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  • May 17, 2007 |

    Overview: A Whirlwind Tour

    The intense focus on pay rises at the top London firms may have stolen the headlines of late, but the truth is that there is just as much happening in the regional, offshore and international legal markets as in the City - as Legal Week's editorial team demonstrates in this round-up of events from Nottingham to New York.

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  • May 16, 2007 |

    Addleshaws and DLA check in for Yorkshire airport sale

    Bridgepoint hands airport role to Addleshaws while Linklaters City HQ takes first mandate

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  • May 10, 2007 |

    Linklaters wins first UK Bridgepoint mandate

    Linklaters has advised Bridgepoint Capital for the first time in London, acting on the buy-out house's acquisition of Gambro Healthcare. The City giant, which has a relationship with the client in Stockholm and Paris, advised on the acquisition of the dialysis care services division of Swedish-based Gambro Group for an undisclosed sum. Press reports have put the value of the deal as high as €600m (£407.5m). The business is the second-largest of its type in Europe and has 155 clinics across 14 countries.

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  • May 9, 2007 |

    EasyJet to launch first panel review as nationals land EasyGroup roles

    EasyJet has announced that is to embark upon its first-ever panel review in the same week as it emerged that easyGroup has reviewed its advisers, naming mostly national firms on its new roster.

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  • May 4, 2007 |

    Senior City duo join Campbell Hooper

    West End boutique Campbell Hooper has bagged a brace of high-profile partners in a boost for its gaming division, the London practice announced today (4 May). Highly-rated sports and commercial lawyer Paul Renney joins the firm next week from UK giant Addleshaw Goddard, where he was an equity partner and headed up the specialist gambling and advertising teams. He is also the former head of Addleshaw's e-commerce practice.

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  • May 2, 2007 |

    TLT cashes in on £326m Punch pubs sale

    Bristol firm TLT has advised Punch Taverns on the £326m sale of 869 pubs to market rival Admiral Taverns.

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  • May 1, 2007 |

    Addleshaws names international arbitration head

    Addleshaw Goddard has appointed dispute resolution partner Simon Kamstra as its first head of international arbitration, the national firm announced today (1 May). The move puts Kamstra at the helm of a 40-lawyer team based across the firm's offices in Manchester, Leeds and London and comes in response to the group's expansion in recent months.

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  • April 26, 2007 |

    Student news round-up - solicitors

    War for talent pushes retention rates past 90% with Freshfields looking to keep more The UK's top firms are keeping a tight grip on their trainees, with…

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  • April 26, 2007 |

    Brief encounter: Paula Dillon - a working woman

    Addleshaw Goddard partner Paula Dillon on why the life of a kept woman is not for her

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  • April 25, 2007 |

    Herbert Smith gifted first major Co-op mandate

    Herbert Smith has completed its first significant deal for Co-operative Financial Services (CFS) since being appointed to its legal panel in November.

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