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  • February 28, 2007 |

    Deals: M&A 01/03/2007

    Addleshaw Goddard has advised Barclays Private Equity on the sale of clothing retailer Phase Eight valuing the company at £51.5m. Corporate partner Simon Pilling led the team. Phase Eight has been acquired by an investor consortium composed of management, Kaupthing Principal Investments, the Tchenguiz Family Trust and retail investors Michael Rahamim, Saj Shah and Ian Findlay. Eversheds advised the investor consortium and Pinsent Masons advised management.

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  • February 28, 2007 |

    Deals: Finance 1/03/2007

    Addleshaw Goddard has advised commercial property company Bruntwood on its £440m mortgaged-backed securitisation of a £669m office portfolio arranged by the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). Finance partner Mark Thomas and corporate partner Michael Birchall advised. Allen & Overy securitisation partner Christian Lambie advised the RBS.

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  • February 28, 2007 |

    Corporate Counsel: Local bank, local lawyers

    HSBC law chief Richard Bennett explains why his team thinks local and avoids empire-building. Michelle Madsen reports Soaring up over Docklands and boasting one of the best views in London, HSBC's glittering City headquarters are not what you would immediately imagine when thinking of your local bank.

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  • February 21, 2007 |

    War for talent pushes retention rates past 90%

    The UK's top firms are keeping a tight grip on their trainees, with most City firms set to retain more than 90% of their intake during the next month as the battle for talent rages on. Major UK firms including Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters, Slaughter and May, Herbert Smith, Lovells and Ashurst are taking on at least 90% of their trainees in the coming intake in March.

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  • February 21, 2007 |

    Addleshaws and Nabarros bag £400m redevelopment

    Addleshaw Goddard and Nabarro Nathanson have bagged the lead roles for Peel Holdings and British Waterways on a new £400m regeneration project in Gloucester. Addleshaws advised UK property development company Peel after winning an informal tender process that included bids from several other UK firms. The national firm has worked with Peel for more than 15 years.

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  • February 21, 2007 |

    Deals: M&A 22/02/2007

    CMS Cameron McKenna has advised Galliford Try, a UK construction and house-building company, on its acquisition of residential building company Linden Holdings for £244.5m. Galliford will acquire 100% equity value of Linden for £108.5m and will assume Linden's net debt of £136m. Corporate partner Gary Green led the team at Camerons, while partner Adam Greaves at Jones Day led the team advising Linden.

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  • February 14, 2007 |

    Deals: AIM 15/02/2007

    Herbert Smith corporate partner Scott Cochrane has advised fund manager Polar Capital Holdings on its £120m admission to the Alternative Investment Market (AIM). Addleshaw Goddard advised the nomad and broker, Bridgewell.

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  • February 8, 2007 |

    Hammonds agrees to put money into Manchester

    Hammonds' management has agreed to invest heavily in its Manchester office, with the national firm outlining provisions for an additional 15 partners in the northwest.

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  • February 7, 2007 |

    Dentons secures BHB appeal court victory

    Denton Wilde Sapte has secured a significant Court of Appeal victory for the British Horseracing Board (BHB) in relation to its ability to charge fees for 'pre-race' information on horses and riders.

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  • February 7, 2007 |

    Fifteen top UK firms win staff accolade

    Addleshaw Goddard, Pannone and Mills & Reeve are among 15 UK firms to be granted accreditation status by Best Companies, the research group responsible for compiling The Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For list. The 2007 survey also names Berwin Leighton Paisner, Lewis Silkin, Olswang and the London office of Baker & McKenzie among the 273 successful companies.

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