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  • January 12, 2011 | International Edition

    Freshfields and Linklaters head Euro rankings after 2010 M&A mini-revival

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters have topped Mergermarket's European deal rankings by value and volume respectively for 2010. The rankings show Linklaters reclaiming the top spot by volume last year from Freshfields, with roles on 203 deals worth a total of $157.3bn (£101bn). Freshfields held on to the top of the table by value with roles on 179 deals worth $230.5bn (£148bn).

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  • January 12, 2011 |

    Freshfields and Linklaters head Euro rankings after 2010 M&A mini-revival

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters have topped Mergermarket's European deal rankings by value and volume respectively for 2010. The rankings show Linklaters reclaiming the top spot by volume last year from Freshfields, with roles on 203 deals worth a total of $157.3bn (£101bn). Freshfields held on to the top of the table by value with roles on 179 deals worth $230.5bn (£148bn).

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  • January 12, 2011 |

    Skadden leads the way on $6.3bn DuPont Denmark acquisition

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has won a lead role on DuPont's $6.3bn (£4bn) acquisition of Danish enzyme and speciality food ingredients company Danisco, reports The Am Law Daily. The deal is DuPont's largest since its 1999 purchase of biotechnology company Pioneer Hi-Bred International for $7.7bn (£4.9bn). DuPont, one of the world's top chemical makers, will pay $5.8bn (£3.7bn) in cash for Danisco, while also assuming $500m (£320m) of net debt.

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  • December 21, 2010 |

    Quinn Emanuel raises bar for associate bonuses with 2010 rates

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan associates could take home up to $82,500 (£53,300) in bonus payouts after the US firm confirmed its 2010 associate bonuses. Bonuses will range from $8,438 (£5,449) for associates who joined in 2009 and worked between 2,000 and 2,099 hours, through to $82,500 (£53,256) for the most senior associates (class of 2003) working at least 3,000 hours during 2010.

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  • December 20, 2010 |

    Skadden and Simpson Thacher win roles as Apax nears $8.5bn LBO deal

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett have won lead roles for Apax Partners as the buyout house closes in on a multibillion-pound deal that could become one of the largest European leveraged buyouts since the start of the credit crisis. Apax is in exclusive talks to buy Denmark-based facilities giant ISS after putting in an $8.5bn (£5.5bn) bid for the company.

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  • December 15, 2010 |

    Clifford Chance announces bonuses of up to $35,000 for US associates

    Clifford Chance (CC) has announced 2010 bonus levels for the firm's US associates, with the top payout coming in at $35,000 (£22,300). The news, announced in an internal memo sent out yesterday (14 December), lists the bonus levels for associates of the 2003-09 class years, which range from $7,500 (£4,800) to $35,000 (£22,300) based on post-qualification experience (PQE).

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  • December 14, 2010 |

    Skadden and Gide head up €1bn disposal by Gucci parent company

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Gide Loyrette Nouel have taken lead roles on a €1.2bn (£1bn) disposal by Gucci owner PPR. Skadden has advised French luxury goods and retail group PPR on the deal, which will see PPR offload its furniture and household goods brand Conforama to South Africa-listed manufacturing and retail group Steinhoff International Holdings.

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  • December 14, 2010 |

    Dewey unveils two-track bonus scale for London associates

    Dewey & LeBoeuf is set to pay its UK associates up to £21,500 as a discretionary year-end bonus, according to an internal memo sent by chairman Steve Davis. The amount awarded to associates this year ranges from £4,050 for ''tier 1' associates who joined in 2009, to £21,500 for the most senior 'tier 2' associates.

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  • December 8, 2010 |

    Hogan Lovells and Skadden lead on landmark $1.65bn Russia retail deal

    Hogan Lovells and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom have taken lead roles on a $1.65bn (£1bn) acquisition by one of Russia's largest retailers. X5 Retail Group, the retail branch of financial-industrial conglomerate Alfa Group, has acquired rival retail chain Kopeyka in a deal expected to close later this month. Hogan Lovells advised X5 with a team led by Moscow managing partner and corporate head Oxana Balayan (pictured) and senior M&A counsel Richard Cowie. London tax partner Karen Hughes also advised on the deal.

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  • December 8, 2010 |

    Skadden to close San Francisco base and consolidate California offices

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has announced that it will close its San Francisco office at the end of June next year, reports The Am Law Daily. The US firm has asked the lawyers in the San Francisco base - 17 associates, three counsel, and four partners - to move to its office in Palo Alto.

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