rules on state aid and is also likely to face a legal challenge from Northern Rock shareholders.

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  • February 19, 2008 |

    Shearman selects Selzner as Euro M&A chief

    Shearman & Sterling has appointed Duesseldorf-based partner Harald Selzner as the head of its European M&A practice, the New York firm announced today (19 February). The appointment, which is effective from this month, sees Selzner takes on management responsibility for the European transactional practice as co-deputy head of M&A.

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  • February 13, 2008 |

    Duane Morris names new asset planning chair

    Mayer Brown has hired Shearman & Sterling partner Christophe Dugue in a boost to its arbitration practice. Dugue joins Mayer Brown as a partner in its Paris office, having worked at Shearman since 1990. He has previously worked in the international legal departments of Banque Nationale de Paris and Banque Indosuez.

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  • February 13, 2008 |

    Sheppard Mullin bags Bingham team for OC

    Mayer Brown has hired Shearman & Sterling partner Christophe Dugue in a boost to its arbitration practice. Dugue joins Mayer Brown as a partner in its Paris office, having worked at Shearman since 1990. He has previously worked in the international legal departments of Banque Nationale de Paris and Banque Indosuez.

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