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  • September 3, 2008 |

    Cleary confirms exclusive College of Law deal

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton's City arm has sealed an agreement with the College of Law that will see the College become the firm's exclusive provider of the Graduate Diploma in Law, the Legal Practice Course (LPC) and the Professional Skills Course (PSC). The agreement will start in September 2009 when Cleary will send 12 of its future trainees to the College for the LPC. The trainees will be able to study in any of the College's centres around the UK, although most are expected to attend the Moorgate centre, where the LPC and PSC electives will be taught in firm-specific groups.

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  • September 3, 2008 |

    ...Legal Week Lunchbox: 03/09/08...

    The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today; the pick of the day's posts; and more

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  • September 1, 2008 |

    Slaughters retains FTSE client rankings top spot

    Slaughter and May has held onto its position as the firm with the largest number of FTSE 100 clients, according to the latest research from Hemscott. The rankings show the elite magic circle firm picked up two additional FTSE 100 clients over the three-month period from 9 May to 4 August, taking its tally to 27 clients with a market capitalisation of £267bn.

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  • August 27, 2008 |

    Dealmaker: Adam Levin

    Dechert's Adam Levin on his move from New Zealand to the City, his love of Virgin Radio and his son's valuable advice

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  • August 27, 2008 |

    Benelux: Dutch courage

    The fanfare surrounding last year's E71bn (£56bn) hostile takeover of Dutch banking giant ABN Amro is now over and, in its place, local criticism of the deal is growing. Although the deal was unparalleled in the local market for its size and for the number of law firms involved, are Dutch advisers about to feel long-term pain and a dearth of lead-adviser finance instructions at the expense of a few months of short-term gain?

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  • August 19, 2008 |

    CC bolsters India capital markets practice

    Clifford Chance (CC) has recruited capital markets partner Rahul Guptan from Indian law firm Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co. Guptan will join CC's Singapore arm and India group, bringing the total number of lawyers in the group to 195 across the firm's international offices.The hire follows the magic circle firm's launch of a securities and capital markets group in Singapore at the beginning of the year.

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  • August 13, 2008 |

    Herbert Smith lands £13bn tobacco restructuring

    Herbert Smith has won the lead role on the £13bn restructuring of its long-time client British American Tobacco (BAT). The proposed restructuring, along with a related secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, has been requested by luxury goods company Richemont and investment group Remgro. Between them, the two companies hold around 30% of stock in BAT.

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  • August 13, 2008 |

    Former Slaughters SP takes trading house role

    Former Slaughter and May senior partner Tim Clark has been appointed as a non-executive director at independent agency trading house Mint Partners. Mint director Richard Barnett told staff of the appointment last week (8 August) with Clark joining the six-member board with immediate effect.

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  • August 13, 2008 | International Edition

    Former Slaughters SP takes trading house role

    Former Slaughter and May senior partner Tim Clark has been appointed as a non-executive director at independent agency trading house Mint Partners. Mint director Richard Barnett told staff of the appointment last week (8 August) with Clark joining the six-member board with immediate effect.

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  • August 6, 2008 |

    US duo take lead on £1.2bn Sony BMG share sale

    Top US firms Davis Polk & Wardwell and Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison have landed roles on the $1.2bn (£616m) sale of German music company Bertelsmann's 50% stake in Sony BMG to Sony Corp. The deal will see the Japanese music giant take full control of the Sony BMG joint venture that was created in August 2004.The newly-formed company will be called Sony Music Entertainment Inc (SMEI) and will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Corp.

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