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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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  • November 23, 2007 | International Edition

    A&O, Freshfields lead on £3bn utilities approach

    Allen & Overy (A&O) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have grabbed the lead roles on a £3bn consortium approach for utilities group Kelda, the owner of Yorkshire Water. A&O is advising regular client Kelda, which confirmed yesterday that it had received an approach from a consortium of infrastructure funds comprising Citi Infrastructure Investors, GIC Special Investments, Infracapital Partners and HSBC.

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  • November 23, 2007 |

    A&O, Freshfields lead on £3bn utilities approach

    Allen & Overy (A&O) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have grabbed the lead roles on a £3bn consortium approach for utilities group Kelda, the owner of Yorkshire Water. A&O is advising regular client Kelda, which confirmed yesterday that it had received an approach from a consortium of infrastructure funds comprising Citi Infrastructure Investors, GIC Special Investments, Infracapital Partners and HSBC.

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  • November 22, 2007 |

    US summer's class of 2007 - partner time, Picasso and cash

    Smaller US firms are continuing to outclass Big Law in the ferocious battle to attract summer associates

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  • November 21, 2007 |

    Dewey raises stock with dual Russian IPOs

    Dewey & LeBoeuf has scored a role on the $955m (£467m) listing of Russian port operator Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port (NCSP) on the London Stock Exchange.

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  • November 21, 2007 |

    Lovells Dubai team ties up $1bn bond deal

    Lovells' Islamic finance team in Dubai has closed a $1bn (£490m) convertible Islamic bond deal, just five months after moving across from Denton Wilde Sapte to set up the office.

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  • November 21, 2007 |

    US summer's class of 2007 - partner time, Picasso and cash

    Small is beautiful, at least in the eyes of 2007's summer associates in the US. While respondents to The American Lawyer's Summer Associates Survey liked big firms, they liked life at small to mid-sized firms even better. Students craved juicy assignments, friendly offices and lots of attention; the firms that best satisfied these needs were medium-sized shops with relatively small summer programmes.

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  • November 19, 2007 | International Edition

    Lovells raids boutique for Japanese law launch

    Lovells has entered the Japanese domestic market with the hire of an eight-strong bengoshi team from a local boutique. The firm is expanding its Tokyo office with the appointment of bengoshi partner Eiichiro Kubota and a seven-strong team from Kubota Law & Patent Office.

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