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  • July 25, 2007 |

    Germany: The Freshfields effect

    Freshfields' partnership shake-up means more than a flurry of CVs for recruiters - the effects of the firm's restructuring are being felt throughout Germany's main legal centres. James Illman reports

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  • July 24, 2007 | International Edition

    Shearman faces Freshfields on record Irish bid

    Shearman & Sterling has taken a role opposite Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as Hypo Real Estate scoops up Depfa Bank for €5.7bn (£3.86bn) in the largest-ever corporate acquisition in Ireland. Shearman is advising Depfa on the recommended bid through London corporate partner Peter King and a German team including high-profile German managing partner Georg Thoma and corporate partner Birgit Reese. Dublin firm McCann FitzGerald has also bagged a role, advising the Irish bank on local law.

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  • July 24, 2007 |

    Shearman faces Freshfields on record Irish bid

    Shearman & Sterling has taken a role opposite Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as Hypo Real Estate scoops up Depfa Bank for €5.7bn (£3.86bn) in the largest-ever corporate acquisition in Ireland. Shearman is advising Depfa on the recommended bid through London corporate partner Peter King and a German team including high-profile German managing partner Georg Thoma and corporate partner Birgit Reese. Dublin firm McCann FitzGerald has also bagged a role, advising the Irish bank on local law.

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  • July 20, 2007 |

    A&O tops H1 projects league for 2007

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has once again come out on top of the latest global project finance league tables, leading its rivals by value and volume for the first half of 2007. Research by Infrastructure Journal shows A&O on top after advising on 35 deals worth a combined $27.4bn (£13.4bn). Clifford Chance (CC) is in second place by value, with 24 deals worth $23.2bn (£11.3bn), while New York law firm Shearman & Sterling completes the top three by value after acting on deals worth $15.3bn (£7.5bn).

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  • July 18, 2007 | International Edition

    Skadden snaps up £12bn Sainsbury's bid role

    The City arm of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has bagged a key mandate acting on the £12bn bid for Sainsbury's by a Qatari investment group. The New York leader is advising Delta Two on its approach for the supermarket giant, which comes just months after Sainsbury's dismissed an approach from a private equity consortium comprising CVC Capital, Blackstone and Texas Pacific Group.

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  • July 18, 2007 |

    Skadden snaps up £12bn Sainsbury's bid role

    The City arm of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has bagged a key mandate acting on the £12bn bid for Sainsbury's by a Qatari investment group. The New York leader is advising Delta Two on its approach for the supermarket giant, which comes just months after Sainsbury's dismissed an approach from a private equity consortium comprising CVC Capital, Blackstone and Texas Pacific Group.

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  • July 11, 2007 |

    Deal Week Dispatch: 11/7/2007

    Deal Week Dispatch brings readers an early taster of news from Legal Week's unparalleled Deal Week section, with Clifford Chance, Ashurst and Fried Frank among the deal-doers.

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  • July 6, 2007 |

    Barclays review keeps faith with familiar faces

    Barclays has unveiled its eagerly awaited new panel, with all the bank's main panel firms reappointed to its coveted main roster. Mandates for the bank's general advisory panel, which are set to run for two years, have been handed out once again to historical advisers to Allen & Overy (A&O), Clifford Chance (CC), Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters, Lovells, DLA Piper and Simmons & Simmons.

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  • July 3, 2007 |

    Shearman taps US rival for Paris finance hire

    New York giant Shearman & Sterling has strengthened its European finance practice with the hire of Paris-based Jones Day partner Pierre-Nicolas Ferrand, it was announced yesterday (2 July). Ferrand, who focuses on banking and structured finance, as well as restructuring and insolvency matters, joins Shearman in the French capital as a partner.

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  • June 27, 2007 |

    Chicago's Jenner to downsize partnership

    Chicago-based Jenner & Block has become the latest US firm to announce it will be cutting back its partnership, with the firm demoting around 15 of its equity partners.

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