• August 29, 2007 |

    Trowers helps Qtel to Iraq telecoms auction success

    Trowers & Hamlins has scored a key role advising the Asia Cell consortium on its $1.25bn (£630m) Iraqi telecoms licence, one of the largest commercial deals in the country this year.

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  • August 29, 2007 |

    Asia: Three's the charm

    With bulging workloads and a dearth of suitable lawyers, why are law firms stretching themselves to have a presence in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong? Dominic Carman speaks to China's top lawyers about the three-office debate

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  • August 29, 2007 |

    Diary Christmas Campaign: a pre-emptive strike

    Well, so much for summer. Floods, the return of foot and mouth and a meltdown of global financial markets so terrifying it had steel-balled capital markets lawyers bawling in panic like toddlers lost at the fair.

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  • August 29, 2007 |

    Deal Week Dispatch: 29/8/07

    Deal Week Dispatch brings readers an early taster of news from Legal Week's unparalleled deals coverage, with Cleary, A&O and Ashurst among the movers and shakers

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  • August 16, 2007 | International Edition

    Bakers breaks $1m partner profits barrier

    Baker & McKenzie has reported a 20% increase in global turnover with profits per equity partner breaking the $1m (£502,000) mark for the first time, the New York Law Journal reported this morning (16 August). The international firm announced today its third consecutive year of double-digit growth in revenue, with the 20% increase taking global fee income to $1.829bn (£918m) for its most recent financial year, which ended 30 June.

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  • August 16, 2007 |

    Bakers breaks $1m partner profits barrier

    Baker & McKenzie has reported a 20% increase in global turnover with profits per equity partner breaking the $1m (£502,000) mark for the first time, the New York Law Journal reported this morning (16 August). The international firm announced today its third consecutive year of double-digit growth in revenue, with the 20% increase taking global fee income to $1.829bn (£918m) for its most recent financial year, which ended 30 June.

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  • August 15, 2007 | International Edition

    London partner becomes Fulbright arbitration head

    US law firm Fulbright & Jaworski has appointed London partner David Howell as the new co-head of its international arbitration and alternative dispute resolution practice. Howell, who is UK-qualified and has practised in London, Dubai and Singapore, will co-head the 30-lawyer practice group with Fulbright Houston partner Mark Baker. Howell joined from Baker & McKenzie in 2003 and has more than 25 years experience working in international commercial investment, construction and engineering disputes.

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  • August 15, 2007 |

    London partner becomes Fulbright arbitration head

    US law firm Fulbright & Jaworski has appointed London partner David Howell as the new co-head of its international arbitration and alternative dispute resolution practice. Howell, who is UK-qualified and has practised in London, Dubai and Singapore, will co-head the 30-lawyer practice group with Fulbright Houston partner Mark Baker. Howell joined from Baker & McKenzie in 2003 and has more than 25 years experience working in international commercial investment, construction and engineering disputes.

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  • August 8, 2007 |

    Bakers wins first securitisation role for UBS on €1.25bn RMBS

    Baker & McKenzie's London finance team has sealed its first major securitisation mandate from UBS, advising the investment bank on a €1.25bn (£841m) residential mortgage-backed securitisation (RMBS).

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  • August 8, 2007 | International Edition

    Bakers and Freshfields win lottery roles

    Baker & McKenzie and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have advised on the selection process for the new operator of the UK National Lottery which yesterday (7 August) saw Camelot named as the preferred bidder. Freshfields has been advising long-standing client the National Lottery Commission on the selection process and evaluation of the bids while Bakers advised Camelot on its submission.

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