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  • July 19, 2007 |

    Big four secure world-beater status as top 50 breaks £10bn

    London's big four have secured their place among the emerging global elite after what will be seen as a breakthrough year for the UK's leading law firms.

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  • July 18, 2007 |

    CVC calls SJ Berwin for £764m quick-fire Samsonite buy-out

    SJ Berwin's Italian arm has helped secure the firm a trophy corporate role after being instructed by CVC Capital Partners on its £764m acquisition of US luggage manufacturer Samsonite.

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  • July 18, 2007 |

    Skadden, Bingham win big on Refco bankruptcy

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Bingham McCutchen have emerged among the big winners on the Refco bankruptcy, with Skadden alone trousering around $45m (£22m) in fees. Skadden was the main adviser to the struggling futures broker on its bankruptcy, which was filed in October 2005, while Bingham is advising the court-appointed administrator, Marc Kirschner, on what looks set to be a lengthy clean-up process.

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  • July 18, 2007 | International Edition

    Skadden snaps up £12bn Sainsbury's bid role

    The City arm of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has bagged a key mandate acting on the £12bn bid for Sainsbury's by a Qatari investment group. The New York leader is advising Delta Two on its approach for the supermarket giant, which comes just months after Sainsbury's dismissed an approach from a private equity consortium comprising CVC Capital, Blackstone and Texas Pacific Group.

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  • July 18, 2007 |

    Skadden snaps up £12bn Sainsbury's bid role

    The City arm of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has bagged a key mandate acting on the £12bn bid for Sainsbury's by a Qatari investment group. The New York leader is advising Delta Two on its approach for the supermarket giant, which comes just months after Sainsbury's dismissed an approach from a private equity consortium comprising CVC Capital, Blackstone and Texas Pacific Group.

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  • July 18, 2007 |

    Legal Week Lunchbox: 18/7/2007

    The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today; the pick of readers' comments; and John Malpas on the curious case of Mr Justice Smith

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  • July 12, 2007 |

    Links leads Rio Tinto's $34bn Alcan approach

    Linklaters has bagged a high-profile lead role advising Rio Tinto on its approach for Canadian metal group Alcan, likely to be worth around $34bn (£16.8bn). City-based corporate partner Richard Godden is leading the Linklaters team advising Rio Tinto. Also playing key roles for the elice City law firm are fellow corporate partner James Inglis, competition partner Gavin Robert and banking partner Stuart Thomas.

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  • July 11, 2007 |

    US class action specialists target UK clients as market activity intensifies

    Two of the US' top class action firms are roadshowing to clients in the UK in a bid to increase British involvement in US shareholder action.

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  • July 10, 2007 |

    Linklaters Italy signs up senior corporate duo

    Linklaters has bolstered its Italian corporate practice with a brace of high-profile hires from local M&A boutiques. Giovanni Pedersoli - the youngest of three Pedersoli brothers at the firm that shares their name - joins Linklaters after a partner vote, as does former Camozzi Bonissoni Varrenti e Associati partner Claudia Parzani, it was announced today (10 July).

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  • July 4, 2007 |

    Commentary: Freshfields star becomes Magpies' latest big signing

    Lawyers love reading the sports pages. Even for the ones that know very little about it, there seems to be an inherent need to keep abreast of Premiership football affairs, if only to be able to discuss it with clients.

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