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  • November 28, 2007 |

    Weil's City arm captures role on billion-pound Olympus bid

    Weil Gotshal & Manges' City office has bagged a first-time instruction for Japanese camera and medical devices company Olympus, advising opposite magic circle giant Allen & Overy (A&O) on the camera-maker's £1.03bn bid for Gyrus Group.

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  • November 27, 2007 | International Edition

    City giants commit £750k to new diversity drive

    A clutch of London's leading law firms have committed around three-quarters of a million pounds to a new initiative aimed at increasing diversity in the legal profession. Thirteen members of the City Solicitors Educational Trust (CSET) have set aside £250,000 for next year to finance the new project - which aims to encourage students from a wider range of universities and backgrounds to consider a career in law - with similar totals expected for 2009 and 2010.

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  • November 27, 2007 |

    City giants commit £750k to new diversity drive

    A clutch of London's leading law firms have committed around three-quarters of a million pounds to a new initiative aimed at increasing diversity in the legal profession. Thirteen members of the City Solicitors Educational Trust (CSET) have set aside £250,000 for next year to finance the new project - which aims to encourage students from a wider range of universities and backgrounds to consider a career in law - with similar totals expected for 2009 and 2010.

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  • November 27, 2007 |

    ...Legal Week Lunchbox: 27/11/07...

    The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today; plus the pick of the day's posts; and all the usual fun

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  • November 26, 2007 | International Edition

    Weil Gotshal makes up City pair to partner

    Weil Gotshal & Manges has announced its latest round of partner promotions, with the US firm's City arm picking up two new partners. Weil Gotshal elected a total of 21 lawyers to partner across the firm as a whole, with seven of the new partners based across the New York law firm's European network.

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  • November 26, 2007 |

    Weil Gotshal makes up City pair to partner

    Weil Gotshal & Manges has announced its latest round of partner promotions, with the US firm's City arm picking up two new partners. Weil Gotshal elected a total of 21 lawyers to partner across the firm as a whole, with seven of the new partners based across the New York law firm's European network.

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  • November 26, 2007 |

    ...Legal Week Lunchbox: 26/11/07...

    The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today; plus the pick of the day's posts; and a new Career Clinic dilemma

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  • November 21, 2007 |

    Thomson-Reuters names Gardner as section head

    Reuters US general counsel Nancy Gardner has been named as the head of legal of Thomson-Reuters' financial news service arm.

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  • November 11, 2007 |

    ...Legal Week Lunchbox: 12/11/07...

    The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today; the pick of the day's posts; and lots more this sunny Monday

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  • November 9, 2007 |

    Skadden snaps up Weil City restructuring head

    New York giant Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has strengthened its London practice with the hire of Weil Gotshal & Manges local restructuring head Chris Mallon. Mallon, who announced his departure earlier this week, will head up Skadden's UK law restructuring practice.

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