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  • September 26, 2007 |

    Slaughters sets the Standard with banking mandate double

    Slaughter and May has cemented its ties with longstanding client Standard Chartered Bank, advising on the issue of a $15bn (£7.45bn) debt issuance prospectus and its $860m (£427m) acquisition of American Express Bank.

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  • September 26, 2007 |

    Scandinavia and the Baltics: Flying the flag for Finland

    Finland's geopolitics mean the country's law firms are opting for a broad range of business strategies - some look east, while others are staying focused on domestic opportunities. Sophie Evans reports

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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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