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  • November 21, 2007 |

    That failed bid for Sainsbury's: making life taste bitter

    When Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom won the lead role on the Qatar Investment Authority's (QIA's) £10.6bn bid for Sainsbury's through Delta Two, the mandate was understandably seen as a coup for the US firm's City arm. But with the deal's last-minute implosion there are recriminations and some questioning of the tactics of the bidders; where did it all go wrong for what looked like one of the most daring European deals of the year?

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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 14, 2007 |

    Camerons, Lovells in sweet success on Honeywell panel

    US manufacturing giant Honeywell has completed its first-ever formal panel review in Europe, with UK firms CMS Cameron McKenna and Lovells both winning places on the coveted roster.

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  • November 14, 2007 |

    Bakers City arm advises on American Standard's Bain bath and kitchen sale

    Six hundred Baker & McKenzie lawyers across more than 40 offices have advised on the $1.745bn (£832m) sale of American Standard's bath and kitchen products business and the wider separation of the company's operations.

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  • November 14, 2007 |

    The transformers

    It was ingenious and audacious, and officials at the Internal Revenue Service were upset.

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  • November 11, 2007 |

    ...Legal Week Lunchbox: 12/11/07...

    The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today; the pick of the day's posts; and lots more this sunny Monday

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  • November 9, 2007 |

    Skadden snaps up Weil City restructuring head

    New York giant Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has strengthened its London practice with the hire of Weil Gotshal & Manges local restructuring head Chris Mallon. Mallon, who announced his departure earlier this week, will head up Skadden's UK law restructuring practice.

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  • November 7, 2007 |

    A&O's hot streak in Holland continues

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has picked up another big-ticket European mandate advising car navigation system maker Garmin on its E2.3bn (£1.6bn) hostile bid for Tele Atlas. Amsterdam corporate partners Jan Louis Burggraaf and Tim Stevens are advising the new client, alongside Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton.

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  • November 7, 2007 |

    Deal Week Dispatch: 7/11/2007

    Deal Week Dispatch brings readers an early taster of news from Legal Week's unparalleled deals coverage, with Ashurst, Norton Rose and Travers Smith among the movers and shakers

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  • November 1, 2007 | International Edition

    Simmons scores client double on back of new energy financing deal expertise

    Simmons & Simmons has won two new clients on the back of its experience of a new financing structure, as the firm continues to build on its energy credentials. The firm has advised Egyptian private equity firm Citadel Capital on its subsidiary's $850m (£415m) purchase of oil and gas exploration company Rally Energy Group.

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