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  • June 21, 2007 |

    Wages of spin

    Legal Week noted recently that UK and US legal markets were converging. And with London firms handing out substantial rises for assistants this year, that process has taken a considerable step forward as the gap between New York and City 'rates' narrows again.

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  • June 21, 2007 | International Edition

    US firms resist Weil-style pay hikes as salary market begins to fragment

    O'Melveny & Myers, LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae and Hogan & Hartson have set their London associate salary rates, with the firms holding fast against the increases announced at Weil Gotshal & Manges last week. All three have remained in line with the mid-Atlantic newly-qualified rates set by White & Case (£76,000) and Shearman & Sterling (£75,000) earlier this year.

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  • June 21, 2007 |

    US firms resist Weil-style pay hikes as salary market begins to fragment

    O'Melveny & Myers, LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae and Hogan & Hartson have set their London associate salary rates, with the firms holding fast against the increases announced at Weil Gotshal & Manges last week. All three have remained in line with the mid-Atlantic newly-qualified rates set by White & Case (£76,000) and Shearman & Sterling (£75,000) earlier this year.

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  • June 20, 2007 |

    Dealmaker: Stephen Lloyd

    Apax regular Stephen Lloyd is a partner in Ashurst's much-touted private equity team.

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  • June 20, 2007 |

    Deal Week Dispatch: 20/6/2007

    Deal Week Dispatch brings readers an early taster of news from Legal Week's unparalleled Deal Week section, with Freshfields, Ashurst and Wragges among the runners and riders.

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  • June 18, 2007 |

    Legal Week Lunchbox: 18/6/2007

    Kick off the week with the five most popular stories on legalweek.com today; plus the pick of readers' comments and a new Career Clinic dilemma

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  • June 15, 2007 |

    Weil Gotshal hikes NQ salaries by 20% to £90,000

    Weil Gotshal & Manges will pay its London newly-qualified lawyers £90,000 after boosting its salaries by 20% to pay the same level as many of Wall Street's elite. The mid-Atlantic firm internally announced the pay bands today (15 June) and has increased all other associate bands by around 17%. Salaries for three year-qualified lawyers have risen from £98,000 to £114,660.

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  • June 14, 2007 | International Edition

    Wild card Weil Gotshal deals trump card on salaries

    Weil Gotshal certainly doesn’t mess about, or at least not this year. Just when the drama looked like it has gone out of the current City pay round,…

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  • June 14, 2007 |

    Wild card Weil Gotshal deals trump card on salaries

    Weil Gotshal certainly doesn’t mess about, or at least not this year. Just when the drama looked like it has gone out of the current City pay round,…

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  • June 13, 2007 | International Edition

    Lion Capital splits the wealth between Weil Gotshal and SJs with deal double

    Private equity house Lion Capital has handed Weil Gotshal & Manges and SJ Berwin a sizeable European acquisition each as the sought-after client continues to divide up its work.

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