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  • December 5, 2007 |

    'NatWest Three' deal re-ignites plea bargain debate in the UK

    Lawyers are debating the benefits of introducing US-style plea bargaining in UK fraud cases following the guilty pleas of three former NatWest bankers last week.

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  • December 5, 2007 | International Edition

    Travers and Macs bag £350m Record IPO

    Travers Smith and Macfarlanes have scooped lead roles on the initial public offering of investment adviser Record as it lists for £354m on the London Stock Exchange. Corporate partners Tim Lewis and Rachel Bond took the lead for Macfarlanes advising new client Record on its placing of shares to raise £88.6m for selling shareholders.

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  • December 5, 2007 |

    Travers and Macs bag £350m Record IPO

    Travers Smith and Macfarlanes have scooped lead roles on the initial public offering of investment adviser Record as it lists for £354m on the London Stock Exchange. Corporate partners Tim Lewis and Rachel Bond took the lead for Macfarlanes advising new client Record on its placing of shares to raise £88.6m for selling shareholders.

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  • December 4, 2007 | International Edition

    Shearman Frankfurt chief in role switch

    Shearman & Sterling's Frankfurt managing partner, Stephen Hutter, is standing down from the management position to take on a new role as head of the firm's Europe & Asia capital markets practice. Hutter, who joined the Frankfurt office in 1992 and has headed up the local operation since 1995, will take on the new role on 1 January, 2008. Dusseldorf tax consultant Reinhard Stockum is expected to replace him as head of the Frankfurt office.

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  • December 4, 2007 |

    Shearman Frankfurt chief in role switch

    Shearman & Sterling's Frankfurt managing partner, Stephen Hutter, is standing down from the management position to take on a new role as head of the firm's Europe & Asia capital markets practice. Hutter, who joined the Frankfurt office in 1992 and has headed up the local operation since 1995, will take on the new role on 1 January, 2008. Dusseldorf tax consultant Reinhard Stockum is expected to replace him as head of the Frankfurt office.

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  • November 29, 2007 |

    Lessons learned

    The traditionally stable Brussels legal market received a shock last month with the announcement that Lawfort, one of Belgium's largest firms by headcount, was to dissolve.

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  • November 29, 2007 |

    Young blood

    Bucharest boasts a wealth of young and ambitious legal practitioners who are now reaping the economic benefits of the country's post-communist potential. The Romanian capital is already becoming famous for its pricey real estate, one sign that business is good in Romania.

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  • November 29, 2007 |

    Cold comfort

    Despite ranking highly in the M&A league tables for Scandinavia, Norway's law firms are frustrated at losing out on the lead roles in some private equity deals. Sophie Evans reports

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  • November 28, 2007 |

    Simmons takes lead on $1.9bn Swiss IPO

    Simmons & Simmons has won the lead role on the $1.9bn (£921m) initial public offering of Gottex Fund Management Holdings on the Swiss Stock Exchange. The listing makes Gottex the first-ever fund of funds manager to list on a stock market.

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  • November 28, 2007 |

    China: China steps out

    In stark contrast with the credit crisis and the associated volatility in North American and European equities markets in the summer of 2007, a quiet revolution was taking place in Chinese financial markets during the autumn of 2007.

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