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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 19, 2007 |

    Baker Botts boosts Dubai with Dentons defector

    Denton Wilde Sapte has been hit by the loss of its Middle East head of energy and project finance, Sean Korney, who has left the City firm to join Baker Botts. Korney, who specialises in major oil and gas projects in the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Americas, joins the Texas firm as a partner in its Dubai office.

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  • June 15, 2007 |

    A&O launches in Abu Dhabi with Simmons hires

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has launched in Abu Dhabi after poaching two local partners from Simmons & Simmons as the firm continues to expand its Middle East presence. Project finance and corporate partner Ibrahim Mubaydeen and corporate partner Francois Duquette will head up the office, which is expected to be open for business in September. They will be joined by A&O projects partner Jas Gillar, who will relocate from the firm's Singapore office.

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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,…

    1 minute read

  • June 14, 2007 | International Edition

    Orrick fights back in Paris with Shearman raid

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has strengthened its Paris tax offering following a raid on US rival Shearman & Sterling. Tax partner Isabelle Chauvet joins the West Coast giant as a partner in the French capital, following the departure last month of Orrick's respected local tax head, Stephane Salou, who moved to Norton Rose.

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  • June 14, 2007 |

    Orrick fights back in Paris with Shearman raid

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has strengthened its Paris tax offering following a raid on US rival Shearman & Sterling. Tax partner Isabelle Chauvet joins the West Coast giant as a partner in the French capital, following the departure last month of Orrick's respected local tax head, Stephane Salou, who moved to Norton Rose.

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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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  • June 13, 2007 |

    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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  • May 31, 2007 |

    Skadden energised by $4bn Coke deal

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has acted for iconic brand Coca-Cola on its biggest acquisition to date, the $4.1bn (£2.1bn) purchase of energy drinks company Energy Brand. Skadden fielded a team out of its New York office led by M&A partners Martha McGarry and Sean Doyle.

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