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  • November 8, 2007 |

    City defies crunch with double-digit H1 growth

    City leaders have defied struggling credit markets to announce strong H1 results, despite longer-term worries about the rest of the year. Just one out of nearly 20 top 50 firms to have reported H1 results has failed to record double-digit growth, with a wide range of firms enjoying increases of more than 20% on the same period last year.

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  • November 6, 2007 | International Edition

    H1 results: SJB turnover up 22%, Lovells up 10%

    SJ Berwin and Lovells have become the latest firms to unveil double-digit turnover increases for the first half of the year, with the City duo reporting rises of 22% and 10% respectively. SJ Berwin has seen its half-year turnover rise by almost a quarter to reach £99m - putting the top 20 City practice on track to break the £200m mark for a full financial year for the first time. Last year SJ Berwin reported a year-end turnover of £189m.

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  • November 5, 2007 | International Edition

    Coppin stuns Hogan after opting to leave law

    Hogan & Hartson is to lose the head of its City corporate team, Jonathan Coppin, after less than 18 months with the US law firm. Coppin, who joined Hogan last summer from the London arm of US rival Shearman & Sterling, told partners of his decision to leave the firm - and the law - last month.

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  • November 1, 2007 | International Edition

    UK elite to post budget-busting H1 results

    The UK's leading firms have enjoyed a strong first half of the year, despite turmoil in the credit markets, with the majority of the top 10 City firms ahead of budget for the last six months. Early indications show firms including Clifford Chance (CC) and Allen & Overy (A&O) are expecting to be well ahead of budget going into the third quarter. CC is currently reforecasting the second half of the year after revealing that it is significantly up on the same period last year.

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  • November 1, 2007 |

    UK elite to post budget-busting H1 results

    The UK's leading firms have enjoyed a strong first half of the year, despite turmoil in the credit markets, with the majority of the top 10 City firms ahead of budget for the last six months. Early indications show firms including Clifford Chance (CC) and Allen & Overy (A&O) are expecting to be well ahead of budget going into the third quarter. CC is currently reforecasting the second half of the year after revealing that it is significantly up on the same period last year.

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  • October 31, 2007 | International Edition

    Herbies bags role next to Slaughters on upcoming listing of Turkish broadcaster

    Herbert Smith has landed a role alongside Slaughter and May on the upcoming London float of Turkish broadcaster Digiturk. The deal sees Herbert Smith instructed for co-ordinators and bookrunners Lehman Brothers, JP Morgan and Credit Suisse as Turkey's largest digital television company moves to complete a London listing in November. The move is expected to offer a 25% stake in the business with a value of around $550m (£270m).

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  • October 18, 2007 | International Edition

    Norton Rose joins A&O for £7.5bn drinks bid

    Allen & Overy and Norton Rose have got the nod from respective clients Heineken and Carlsberg as the European brewing giants circle Edinburgh-based rival Scottish & Newcastle. Although no bid has yet been formally made, Scottish & Newcastle - the UK's largest brewer - is expected to be the subject of a joint approach by the Dutch and Danish producers, likely to value the target at around £7.5bn.

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  • October 18, 2007 |

    Norton Rose joins A&O for £7.5bn drinks bid

    Allen & Overy and Norton Rose have got the nod from respective clients Heineken and Carlsberg as the European brewing giants circle Edinburgh-based rival Scottish & Newcastle. Although no bid has yet been formally made, Scottish & Newcastle - the UK's largest brewer - is expected to be the subject of a joint approach by the Dutch and Danish producers, likely to value the target at around £7.5bn.

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  • September 24, 2007 | International Edition

    BPP handed degree-giving breakthrough

    BPP Law School has been granted degree-awarding status in a move that makes the group the UK's first private-sector company able to award the qualification. The school, together with BPP Business School, was awarded the powers by the Privy Council after an 18-month review by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education.

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  • September 3, 2007 | International Edition

    Norton Rose leads on $6.3bn HSBC Asia deal

    Norton Rose has won a leading role on HSBC's acquisition of a controlling stake in Korea Exchange Bank (KEB). The City giant is advising HSBC on its purchase of a 51% stake in the Korean bank, worth around $6.3bn (£3.12bn), in what will be viewed as a key mandate from one of Norton Rose's most important clients.

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