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  • July 24, 2012 |

    Qantas turns to Allens as longstanding GC steps down

    Australian airline group Qantas has turned to Sydney firm Allens for its new general counsel after longstanding legal head Brett Johnson announced his intention to retire. Allens corporate partner Andrew Finch is set to join the airline in November to take up the general counsel role. He has been a partner at the Australian firm for more than a decade and counts Qantas among his major clients.

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  • July 22, 2012 |

    Camerons, Olswang and US quartet confirm autumn NQ retention rates

    CMS Cameron McKenna, Olswang and White & Case are among a number of law firms to have confirmed retention rates for their September intakes, with Olswang also unveiling changes to its trainee recruitment scheme. Camerons has announced an 84% retention rate, slightly up on the 81% kept on from the firm's March intake. Of 31 newly qualified (NQ) trainees, 26 took up positions at the firm after 29 were offered jobs. The March intake saw 25 of 31 NQs kept on.

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  • July 19, 2012 |

    Linklaters and Slaughters among firms on $5bn UK-Japan advertising agency merger

    Linklaters and Slaughter and May are among a raft of international law firms advising on a $5bn (£3.2bn) deal to create one of the world's largest advertising agencies.

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  • July 19, 2012 |

    LG and Clifford Chance advise on $120m mining company sale

    LG and Clifford Chance (CC) have advised on the $120m (£95m) sale of mining company GPM Georgia, as M&A activity in the sector continues to provide rich pickings for law firms.

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  • July 19, 2012 |

    Co-op confirms major post-ABS expansion with £750m Lloyds deal

    The Co-operative Group has followed its conversion to an alternative business structure (ABS) with a transformative £750m acquisition of 632 Lloyds TSB and Cheltenham & Gloucester bank branches. The Co-op, which instructed magic circle firm Clifford Chance (CC) on the acquisition last year, will pay £350m upfront and an additional £400m based on the performance of the combined business.

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  • July 19, 2012 |

    Slaughters, Paul Hastings and Wilson Sonsini lead on Samsung's $310m UK purchase

    Slaughter and May, Paul Hastings and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati have scored key roles on Samsung's $310m (£199m) acquisition of British tech company CSR's mobile-chip division. Slaughters advised CSR on the deal, with a team comprising corporate finance partner William Underhill, IT and outsourcing head Rob Sumroy and IP and IT associate Brett Sherrard, as well as tax partner Tony Beare, pensions partner Roland Doughty, real estate partner David Waterfield and competition partner Michael Rowe.

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  • July 18, 2012 |

    A&O and Freshfields take top roles on €4.3bn Euro real estate refinancing

    Allen & Overy (A&O), Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Sidley Austin have advised on the €4.3bn (£3.4bn) refinancing of German property portfolio Deutsche Annington, in what is thought to be the largest-ever European real estate refinancing. A&O led for Terra Firma-owned Deutsche Annington with a team including global restructuring and insolvency head Mark Sterling, City restructuring partner Ian Field and Frankfurt banking partners Mark Manson-Bahr and Olaf Meisen.

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  • July 17, 2012 |

    US quartet score roles on GSK's $3bn biotech takeover

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz are among a host of US firms to take lead roles on GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) $2.8bn (£1.8bn) acquisition of Human Genome Sciences (HGS), ending a three-month hostile pursuit of the biotech company after bettering its offer.

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  • July 12, 2012 |

    British Gas phases out general counsel role after legal chief Rowlands departs

    British Gas general counsel Melanie Rowlands has left the company to rejoin vacuum technology producer Edwards Group as a legal consultant.

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  • July 12, 2012 | International Edition

    Claiming Churchill's legacy - charting the eventful history of the Human Rights Act

    Born in controversy, 9/11 kept the Human Rights Act at the forefront of a heated political debate. Charlotte Edmond traces the celebrated and reviled law's recent history

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