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  • April 9, 2008 |

    Dentons takes lead on Nasdaq OMX platform

    Denton Wilde Sapte is advising new client Nasdaq OMX Group on its plans to launch a pan-European trading platform for the most actively traded stocks. Dentons has advised OMX before, but this is its first deal for Nasdaq OMX, with the firm appointed to advise on the securities platform after February's merger of the exchanges. The firm has also previously worked with Nasdaq but not on a project of this significance. The firm's financial markets and regulation head, Robert Finney, is leading the Dentons team on the project, assisted by fellow financial markets partner Rosali Pretorius, technology, media and telecoms partner Dan Burge and corporate partner Martin Kitchen.

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  • April 9, 2008 |

    Riches pickings

    Depending on how you look at it, litigiousness can be a character flaw - in some highly-strung Hollywood strumpet, for instance - or a noble trait that demonstrates a yearning for justice... if exhibited by, say, a wealthy financial institution or vast entertainment conglomerate. Just on the far side of Crazy-town, USA, lives the less-than-aptly-named Jonathan Lee Riches, who has filed almost 200 law suits in March alone, according to Legal Week's Yankee cousins at law.com. Among his targets last month were silver screen icon Michael Douglas, hair-metal legend Eddie Van Halen... and head-banging Manhattan deal-machine Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom. Riches has also previously filed a $662trn (yup, trillion) suit against American footballer Michael Vick.

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  • April 9, 2008 |

    NY trio lead $7bn Washington Mutual fundraising

    A trio of leading New York firms have gained advisory roles on a $7bn (£3.51bn) capital-raising for US lender Washington Mutual. The bank announced yesterday (8 April) that it has secured additional capital totaling $7bn through the sale of equity securities to investors including buy-out house TPG Capital.

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  • April 4, 2008 |

    ...Legal Week Lunchbox: 4/04/08...

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

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  • April 3, 2008 |

    Goodbye to New York

    Greetings from New York. Next week in Baghdad I will report on the rule of law, with a special focus on the status of the estimated 25,000 lawyers who…

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  • April 3, 2008 |

    Nabarro plays safe with five new partners

    Nabarro is the latest firm to announce its partnership promotions for 2008, with the top 20 City firm giving five associates the thumbs-up. The news marks a slight drop from last year's total of seven promotions.

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  • April 3, 2008 |

    US duo lead on Grid's $3bn power station sale

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Mayer Brown have landed top roles on the $2.9bn (£1.5bn) sale of Ravenswood power station in New York by National Grid. Skadden advised National Grid, fielding a team led by New York corporate partner Sheldon Adler and including Washington M&A partner Pankaj Sinha and New York banking partner Julia Czarniak.

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  • April 3, 2008 |

    City trio made up as Skadden promotes 25

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has announced its 2008 partner promotions with its European offices gaining five new partners from a firm-wide total of 25. The London office is receiving the bulk of the European promotions with three new City partners - Peter Coulton in the banking practice, Michal Berkner in the corporate team and Bruce Macauley in arbitration.

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  • April 3, 2008 |

    Boardman hits AmLaw's deal partner list as sole UK lawyer

    Slaughter and May corporate heavyweight Nigel Boardman has become the only UK partner to feature in a ranking of leading deal lawyers compiled by Legal Week's US sister title The American Lawyer. The magazine's annual Dealmakers of the Year list shows Boardman, who has been a partner with Slaughters since 1982 after joining the firm in 1973, to be the sole UK face among a group of high-profile US partners.

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  • April 3, 2008 |

    Linklaters storms to top of Euro M&A tables with big-ticket Q1 performance

    Linklaters has climbed to the top of the rankings for European M&A ahead of City rivals Clifford Chance (CC) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer after winning roles on five of the 15 largest deals of last quarter. The magic circle firm has secured the top place for European M&A by both value and volume in Mergermarket's Q1 2008 rankings, advising on 40 deals worth E172.8bn (£136.4bn).

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