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  • March 16, 2007 |

    Charges against ex-HP in-houser reduced

    Former Hewlett Packard in-house lawyer and head of ethics Kevin Hunsaker has had criminal charges resulting from the company's spying scandal reduced to a misdemeanour, it was announced this week (14 March) by the State of California. Hunsakar, former HP chairwoman Patricia Dunn and private investigators Ron DeLia and Matthew DePante were indicted last year after an internal investigation into boardroom leaks.

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  • March 14, 2007 |

    One Essex Court's Carr dies after heart attack

    One Essex Court is mourning the loss of Christopher Carr QC, who died at the beginning of this month (2 March). Carr, who was number two in chambers under Lord Grabiner QC, suffered a heart attack on his way to chambers.

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  • March 14, 2007 |

    Morgan Lewis makes double technology hire

    Morgan Lewis has expanded its global technology and outsourcing practice after hiring Rory Graham as a partner and Simon White as an associate. Both joined Morgan Lewis' London office earlier this week (12 March) from Brown Rudnick's London base. They will work with the head of Morgan Lewis' London technology and outsourcing practice, Richard Barratt. The hires take the firm to 11 partners in London and more than 40 associates.

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  • March 8, 2007 |

    Olswang partners in line for windfall with LongAcre sale

    Olswang partners are in line for a significant pay-out as the top 50 firm prepares to sell its stake in its corporate finance advisory arm LongAcre Partners. The firm, which launched the company in 2000, could now pocket a seven-figure sum through securing a management buy-out during a surging media market, although Olswang refused to comment on the figures involved.

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  • March 7, 2007 |

    A&O advises JP Morgan in Lovells action

    Allen & Overy has bagged the lead role advising JP Morgan in its High Court battle against Lovells. Investment bank JP Morgan is suing the City firm in relation to advice it gave Finnish insurer Sampo on its £143m acquisition of Norwich Union's Polish life and pensions businesses in 2000. The bank is singling out the actions of Lovells' Warsaw office and the German operation of consultancy Towers Perrin. The case is expected to be held in the commercial court next year.

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  • March 7, 2007 |

    Norton Rose develops US securities team with Latham & Watkins hire

    Norton Rose has boosted its US securities practice with the appointment of Latham & Watkins London senior associate Mike Dunn as a partner. Dunn, who trained in the US and specialises in high-yield and investment-grade debt and equity securities offerings, joined Latham in 2001.

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  • March 7, 2007 |

    Deals: Capital Markets 08/03/2007

    Osborne Clarke (OC) has advised Canadian telecoms software company Redknee Solutions on its £68m admission to the Alternative Investment Market. Corporate…

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  • March 7, 2007 | International Edition

    Freshfields leads $1.8bn materials joint venture

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has taken the lead opposite a raft of US firms to advise on the $1.8bn (£917m) joint venture between building material producers Owens Corning and Saint-Gobain.The magic circle firm advised longstanding client Saint-Gobain, which has combined its glass reinforcements business with that of Owens Corning to create OCV Reinforcements.

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  • March 7, 2007 |

    Freshfields leads $1.8bn materials joint venture

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has taken the lead opposite a raft of US firms to advise on the $1.8bn (£917m) joint venture between building material producers Owens Corning and Saint-Gobain.The magic circle firm advised longstanding client Saint-Gobain, which has combined its glass reinforcements business with that of Owens Corning to create OCV Reinforcements.

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  • March 2, 2007 |

    Morgan Lewis grows Tokyo with Paul Weiss hire

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius has beefed up its Tokyo corporate team with the hire of a partner from Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, it was announced today (2 March). Lisa Yano joins Morgan Lewis as Tokyo co-managing partner and co-head of the firm's local joint venture, Morgan Lewis-TMI. Yano, who specialises in M&A and private equity transactions, becomes the fifth partner in the firm's eight-lawyer Tokyo arm, which was launched in 1998 and focuses primarily on corporate and intellectual property work.

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