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  • October 10, 2007 |

    Fried Frank launches in mainland China

    Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson has opened an office in Shanghai, the New York-based law firm has announced. Corporate partner Michael Hickman, who was previously based in the firm's Hong Kong arm, will transfer to the mainland with a five-lawyer team.

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  • October 9, 2007 |

    GE unveils new European corporate advisers

    General Electric (GE) has named five firms on its first-ever European M&A panel, handing out lucrative mandates to Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Weil Gotshal & Manges, Slaughter & May, Allen & Overy and Ashurst. The quintet, which have all advised GE in the past, will look after its major transactional work in Europe after winning out in the latest plank of a sweeping review of the US company external legal advisers.

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  • October 3, 2007 |

    Reuters strives to maintain proud history in face of Thomson union

    Reuters has built a strong reputation as a go-to employer for ambitious corporate counsel. Michelle Madsen investigates whether the respected news provider can maintain its focus in the wake of its recent merger with Thomson

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  • September 28, 2007 |

    US Briefing: Cupcake quits Bingham for movies

    Former prostitute and junkie-turned-lawyer Cupcake Brown left Bingham McCutchen earlier this month to work on a movie script for her widely acclaimed memoir A Piece Of Cake. "I enjoyed the practice of law, but I want to help people," Brown said. "I've just been inundated with speaking requests, but it's hard to do when you've got billable hours and lots of responsibilities."

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  • September 27, 2007 |

    Legal Week Assistant: The full story

    Legal Week's in-depth survey of the country's top law firms offers the big picture on just what law firms offer their assistants and associates - from salary, to soft benefits, to career progression. Read on to find out how your law firm fares and how the competition stacks up. Derek Bedlow and Sophie Evans report

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  • September 24, 2007 |

    US GCs given bump up in pay

    Total compensation for in-house lawyers in management roles jumped by 8% to 14% this year, and by 4.5% to 23% for non-management lawyers, according to a new survey by law firm consultancy Altman Weil, reports the National Law Journal. "These increases, even after adjusting them for inflation, were very solid," said Altman principal James Wilber.

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  • September 22, 2007 |

    - The post-Lehman landscape: a Legal Week Wiki special

    The dramatic collapse of investment banking giant Lehman Brothers rocked financial markets around the world, as the credit crunch claimed its most high-profile victim to date. The days that followed saw a flurry of action as the financial world scrambled to make sense of events. Here's how Legal Week reported the post-Lehman fallout.

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  • September 19, 2007 |

    Martin loses out on Thomson-Reuters top GC role

    Lauded Reuters general counsel Rosemary Martin has been overlooked for the top post-merger legal job at Thomson-Reuters in favour of Thomson's legal director, Deirdre Stanley.

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  • September 19, 2007 |

    US firms in London: Friends in the City

    Almost half the respondents to this years' US firms in London survey would consider a tie-up with a UK firm. Helen Mooney reports on London's enduring appeal

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  • September 19, 2007 |

    Deal Week Dispatch: 19/9/2007

    Deal Week Dispatch brings readers an early taster of news from Legal Week's unparalleled deals coverage, with Jones Day, Weil Gotshal and Slaughters among the movers and shakers

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