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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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  • February 7, 2007 |

    Lawyers try their hands for Manchester 'super-casino'

    The project is also likely to generate work for firms on the six-strong panel of the Northwest Regional Development Agency, which currently includes Hammonds, Beachcroft, Eversheds and Mace & Jones, as well as Wigan's Platt & Fishwick and Warrington practice Forshaws.

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  • February 5, 2007 |

    Dentons secures 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. The Court last week overturned a December 2005 High Court finding that the BHB had abused its dominant position by charging excessive fees for pre-race information to Attheraces (ATR), a racing consortium comprised of BSkyB and Arena Leisure. ATR is a UK horseracing broadcaster which relies on the data for its service to bookmakers.

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  • January 31, 2007 |

    First among equals

    The news that Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is to shed some 50 or so partners in the next year may have surprised a few at the firm's Fleet Street HQ, but at Linklaters the shock was that its arch rival had not acted sooner. Over at Silk Street, they have long shed the softly, softly approach to partnership that used to characterise the profession and managing partner Tony Angel has taken the firm in hand with obvious results.

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  • January 25, 2007 |

    Dentons and Addleshaws adopt liability caps as standard

    Denton Wilde Sapte and Addleshaw Goddard lead a growing number of top UK firms capping their liability on individual deals, with many City practices now seeking to agree such terms as a matter of course.

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  • January 25, 2007 |

    City leaders take tougher stance on mandate risk management

    City leaders extend use of liability caps as legal profession follows in the footsteps of banks and accountants with controversial risk management tactics. Caroline Grimshaw reports on the results of the latest Big Question survey

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  • January 24, 2007 |

    Simmons and A&O take lead roles on £1bn retail centre refinancing

    Simmons & Simmons and Allen & Overy (A&O) have advised on a major £1bn refinancing of the Meadowhall Shopping Centre in Sheffield.Simmons banking partner John Davies advised British Land as the UK property investment company put in place a new finance structure that will permit £1.015bn of debt to be issued.

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