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  • July 3, 2007 |

    Legal Week Lunchbox: 3/7/2007

    The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today; plus the pick of readers' comments; and Beachcroft managing partner Paul Murray is the latest law firm leader under the Herding Cats microscope

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  • June 27, 2007 |

    Italy: The cult of personality

    Italy's lawyers see themselves as individuals, rather than cogs in the corporate wheel. Claire Ruckin analyses the management challenges this presents as Italy's firms go global

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  • June 22, 2007 |

    CC, A&O beat Freshfields and Links for H1 M&A

    Clifford Chance (CC) and Allen & Overy (A&O) have replaced Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters at the top of European M&A rankings for the first half of 2007. CC and A&O finished first and second respectively in the tables, knocking their magic circle rivals into third and fourth place, according to preliminary figures released by Mergermarket today (22 June).

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  • June 21, 2007 | International Edition

    US firms resist Weil-style pay hikes as salary market begins to fragment

    O'Melveny & Myers, LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae and Hogan & Hartson have set their London associate salary rates, with the firms holding fast against the increases announced at Weil Gotshal & Manges last week. All three have remained in line with the mid-Atlantic newly-qualified rates set by White & Case (£76,000) and Shearman & Sterling (£75,000) earlier this year.

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  • June 21, 2007 |

    US firms resist Weil-style pay hikes as salary market begins to fragment

    O'Melveny & Myers, LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae and Hogan & Hartson have set their London associate salary rates, with the firms holding fast against the increases announced at Weil Gotshal & Manges last week. All three have remained in line with the mid-Atlantic newly-qualified rates set by White & Case (£76,000) and Shearman & Sterling (£75,000) earlier this year.

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  • June 20, 2007 |

    Deal Week Dispatch: 20/6/2007

    Deal Week Dispatch brings readers an early taster of news from Legal Week's unparalleled Deal Week section, with Freshfields, Ashurst and Wragges among the runners and riders.

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  • June 13, 2007 |

    Linklaters set to recruit senior M&A partner for Italian push

    Linklaters is set to boost its Italian arm with the high-profile hire of an equity partner from respected local M&A boutique Pedersoli.

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  • June 7, 2007 |

    US duo scoop latest mega buy-out

    East Coast firms Weil Gotshal & Manges and Ropes & Gray have bagged the lead roles on America's latest multi-billion dollar leveraged buy-out (LBO), advising on a $8.2bn (£4.1bn) consortium bid for electronic group Avaya. Boston private equity leader Ropes & Gray is advising the consortium which consists of Silver Lake and Texas Pacific Group, while Weil Gotshal is advising the target.

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  • June 6, 2007 |

    More senior lawyers quit Stroock as rivals target bankruptcy talent

    New York firm Stroock & Stroock & Lavan has fallen victim to the latest predatory hire in the US restructuring market with seven senior lawyers leaving its bankruptcy group in the last month alone.

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  • June 1, 2007 |

    Legal Week Lunchbox: 1/6/2007

    The five most popular stories on legalweek.com this sunny Friday; readers' comments; and the best of the blogs.

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