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  • January 7, 2008 |

    Camerons captures £572m Carillion-McAlpine deal

    CMS Cameron McKenna has scored a lead advisory role opposite elite City firm Slaughter and May as construction company Carillion acquires Alfred McAlpine in a £572m deal. Camerons corporate partner Gary Green and senior partner Richard Price led the team acting for support services company Alfred McAlpine, assisted by James Parkes and Catherine Beckett.

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  • December 17, 2007 |

    McGrigors prepares for '08 Manchester launch

    McGrigors is set to launch in Manchester, handing the big four Scots firm its first presence in the northwest of England. The new office, which is set to open at the beginning of 2008, will headed by infrastructure partner Peter Blackmore, who will relocate from London.

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  • December 12, 2007 |

    Firms braced as Welsh Assembly's first-ever adviser review nears completion

    The Welsh Assembly is in the final stages of the first-ever review of its legal advisers, with the body set to unveil its debut law firm roster in the new year.

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  • December 12, 2007 |

    Leading lawyers lay predictions bare as year of the credit crunch comes to a close

    Leading partners sum up the year just gone and the year ahead: will 2007 be remembered for anything other than the credit crunch?

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  • December 5, 2007 |

    Herbert Smith only top firm to hold market share in plc client rankings

    Herbert Smith has enjoyed a strong quarter in Hemscott's latest rankings of advisers to listed clients, finishing as the only top firm to improve its market share.

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  • December 5, 2007 |

    Milbank outsourcing veteran secures Misys as new client

    Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy's City arm has won worldwide software company Misys as a new client, acting on a major new strategic partnership with Indian IT company HCL Technologies.

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  • December 1, 2007 | International Edition

    Herbies only top firm to hold market share in client rankings

    Herbert Smith has enjoyed a strong showing in Hemscott's quarterly rankings of advisers to listed clients, finishing as the only top firm to improve its market share. The top 10 City firm managed to edge up its number of listed clients to 77 to finish eight in the UK rankings, while the rest of the top 15 firms saw their number of stock market clients drop.

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  • December 1, 2007 |

    Herbies only top firm to hold market share in client rankings

    Herbert Smith has enjoyed a strong showing in Hemscott's quarterly rankings of advisers to listed clients, finishing as the only top firm to improve its market share. The top 10 City firm managed to edge up its number of listed clients to 77 to finish eight in the UK rankings, while the rest of the top 15 firms saw their number of stock market clients drop.

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  • November 29, 2007 |

    Independents' Day

    At the turn of the century, the conventional wisdom was that commercial lawyers would be practising out of one of two structures: either multinational mega-firms - mostly headquartered in the UK or the US - or highly specialised local boutiques. Fast forward seven years and it is evident across Europe that the demise of the independent law firm was somewhat exaggerated. At the end of 2007, independent law firms are the most confident they have been in years.

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  • November 28, 2007 |

    City firms scramble as Grid and Lehman review advisers

    Top UK law firms stand poised for a flurry of panel activity as two of Europe's most coveted clients launch reviews of their advisers. FTSE 100 energy company National Grid is set to overhaul its roster of external advisers for the first time in three years, while US investment banking giant Lehman Brothers is holding a review of its fee arrangements with outside counsel.

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