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  • September 10, 2008 | International Edition

    Senior lawyers land roles on Govt policy group

    Simmons & Simmons managing partner Mark Dawkins and Linklaters senior partner David Cheyne are among a raft of senior lawyers appointed to the government's newly-created group of professional services champions. The new group, which is intended to help maintain the global competitiveness of the UK's professional services sector, sees senior figures from across the legal and accounting industries meet for the first time today.

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  • September 10, 2008 |

    Senior lawyers land roles on Govt policy group

    Simmons & Simmons managing partner Mark Dawkins and Linklaters senior partner David Cheyne are among a raft of senior lawyers appointed to the government's newly-created group of professional services champions. The new group, which is intended to help maintain the global competitiveness of the UK's professional services sector, sees senior figures from across the legal and accounting industries meet for the first time today.

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  • September 5, 2008 |

    Skadden PE partner joins Paul Hastings in Tokyo

    Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker has sealed the hire of a Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom private equity partner in Tokyo. Kenju Watanabe has made the switch between the US heavyweights' Japanese operations, joining the corporate group at Paul Hastings. His practice focuses on high profile cross-border M&A, private equity and joint venture transactions, and he has represented industrial corporations, financial institutions, and investment funds in the US, Japan, Asia and Europe.

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  • September 5, 2008 |

    ...Legal Week Lunchbox: 05/09/08...

    The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today; the pick of the day's posts; and more

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  • September 4, 2008 |

    A&O closes in on Sao Paulo launch as elite law firms pile into Latin America

    CC drafts in senior lawyers to Brazil, DLA Piper mulls LatAm launch and A&O gears up for Sao Paulo debut.Allen & Overy (A&O) is set to launch its first Latin American office within weeks, it has emerged, as growing numbers of international law firms look to make their mark in the region.

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  • August 28, 2008 |

    McCartney divorce puts Shackleton in spotlight

    Fiona Shackleton has generated more press coverage than anyone else in the legal profession over the last year, according to research by Sweet & Maxwell. Shackleton, who represented Paul McCartney in his divorce from Heather Mills has featured in 274 articles over the past year. Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom London head Bruce Buck came second with 234 press mentions - most referring to his role as chairman of Chelsea FC.

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  • August 28, 2008 | International Edition

    McCartney divorce puts Shackleton in spotlight

    Fiona Shackleton has generated more press coverage than anyone else in the legal profession over the last year, according to research by Sweet & Maxwell. Shackleton, who represented Paul McCartney in his divorce from Heather Mills has featured in 274 articles over the past year. Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom London head Bruce Buck came second with 234 press mentions - most referring to his role as chairman of Chelsea FC.

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  • July 24, 2008 |

    Top lawyers call for career guidance for older partners

    Some of the City's leading legal names have called for more options to be made available to partners as they approach retirement age. Figures including Linklaters senior partner David Cheyne and Slaughter and May corporate partner Nigel Boardman joined a roundtable hosted by Dominique Graham, director at consultancy Graham Gill, to look at what firms should be doing for partners coming up to retirement. Participants called for firms to offer those nearing retirement age help to find positions outside the law and, in particular, to start dealing with the issue earlier on.

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  • July 17, 2008 |

    Magic circle firms confirm status in global elite

    The US's top law firms have outperformed their key UK rivals, despite a year of robust growth from the UK's leading practices. Legal Week's top 50 shows that UK firms achieved average revenue growth of 12.5% during 2007-08. This compares with an increase of revenue in 13.6% at the 100 largest law firms in the US in 2007, according to The American Lawyer, Legal Week's US sister title.

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  • July 17, 2008 |

    Sao Paulo sizzles as US firms hit Brazil market

    After jetting down to Sao Paulo every few weeks for years, Jonathan Bisgaier has as many close friends in Brazil's largest city as he does in his native New York. And, starting this month, he'll be seeing them even more often. The Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom partner heads up the firm's newly opened Sao Paulo office, joining a recent rush of Am Law 200 firms opening up in Latin America's hottest economy. "As robust as everything has been for some time, it's been even more so since 2004," says Bisgaier, who brings with him half a dozen Portuguese-speaking associates from New York. "The view is that Brazil has finally broken out of its boom-and-bust cycle."

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