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  • May 31, 2012 |

    Bakers, A&O advise as Saudi sukuk lists on London Stock Exchange

    Baker & McKenzie has advised Banque Saudi Fransi (BSF) on a $2bn (£1.3bn) deal which marks the first-ever London-listed sukuk programme by a Saudi bank.

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  • May 29, 2012 |

    Bakers secures South Africa launch with hire of 31-strong Dewey team

    Baker & McKenzie has launched in South Africa with the hire of Dewey & LeBoeuf's 31-strong Johannesburg office, one of the disintegrating firm's last remaining international bases. The move, which comes as Dewey filed for bankruptcy last night (28 May), will gift Bakers a fully operational South Africa presence.

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  • May 28, 2012 |

    CC, Weil and Bakers field London teams on $1.3bn private equity deal

    Clifford Chance (CC), Weil Gotshal & Manges and Baker & McKenzie have advised on a $1.3bn (£829m) private equity deal which has seen buyout house Silver Lake and investment management firm Partners Group agree to purchase Swiss duty free shopping company Global Blue, reports The Am Law Daily. Silver Lake and Partners Group will buy Global Blue from investment firm Equistone Partners Europe, which acquired the Nyon, Switzerland–based company from Apax Partners in 2007 for about $450m (£287m).

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  • May 24, 2012 |

    The long run - a 25-year view of the Am Law 100

    "The profit increases by non-New York firms are just enormous. They are encroaching on the New York firms' historic position alone at the top..." - 25 years since the first Am Law 100 table, some fundamental patterns in the world's largest legal market can be seen...

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  • May 24, 2012 |

    The haves and haves less - 2011 results from world's largest legal market

    In a turbulent 2011, the largest US firms managed to edge ahead of smaller rivals and make ground on the Wall Street elite. Robin Sparkman reports

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  • May 17, 2012 |

    Foreign growth helps US leaders buck Dewey effect as top 100 revenues hit $71bn

    Top 100 law firms push through bumpy markets to hike revenue by 5.3% as PEP hits $1.4m

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  • May 17, 2012 |

    Hard to handle - the challenges presented by Russia's bustling legal market

    Buoyed by high energy prices but hamstrung by corruption fears, Russia remains a key market – and challenge – for law firms. Rose Orlik reports

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  • May 10, 2012 |

    Ashurst wins debut role alongside firms on SocGen's UK roster

    Ashurst has secured a first-time appointment to Societe Generale's UK panel as the French banking giant has moved to expand its City adviser relationships. Ashurst joins SNR Denton, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, White & Case and Linklaters on the line-up, which was drawn up two months ago.

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  • May 8, 2012 |

    Shell turns to City Fulbright partner for senior in-house disputes role

    Fulbright & Jaworski City disputes partner Richard Hill is set to leave the US firm to join Royal Dutch Shell as associate general counsel in its newly-launched global disputes group. Hill, who will meet trial commitments in the coming weeks before joining the energy giant's London operation in August, focuses on disputes in sectors including energy, power and transportation.

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  • May 3, 2012 |

    Emerging risks - growing compliance problems in emerging economies

    The risk of having to pay bribes to get business done in many emerging markets is prevalent: from being granted a concession, an operating licence or a contract by an emerging markets government, to getting goods cleared at customs, obtaining immigration visas and being connected to the local electricity grid or telephone network..

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