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  • November 3, 1999 |

    Wall Street moves the goalposts

    With the cream of US firms upping their space requirements in London, Richard Tyler looks at

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  • October 20, 1999 |

    Gleneagles '99: taking stock of the future of IT

    A host of issues were raised at Legal Week's heavily-attended Legal IT Forum which took place at Gleneagles last week

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  • October 6, 1999 |

    Globalisation: holding hands or arm's length?

    At the IBA meeting in Barcelona last week, two continental factions seemed to be emerging in the debate over globalisation and the increasing dominance of the Anglo-Saxon legal model. In the main piece Richard Tyler hears from some of the older guard, such as Hannes Schneider of Hengeler Mueller, about their concerns over the commercialisation of the profession, while on the opposite page Richard Tromans talks to younger continental lawyers and finds them happily embracing the UK/US invasion

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  • September 8, 1999 |

    Slaughters joins 'best friends' to woo graduates

    Legal Week Reports

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  • September 8, 1999 |

    Slaughters joins 'best friends' to woo graduates

    Legal Week Reports

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  • September 8, 1999 |

    Separating the good from the bad in Germany

    Following last weekend's positive merger votes by Deringer Tessin and Puender Volhard to join with Freshfields and Clifford Chance, UK firms have found themselves in an unprecedented position of power within the German legal market. With Boesebeck Droste set to vote on whether to tie up with Lovells and Oppenhoff & Raedler already committed to Linklaters & Alliance, Richard Tyler reports on the cultural difficulties that lie ahead and assesses the next best targets for expansion-hungry City firms

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  • September 8, 1999 |

    Separating the good from the bad in Germany

    Following last weekend's positive merger votes by Deringer Tessin and Puender Volhard to join with Freshfields and Clifford Chance, UK firms have found themselves in an unprecedented position of power within the German legal market. With Boesebeck Droste set to vote on whether to tie up with Lovells and Oppenhoff & Raedler already committed to Linklaters & Alliance, Richard Tyler reports on the cultural difficulties that lie ahead and assesses the next best targets for expansion-hungry City firms

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  • August 4, 1999 |

    Deals

    Mergers and acquisitions

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  • July 14, 1999 |

    Deals

    Financing

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  • July 14, 1999 |

    Shockwaves from the 'big bang'

    Clifford Chance mega-merger

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