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  • September 5, 2007 |

    Deal Week Dispatch: 5/9/2007

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

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  • August 31, 2007 |

    As class action hits Europe, securities cases slump in US heartlands

    The era was marked by mysterious envelopes. When opened, the official-looking documents inside informed the reader that, because he owned three shares of, say, Microsoft stock some years ago, he was part of a class of plaintiffs. The class had already brought a lawsuit against Microsoft for a problem the reader had never noticed. Now the settlement was being divided and the reader might be entitled to something. But the reader, disheartened by the sheaf of forms asking for details about a barely remembered transaction, usually tossed the notice in the trash and started flipping through that day's Pottery Barn catalog.

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  • August 29, 2007 |

    Dewey-LeBoeuf tie-up to back European push

    The impending merger of New York duo Dewey Ballantine and LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae has been hailed by its London partners as a springboard for aggressive European growth. The surprise merger deal, which was announced on 27 August, is set to give the merged practice a foothold in nearly every major European legal market.

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  • August 29, 2007 |

    Cadwalader recruits new IP head from boutique

    New York law firm Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft has hired Christopher Hughes from intellectual property (IP) boutique Morgan & Finnegan to head its IP group. Hughes, who will join the firm's Manhattan HQ, has more than 30 years' experience in patent, trade secret and trademark litigation. The firm also recently drafted in Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson antitrust partner Charles Rule as competition head in the firm's Washington DC branch.

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  • August 9, 2007 |

    Banking giants in adviser diversity drive

    Three of the world's largest financial institutions now demand diversity information from their legal advisers, it has emerged, as a growing number of clients attempt to influence the level of diversity in the profession.

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  • August 8, 2007 |

    Paul Hastings taps Kirkland for NY partner

    Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker has strengthened its New York securities and capital markets capabilities with the hire of Kirkland & Ellis partner Vince Pisano. Pisano focuses on leveraged buy-outs and other acquisition financings, initial public offerings, high-yield debt and convertible financings. His heavyweight client roster includes Bear Stearns, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Barclays Capital and Morgan Stanley.

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  • August 1, 2007 |

    Morgan Lewis makes double hire in the City

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius has boosted its City offering with two partner hires. Saloni Joshi and Kate Habershon joined the firm this week (30 July) from Debevoise & Plimpton and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton respectively.

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  • August 1, 2007 |

    US duo lead on $1bn Egypt bond issue

    LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom have advised on the first Egyptian-denominated Eurobond offering, worth around $1bn (£486m).

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  • July 25, 2007 |

    A&O finance star Flanagan heads to Milan to rebuild firm's banking team

    One of Allen & Overy's (A&O's) top London finance partners is to relocate to the firm's troubled Milan office as the City giant moves to boost its UK banking capability in the region.

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  • July 25, 2007 |

    Germany: The Freshfields effect

    Freshfields' partnership shake-up means more than a flurry of CVs for recruiters - the effects of the firm's restructuring are being felt throughout Germany's main legal centres. James Illman reports

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