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  • January 29, 2007 |

    Apax hands Ashurst Swedish healthcare sale

    Ashurst has won the lead role on a €2.85bn (£1.87bn) disposal of Swedish healthcare company Molnlycke for private equity house Apax.The top 10 City firm ran two separate teams with one advising Apax on the exit and another acting for Molnlycke on a listing on the London Stock Exchange proposed as an alternative exit option.

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  • January 25, 2007 |

    Skadden surges ahead of US rivals to take M&A top spot

    Manhattan leader Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has topped the US M&A rankings after acting on $540bn (£274bn) worth of deals in a blockbuster year for US deal lawyers. The New York firm rose one place to take top spot after advising on 237 deals, according to figures from Mergermarket. Sullivan & Cromwell came second, acting on 136 deals worth a total of $504bn (£255bn).

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  • January 17, 2007 |

    Clifford Chance bags $1.9bn energy deal

    Clifford Chance (CC) has advised a trio of private equity houses on the sale of oil mining equipment company Vetco Gray to GE's oil and gas division for $1.9bn (£977m).

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  • January 9, 2007 |

    Everyone's a winner...or not

    So who is the winner? Kirkland & Ellis for hiring a respected three-partner funds team from SJ Berwin - or SJs’ transactional team for seeing…

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  • January 8, 2007 |

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

    How does the US giant measure up to its rivals in the City elite? Is Skadden just about M&A?

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  • January 8, 2007 |

    White & Case

    A traditional powerhouse among US firms in Europe.

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  • December 13, 2006 |

    German joins Weil Gotshal's strategy board

    Weil Gotshal & Manges has expanded its management committee to include its first-ever German member

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  • December 13, 2006 |

    Deals: M&A

    In Brief

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  • December 7, 2006 | International Edition

    McDermott hikes UK lawyers' pay by 12%

    By Georgina Stanley

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  • December 7, 2006 |

    McDermott hikes UK lawyers' pay by 12%

    By Georgina Stanley

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