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  • May 16, 2007 |

    Europe rallies troops as class action brigade heads this way

    Like many transatlantic trends, lawyers have long been predicting that US-style class action litigation is set to migrate to Europe but, until recently, there has been little evidence to support such wild claims.

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  • May 16, 2007 |

    US leaders continue restructuring drive

    Two New York firms have hired restructuring partners in the latest evidence of Manhattan's top firms striving to beef up their insolvency practices.

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  • May 16, 2007 |

    Hogan bags $4.8bn mandate as aggressive bid tactics rule

    Norilsk Nickel calls in Hogan in competitive bid as aggressive acquirers power M&A market

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  • May 16, 2007 |

    Legal Week Lunchbox: 16/5/2007

    The five most popular stories of the day on legalweek.com; the best readers' posts and all the usual lunchtime fun.

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  • May 14, 2007 |

    Schulte Roth joins NY giants on Chrysler sale

    New York outfit Schulte Roth & Zabel has bagged a lead role alongside Milbank Tweed Hadley McCloy, Shearman & Sterling and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom on Cerberus' acquisition of DaimlerChrysler's Chrysler division in a €5.5bn (£3.8bn) deal. Schulte Roth and Milbank are representing the US buy-out house on M&A and financing of the bid respectively, while Shearman and Skadden are representing DaimlerChrysler on the sale.

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  • May 11, 2007 |

    Legal Week Lunchbox: 11/5/2007

    The five most popular stories on legalweek.com today; plus the best of the blogs, readers' comments and A&O litigation head Andrew Clark on lookalike nuns.

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  • May 10, 2007 |

    Legal Week Lunchbox: 10/5/2007

    Today's five most popular stories on legalweek.com, led by the bumper results for City firms in 2007; plus the best reader posts of the day and a Legal Village debut from Kirkland's Stephen Gillespie.

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  • May 9, 2007 |

    US giant Skadden gears up for European class action onslaught

    America's largest law firm, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, has launched a class action defence practice in the UK in preparation for what it believes could be an onslaught of group actions across Europe.

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  • May 9, 2007 |

    City duo boost as M&A soars to record level

    Slaughter and May and Allen & Overy (A&O) are among a raft of firms to benefit this week from two major M&A mandates worth more than $10bn (£5bn), as research shows 2007 is on course to smash all deal records.

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  • May 9, 2007 |

    Milbank bags E1.45bn Veolia deal

    New York duo Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy and White & Case have bagged roles on French water giant Veolia Environnement's A1.45bn (£987m) acquisition of Sulo Group from Apax and Blackstone.

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