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  • April 20, 2007 |

    Shearman loses City projects partner to US rival

    Shearman & Sterling City-based projects partner Nigel Thompson has quit the US firm to join Baker Botts in Dubai. Thompson, who joined Shearman in 1996, advises sponsors and lenders on infrastructure projects, with a particular emphasis on energy and oil and gas projects. His departure will leave Shearman with three full-time projects partners in London - including City managing partner Kenneth MacRitchie - and around 19 associates.

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  • April 20, 2007 |

    2007 pay round: a Legal Week Wiki special

    As more City firms show their hands in the salary stakes, the Legal Week Wiki brings you the chance to post your views, pass on the latest gossip and help fill out our salary table.

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  • April 20, 2007 | International Edition

    DLA Piper picks up Bingham City finance partner

    Bingham McCutchen City banking partner Sarah Coucher has resigned from the US firm to join DLA Piper. Coucher joined Bingham in 2002 from top 20 UK firm Denton Wilde Sapte, where she was head of leveraged finance. Her practice focuses on acting for creditors on senior and subordinated debt work.

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  • April 20, 2007 |

    DLA Piper picks up Bingham City finance partner

    Bingham McCutchen City banking partner Sarah Coucher has resigned from the US firm to join DLA Piper. Coucher joined Bingham in 2002 from top 20 UK firm Denton Wilde Sapte, where she was head of leveraged finance. Her practice focuses on acting for creditors on senior and subordinated debt work.

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  • April 18, 2007 |

    US Top 50/New York: The bigger picture

    Legal Week's top 50 US results show plenty of firms excelling in 2006. But, finds Paul Hodkinson, there is nervousness behind the numbers

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  • April 12, 2007 | International Edition

    US duo land latest Nestle-Novartis deal

    Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw and Cravath Swaine & Moore have landed lead roles on the $5.5bn (£2.8bn) acquisition of Novartis' baby food brand by foodstuffs giant Nestle - the second major deal between the two companies in recent months.Mayer Brown is advising regular client Nestle as it agreed to acquire the Gerber baby food brand from Swiss drug maker Novartis - a deal announced earlier today (12 April). Corporate partner David Carpenter is leading the Mayer Brown team from the firm's Chicago hub.

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  • April 12, 2007 |

    US duo land latest Nestle-Novartis deal

    Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw and Cravath Swaine & Moore have landed lead roles on the $5.5bn (£2.8bn) acquisition of Novartis' baby food brand by foodstuffs giant Nestle - the second major deal between the two companies in recent months.Mayer Brown is advising regular client Nestle as it agreed to acquire the Gerber baby food brand from Swiss drug maker Novartis - a deal announced earlier today (12 April). Corporate partner David Carpenter is leading the Mayer Brown team from the firm's Chicago hub.

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  • April 10, 2007 |

    Shearman secures Shanghai launch

    Shearman & Sterling is set to open a new office in Shanghai after being granted a license by local authorities, the US firm announced today (10 April). The office - which will be Shearman's third serving the China market, alongside operations in Beijing and Hong Kong - will be headed by corporate partner Andrew Ruff and is expected to open later in the spring.

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  • March 28, 2007 |

    Shearman to allow 'exceptional' partners to stay on past age 65

    Shearman & Sterling has introduced new powers to allow partners to stay on beyond the normal retirement age of 65, a change it is believed was made for the benefit of heavyweight German managing partner Georg Thoma. Under the new terms, the US firm's policy committee will have the power to allow certain partners to retain their status beyond the normal retirement age.

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  • March 23, 2007 |

    GE drops e-bidding for US adviser overhaul

    General Electric (GE) has completed an overhaul of its US panel of advisers, ditching 44 firms and adding 12 new names to the roster. The international conglomerate, which has one of the largest in-house legal departments in the world, has axed 15 litigation firms and 13 US regional firms - including Armstrong Teasdale and Fox Rothschild - from its from its roster, which handles all of GE's legal work in the US.

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