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  • October 25, 2012 |

    Jones Day takes on A&O corporate partner in Hong Kong

    Jones Day has recruited Allen & Overy (A&O) partner Chris Swift for the US firm's M&A practice in Hong Kong. Swift, who specialises in private equity, corporate restructurings and general corporate finance work, has more than 15 years' experience in the Asia-Pacific region, and has acted on a number of high-profile M&A and equity capital markets transactions.

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  • October 25, 2012 |

    UK partners welcome EU delay on female quotas for company boards

    UK partners have welcomed a decision to postpone plans to impose an EU-wide quota dictating the number of women on company boards. EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding had been pushing for a vote to take place earlier this week (23 October) on a proposed law which would force companies to keep 40% of positions on their supervisory boards for women by 2020, however the delay means it will not now be discussed until 14 November.

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  • October 24, 2012 |

    RBS restructures panel with law firm line-up cut by 40%

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) and SJ Berwin are among a host of firms to have been appointed to the Royal Bank of Scotland's (RBS) new group and UK legal panel, following a review which has seen the bank cut back its adviser roster by 40%.

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  • October 18, 2012 |

    UK trio push through planning deal for Olympic Park legacy project

    Hogan Lovells, Ashurst and Pinsent Masons have advised on a deal to secure planning permission for the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, the long-term legacy development at the Olympic Park.

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  • October 18, 2012 | International Edition

    New world orders: the 2012 Global 100

    At first glance the 2012 Global 100 rankings, which show revenues for the world's largest law firms rising to an all time high of $81.9bn (£50.8bn) during the last financial year, do much to prove the well-coined expression that, rain or shine, people (or at least major public companies) always need lawyers.

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  • October 18, 2012 |

    New world orders: the 2012 Global 100

    At first glance the 2012 Global 100 rankings, which show revenues for the world's largest law firms rising to an all time high of $81.9bn (£50.8bn) during the last financial year, do much to prove the well-coined expression that, rain or shine, people (or at least major public companies) always need lawyers.

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  • October 16, 2012 |

    UK trio advise as William Hill nears £530m Sportingbet acquisition

    Nabarro, Ashurst and Addleshaw Goddard are all working on an M&A deal that could see the UK's biggest bookmaker William Hill acquire gambling rival Sportingbet for £530m. After rejecting two earlier bids, the Sportingbet board has agreed to the terms of a fresh deal and are now waiting for a firm offer to be made by William Hill and deal partner GVC Holdings before recommending it to shareholders.

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  • October 14, 2012 |

    Kirkland and CC take top roles on €1bn Telefonica sale to Bain

    Kirkland & Ellis, Clifford Chance (CC) and Uria Menendez have taken lead roles on Telefonica's €1bn (£807m) sale of call centre business Atento to Bain Capital. The deal saw Bain secure three buyouts of the Spanish, Mexican and Brazilian arms of Atento, backed by loans in each of the jurisdictions. There will also be a capital markets issuance in Brazil when the deal closes.

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  • October 8, 2012 |

    Hogan Lovells sets ten-year target to boost female partner numbers to 30%

    Hogan Lovells has set a ten-year target to improve its partner gender balance, aiming for a 25% female partnership by 2017 and 30% by 2022. The transatlantic firm, which currently has 21% women partners, is aiming to reduce the deficit through its global diversity plan, with numerical goals set to measure its progress.

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  • October 4, 2012 |

    A&O's Trilegal split underlines dwindling hopes for long-awaited India liberalisation

    Last week's news that Allen & Overy (A&O) and India's Trilegal have called time on their referral relationship has marked the latest setback for long-held hopes of the local market opening up to foreign law firms.

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