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  • September 26, 2007 |

    Scandinavia and the Baltics: Sweden's deal feast

    Not content with the spoils of the region's M&A boom, law firms in Scandinavia's biggest legal market - Sweden - are fighting for a relaxation in the country's conflict rules, says James Illman

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  • September 22, 2007 |

    - The post-Lehman landscape: a Legal Week Wiki special

    The dramatic collapse of investment banking giant Lehman Brothers rocked financial markets around the world, as the credit crunch claimed its most high-profile victim to date. The days that followed saw a flurry of action as the financial world scrambled to make sense of events. Here's how Legal Week reported the post-Lehman fallout.

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  • September 20, 2007 |

    Washington DC elite must reassess their places as competition heats up

    In legal circles, Washington DC's law firms do not exactly enjoy a flashy reputation. Compared with the juiced-up M&A outfits in New York or the tech-savvy shops of Silicon Valley, DC firms are the sensible shoes of the legal world: reliable and not very stylish.

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  • September 19, 2007 |

    US firms in London: Friends in the City

    Almost half the respondents to this years' US firms in London survey would consider a tie-up with a UK firm. Helen Mooney reports on London's enduring appeal

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  • September 19, 2007 |

    LA's Paul Hastings picks up Asia partner trio

    Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker has strengthened its Asia practice with the hire of three new partners in Japan and Hong Kong, the Los Angeles-based law firm announced today (19 September). Baker & McKenzie project finance partner David Vance and Latham & Watkins finance counsel Joseph Kim both join Paul Hastings' Tokyo office as partners.

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  • September 18, 2007 |

    Litigators start to lose those BCCI blues

    I wouldn't want to accuse litigators of delighting in the miseries of others, but there is a definite spring in the step of the delegates at today's Legal…

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  • September 15, 2007 |

    Covington slips down the pecking order

    In contrast, Covington & Burling, while not discounting greater competition in the marketplace, is confident - some might say overconfident - that it is on the right track. The firm points to its profits per partner, just more than $1m (£500,000) in 2006, and its high partner retention rate as two of many reasons why Covington has not felt as keen a need to transform itself in response to market forces.

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  • September 12, 2007 |

    Eversheds leads on $1bn deal in fast-growing care home sector

    Eversheds has landed a role opposite Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer on the $1.1bn (£542m) acquisition of a retirement home portfolio from Sunrise Senior Living in one of the biggest deals in the sector this year.

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  • September 6, 2007 | International Edition

    Davis Polk recruits Jeantet chief for renewed Paris push

    Davis Polk & Wardwell has recruited the managing partner of respected Paris independent Jeantet along with another partner, as the Wall Street leader boosts its only foreign law practice. Georges Terrier joins Davis Polk along with corporate partner Christophe Perchet in a significant boost to the top 25 US law firm's Paris arm.

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  • September 6, 2007 |

    Davis Polk recruits Jeantet chief for renewed Paris push

    Davis Polk & Wardwell has recruited the managing partner of respected Paris independent Jeantet along with another partner, as the Wall Street leader boosts its only foreign law practice. Georges Terrier joins Davis Polk along with corporate partner Christophe Perchet in a significant boost to the top 25 US law firm's Paris arm.

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