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  • May 17, 2007 |

    Middle East: Souk it and See

    For decades, British expats have headed for the Gulf. Now, a wave of lawyers is heading east to take advantage of the region's booming economy. Mark Anderson and Louise Wall report

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  • May 16, 2007 |

    CC transfers Hunter to Middle East as battleground steps up

    Clifford Chance (CC) is to transfer corporate partner Iain Hunter to its Dubai arm in a bid to win investment mandates from the region as the Middle East fast becomes a key battleground for the City elite.

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  • May 16, 2007 |

    Olswang boosts Berlin with Freshfields recruits

    Olswang has beefed up its fledgling Berlin operation with the addition of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer associates Istvan Szabados and Johannes Kramer. Szabados focuses on transactional property work and has advised a number of investors, including Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund, Merrill Lynch and Blackstone, while Kramer specialises in privatisations and public procurement procedures. Olswang opened its Berlin branch in January with around 13 lawyers.

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  • May 4, 2007 |

    White & Case nabs McDermott City duo

    White & Case has beefed up its London capital markets practice with hire of McDermott Will & Emery partners Andrew Croxford and Andrew Caunt. The duo advise on all aspects of equity capital markets transactions while Croxford has also done stints in-house with Nomura International and Morgan Stanley.

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  • May 2, 2007 |

    Devolution: New law, new Wales

    Solicitors, responding to the needs of clients with business interests to develop in Wales or those providing public services, must develop different and flexible ways of working to meet their clients' needs within the new regime of devolution to be established following the Assembly elections on 3 May and when the provisions of the Government of Wales Act (GOWA) 2006 will commence.

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  • April 30, 2007 |

    Legal Week Student firm guide: Simmons & Simmons

    Simmons & Simmons is often thought of as an unlucky firm. Throughout the last decade it has suffered from a series of big-name partner departures. In more recent years, however, the firm's path has become considerably less bumpy. Managing partner Mark Dawkins is credited with realigning its practice areas and focusing on improving the firm's financial performance, which currently sees Simmons achieve PEP of £470,000.

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  • April 26, 2007 |

    Know your firm: Firm foundations

    Proving you have researched the firm you want to work for is crucial come interview time. Legal Week Student offers an insight into the top 10 UK firms - their top partners, their cultures and their biggest clients

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  • April 25, 2007 |

    Central and Eastern Europe: Testament to youth

    A new generation of pioneers is driving Romania's evolving legal market. Sophie Evans reports from Bucharest

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  • April 20, 2007 |

    A&O bags Macquarie role on £2bn comms deal

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has landed a high-profile corporate mandate advising two Macquarie infrastructure funds on their £1.9bn acquisition of UK public safety communications network Airwave 02 from Telefonica. The acquisition by Guardian Digital Communications, a company wholly owned by Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group and Macquarie European Investment Fund II, was announced yesterday and completed today (20 April).

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  • April 18, 2007 |

    Stephenson Harwood reels in Sharma for India branch

    Stephenson Harwood has boosted its expanding India practice with the recruitment of corporate partner Pawan Sharma from corporate boutique Grundberg Mocatta Rakison.

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