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  • October 29, 2008 |

    Morgan Lewis makes four-lawyer Lefevre hire

    Morgan Lewis has boosted its French practice with the hire of a four-lawyer team from Lefevre Pelletier. The group includes the French firm's former M&A co-ordinator Roland Montfort. He will join the business and finance practice in the US firm's Paris office along with three associates. Montford focuses his practice on strategic M&A and related transactions.

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  • October 29, 2008 |

    Born Survivor – with Investment Banker (not Bear Grylls)

    You may have seen the TV show Born Survivor starring Bear Grylls, who goes to some of the world’s most remote places to demonstrate how you can survive…

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  • October 22, 2008 |

    Former Morgan Lewis partner sets up own firm

    Former Morgan Lewis partner Rory Graham has set up his own practice specialising in complex technology deals, product liability and dispute resolution. Graham, who has also been a partner at Baker & McKenzie and Bird & Bird, joins forces with Baker & McKenzie associate Robert Coffey to create Coffey Graham. Graham's practice focuses on technology and outsourcing while Coffey is a dispute resolution lawyer.

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  • October 16, 2008 |

    McDermott City expansion continues with Skadden hire

    McDermott Will & Emery's London office has sealed its eighth partner appointment of the year, with the hire of Mark Crofskey from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom. Crofskey, an associate at Skadden, joins the London office as a partner in the corporate practice. He joined Skadden in 2005 from Herbert Smith, where he was an associate.His hire is the first partner appointment for McDermott's City corporate team since the arrival of European corporate head Hugh Nineham from Lovells in January this year.

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  • October 15, 2008 | International Edition

    Magic circle firms take lead on £37bn bailout for trio of banks

    Allen & Overy (A&O), Slaughter and May and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are among the top City firms winning roles on the UK Government's £37bn bailout of three of the country's biggest banks. Freshfields has reprised its role for longstanding client the Bank of England on the rescue plan, fielding a team under corporate partner Michael Raffan. Slaughters is acting for the Treasury on the agreement, which will lead to the Government owning a majority stake in Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and a stake of 43% in the merged HBOS and Lloyds TSB.

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  • October 15, 2008 |

    Magic circle firms take lead on £37bn bailout for trio of banks

    Allen & Overy (A&O), Slaughter and May and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are among the top City firms winning roles on the UK Government's £37bn bailout of three of the country's biggest banks. Freshfields has reprised its role for longstanding client the Bank of England on the rescue plan, fielding a team under corporate partner Michael Raffan. Slaughters is acting for the Treasury on the agreement, which will lead to the Government owning a majority stake in Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and a stake of 43% in the merged HBOS and Lloyds TSB.

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  • October 15, 2008 |

    A&O lands role advising HBOS on £1.3bn sale of Australian assets

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has landed a lead role advising HBOS on the £1.3bn sale of some of its Australian operations to the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA). The CBA is to buy the Bank of Western Australia and St Andrew's Australia from HBOS. London corporate partner Alistair Asher has taken the lead role on the UK aspects of the deal, assisted by corporate partner George Knighton and corporate associate Sara Pickersgill. HBOS has also turned to Australian law firm Clayton Utz for local advice, with M&A head Rod Halstead advising from the firm's Sydney office.

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  • October 15, 2008 |

    Morgan Lewis hires new partner from Latham

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius has bolstered its London employment team with the hire of Christopher Hitchens as a partner from Latham & Watkins. Hitchens, who was a counsel at Latham, specialises in employment work on cross-border M&A, outsourcing and employee incentives. The firm has also hired an associate from DLA Piper for its London employment team. Hitchens is the US firm's first lateral partner in the City since November last year, when it hired corporate finance partner Iain Wright from Norton Rose.

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  • October 14, 2008 |

    Davis Polk wins role on new $250bn US bank rescue

    Davis Polk & Wardwell has been appointed as the sole adviser to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the US Government's $250bn (£142bn) plan to purchase shares in nine of America's largest banks. The plan, announced by US President George Bush today (14 October) will take $250bn from the $700bn (£399bn) bailout package passed on 3 October. The part-nationalisation will see the government invest in Bank of America (BoA), Citi, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Bank of New York and State Street.

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  • October 13, 2008 | International Edition

    Magic circle firms head up £37bn bank bailout

    Allen & Overy, Slaughter and May and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are among the top City firms winning roles on the UK Government's £37bn bailout of three of the country's biggest banks. Freshfields has reprised its role for longstanding client the Bank of England on the rescue plan, fielding a team under corporate partner Michael Raffan. Slaughters is acting for the Treasury on the agreement, which will lead to the Government owning around a 60% stake in Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and a stake of around 40% in the merged HBOS and Lloyds TSB.

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