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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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  • March 27, 2008 |

    ...Legal Week Lunchbox: 27/03/08...

    The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today; plus the pick of the day's posts; its Texas v Dubya in Legal Village; and more

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  • March 26, 2008 |

    SocGen turns to Skadden for class action battle

    Societe Generale has called in US giant Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom to battle a class action law suit brought by shareholders following recent heavy losses sustained by the French lender. The class action has been filed against SocGen, France's second-largest bank, by a shareholder in the US as a result of losses sustained following its exposure to sub-prime loans and alleged fraudulent dealing by employee Jerome Kerviel.

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  • March 20, 2008 |

    External funding booms as litigators plot upturn

    Eight out of 10 of the City's top law firms are already using or assessing external funding for litigation and arbitration cases, it has emerged, marking a dramatic move of third-party funding into mainstream practice. All of the top 10 City firms except Linklaters and Slaughter and May are now offering, or considering offering, clients external funding in some cases, Legal Week has established.

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