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  • February 7, 2007 |

    Fifteen top UK firms win staff accolade

    Addleshaw Goddard, Pannone and Mills & Reeve are among 15 UK firms to be granted accreditation status by Best Companies, the research group responsible for compiling The Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For list. The 2007 survey also names Berwin Leighton Paisner, Lewis Silkin, Olswang and the London office of Baker & McKenzie among the 273 successful companies.

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  • February 7, 2007 |

    Paul Weiss bucks US trend with modest results

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison has unveiled its financial results for 2006, with the Manhattan outfit posting modest rises in both turnover and profits despite the boom in transactional work in the US. The firm announced a 6% rise in revenues to reach a mark of $594m (£302m), with profits per equity partner (PEP) up just 1% to $2.5m (£1.3m).

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  • February 1, 2007 |

    Bakers divides finance team for banking and capital markets push

    Baker & McKenzie has split its London finance department into two teams and appointed new heads as the firm begins a push to increase its profile and resources in the banking and capital markets arena.The firms finance department will now be divided into structured capital markets, headed by former Norton Rose securitisation partner Jonathan Walsh, and banking, headed by acquisition finance and general banking partner Bernard Sharp.

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  • January 29, 2007 | International Edition

    Apax hands Ashurst Swedish healthcare sale

    Ashurst has won the lead role on a €2.85bn (£1.87bn) disposal of Swedish healthcare company Molnlycke for private equity house Apax.The top 10 City firm ran two separate teams with one advising Apax on the exit and another acting for Molnlycke on a listing on the London Stock Exchange proposed as an alternative exit option.

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  • January 29, 2007 |

    Apax hands Ashurst Swedish healthcare sale

    Ashurst has won the lead role on a €2.85bn (£1.87bn) disposal of Swedish healthcare company Molnlycke for private equity house Apax.The top 10 City firm ran two separate teams with one advising Apax on the exit and another acting for Molnlycke on a listing on the London Stock Exchange proposed as an alternative exit option.

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  • January 24, 2007 |

    Switzerland: Back In The Game

    There has been a change of mood among lawyers in Zurich and Geneva - and the new wave of optimism is thanks to some much-needed legislation on the part of the Swiss Government. Sophie Evans reports

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  • January 24, 2007 |

    Switzerland: Home Front

    Switzerland will soon lift restrictions on foreign nationals owning property in the country. Daniel Peregrina and Olivier Ducrey say consequent investment in Swiss real estate will have an big impact on the country

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  • January 17, 2007 |

    Freshfields and Bakers in driving seat on F1 deal

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Baker & McKenzie have taken lead roles in the acquisition of a stake in the Formula 1 company McLaren Group by the Kingdom of Bahrain. Bakers advised McLaren, which sold a 30% stake to The Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company, which is wholly owned by the Middle East kingdom. Freshfields Dubai corporate partner Bruce Embley advised the holding company.

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  • January 10, 2007 |

    Slaughters rises to top of Asian M&A rankings

    Big-ticket run sees magic circle firm head Thomson Financial standings

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  • January 10, 2007 |

    Simmons loses another Asian partner

    US securities partner David Neuville quits Simmons to join Jones Day's Hong Kong office

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