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  • February 1, 2008 |

    CC celebrates $14bn Chinalco corporate coup

    Clifford Chance (CC) has won a high-profile mandate to advise the Aluminium Corporation of China (Chinalco) on its joint acquisition with Alcoa of a 12% stake in Rio Tinto for around $14bn (£7bn). The deal marks CC's first instruction from the client and is thought to represent the largest-ever overseas investment by a Chinese company. The move could block the efforts of Anglo-Australian mining company BHP Billiton to buy Rio Tinto.

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  • January 31, 2008 |

    CLLS signs up LG and Trowers & Hamlins

    Two new London law firms have signed up to the City of London Law Society (CLLS), which now has 51 top practices on its books.City outfits LG and Trowers & Hamlins are the latest firms to join the representative body after signing up during the last 12 months.The newly-expanded body currently represents 35 of the UK's top 50 law firms and five out of the top 20 US firms in the City, including Reed Smith, Dechert and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, as well as a number of boutiques. It means the body now represents more than 13,000 solicitors overall.

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  • January 22, 2008 |

    QC selection: worth the wait for elite 98

    The latest round of QC appointments has finally been made public - 18 months after the previous batch of silks were appointed - with just under 100 barristers set to claim the elite kite-mark. The list, published today (22 January), sees 98 lawyers successfully gain QC status. Just under a third (29%) of candidates were successful, with the QC selection body receiving a total of 333 applications.

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  • January 22, 2008 |

    QC selection 2008: the list in full

    The latest round of QC appointments in full, by order of seniority

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  • January 17, 2008 |

    False affidavit adds six months to ex-Brocade chief's sentence

    Inexact drafting by lawyers for former Brocade chief executive Gregory Reyes may have gotten an extra six months tacked on to his jail sentence for stock option backdating, writes The Recorder. US District Judge Charles Breyer sentenced the former Silicon Valley icon to 21 months in prison on Wednesday (16 January). Breyer also imposed a $15m (£7.7m) fine but did not order Reyes to pay any restitution. Breyer stayed the entire sentence pending appeal.

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  • January 16, 2008 |

    Skadden and Hengeler lead on E1.5bn buy-out

    US firm Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and elite German independent Hengeler Mueller are advising on Doughty Hanson's E1.55bn (£1.12bn) sale of German electrical components supplier Moller to US manufacturing giant Eaton. Skadden sealed its latest deal for the European private equity house fielding a team headed by London M&A partner Julie Bradshaw and Frankfurt corporate partner Matthias Jaletzke.

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  • January 16, 2008 | International Edition

    Big four cast long shadow in deal league but nationals gain ground

    It was a good year for London's big four in the key M&A markets, no doubt, but 2007's wildly uneven corporate market also drew a strong performance from firms such as Eversheds and Pinsent Masons. Echoing its market-leading performance in Legal Week's primary adviser tables, which track lead corporate roles on Europe's largest deals, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer topped the full tables for European M&A, according to recently-released research from Mergermarket.

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  • January 16, 2008 |

    Big four cast long shadow in deal league but nationals gain ground

    It was a good year for London's big four in the key M&A markets, no doubt, but 2007's wildly uneven corporate market also drew a strong performance from firms such as Eversheds and Pinsent Masons. Echoing its market-leading performance in Legal Week's primary adviser tables, which track lead corporate roles on Europe's largest deals, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer topped the full tables for European M&A, according to recently-released research from Mergermarket.

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  • January 10, 2008 |

    After primary adviser victory, Freshfields tops overall M&A deal league

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has stormed to the top of the European M&A adviser rankings for 2007 after ousting Clifford Chance (CC) from top spot by deal value. After a strong fourth quarter Freshfields completed 282 deals worth €482.8bn (£360bn) in 2007, according to figures from Legal Week's data partner, Mergermarket. CC - which had topped the third-quarter rankings - slipped to second, advising on 292 deals worth a combined €464.7bn (£346bn).

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  • January 9, 2008 |

    UK's 'big four' outpace Euro rivals in 2007 adviser tables

    If there was any doubt that Europe's major deal market is dominated by just a handful of players, Legal Week's primary adviser deal rankings for 2007 comprehensively show the top four UK firms to be a class apart from their rivals.

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