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  • June 22, 2011 |

    Brand versus brawn – can CC get back in the funds game?

    While the initial response to Weil Gotshal & Manges' daring four-partner raid on Clifford Chance's (CC's) private equity funds team focused on what the move meant for Weil Gotshal's UK ambitions, as the dust settles the wider significance for the City market will be defined far more by what the loss ultimately means for CC. There is no doubt that the move punches a sizeable hole in one of the City firm's marquee practice areas. By its own admission, it doesn't currently have the partner ranks to service its existing funds clients once the departing partners – Ed Gander, Nigel Clark and Nick Benson and tax partner Jonathan Kandel – have left. Of course, this is before considering whether clients' patience will hold out – the team having already recently lost high-profile team head Jason Glover to Simpson Thacher & Barlett.

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  • June 15, 2011 |

    Linklaters and Norton Rose secure first-time RSA panel roles

    Linklaters and Norton Rose have won first-time appointments as UK insurer RSA expands its global legal panel from three firms to five. The FTSE 100 company has selected the pair to sit alongside existing panel firms Allen & Overy, Slaughter and May and Ashurst, with all five firms appointed to advise on corporate and commercial matters for a three-year term.

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  • June 15, 2011 | International Edition

    Going organic: finding the balance between organic growth and lateral hiring in London

    Foreign firms in London still struggle to find that elusive balance between 
organic growth and lateral hiring. Charlotte Edmond charts the latest trends

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  • June 15, 2011 |

    Outriders - the US firms breaking away from the herd in the City

    A disparate band of US firms are breaking away from the herd to become a real competitive force in the City. Caroline Hill assesses how far they've come and the terrain ahead

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  • June 15, 2011 |

    Going organic: finding the balance between organic growth and lateral hiring in London

    Foreign firms in London still struggle to find that elusive balance between 
organic growth and lateral hiring. Charlotte Edmond charts the latest trends

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  • June 15, 2011 |

    Social issues: law firm IT directors discuss challenges presented by social media

    Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn – there's no escaping the infiltration of social media in the workplace. Legal Week's IT roundtable focused on its use by employees, the data risks involved and how it can be used to a firm's advantage

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  • June 14, 2011 |

    Raft of firms advise on Southern Cross restructuring and rent wrangle

    A trio of magic circle firms are advising on the high-profile restructuring of Southern Cross as the troubled care homes group attempts to reach a deal with landlords over unpaid rent. The negotiations have attracted intense media attention in recent weeks amid fears that the group may have to close some of its homes due to difficulties in paying a multimillion-pound rent bill.

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  • June 14, 2011 |

    Ashurst appoints partner duo to head up real estate practice

    Ashurst has appointed two partners to jointly head the firm's real estate group after former practice chief Adrian Dear's tenure came to an end. Corporate partner David Evans, who specialises in real estate fund structuring and investment, has been handed a remit to oversee the firm's European real estate practice. Evans has held a seat on the firm's management board since January 2009, when he was elected to serve a term of three years.

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  • June 8, 2011 |

    Leaning on M&A - Italian lawyers look to a reviving deal market

    Italy's legal sphere has been buoyed by rebounding M&A and new work in energy, regulation and litigation. Toby Lewis examines the market trends

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  • June 6, 2011 |

    Ashurst signs up Fried Frank finance partner for NY base

    Ashurst has added a partner to its US operations with the hire of Fried Frank finance specialist Damian Ridealgh. The hire of Ridealgh, who is joining Ashurst in New York, will take the number of partners in the office to nine.

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