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  • January 16, 2008 |

    LawSoc gives Nottingham-Kaplan LPC top marks

    The London branch of Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Law at Kaplan Law School, has been given the Law Society's highest rating for its Legal Practice Course (LPC) in all assessment categories. Kaplan Law School's City campus was awarded top marks in each of the six categories after a three-day assessment carried out by Chancery Lane.

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  • January 14, 2008 |

    City elite battle OFT in overdraft fees test case

    A landmark case brought by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) regarding the fees charged by banks for unauthorised overdrafts is set to hit the High Court later this week (16 January), with a host of top City firms lining up to oppose the competition authority. The case will see the OFT take on seven banks and one building society in a bid to prove that the charges, which have affected thousands of customers, are illegal.

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  • January 9, 2008 |

    UK's 'big four' outpace Euro rivals in 2007 adviser tables

    If there was any doubt that Europe's major deal market is dominated by just a handful of players, Legal Week's primary adviser deal rankings for 2007 comprehensively show the top four UK firms to be a class apart from their rivals.

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  • January 9, 2008 |

    Jones Day makes corporate hire from Cadwalader in London expansion push

    Jones Day has coaxed Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft London corporate partner Peter Baldwin over to its City operation.

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  • January 9, 2008 |

    Commentary: New year brings new uncertainties in post-crunch environment

    This time last year, this column made a few predictions about how 2007 would pan out. Its conclusion - that liberal use of cheap debt could soon prick the M&A bubble - turned out to be pretty close to the mark.

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  • January 9, 2008 |

    2008 - your guide to the year ahead

    Last January The Diary sensationally predicted that Dewey and LeBoeuf would become Dewey & LeBoeuf, global financial markets would go into meltdown and Alesha would beat that smarmy orange chap in the final of Strictly Come Dancing. Sadly, none of those uncannily accurate forecasts made it into last year's Guide To The Year Ahead, which was mostly a bunch of cheap gags about Nigel Boardman. Ah well. Read on for your first glimpse of 2008's key stories.

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  • January 9, 2008 |

    Offshore leader Appleby picks Bartlett for senior finance role

    Offshore leader Appleby has appointed former DLA Piper securitisation head Jeanne Bartlett as its new structured finance chief. Bartlett, who retired from private practice in 2006 to write a novel, was previously a partner in the structured finance team at US firm Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe. Prior to that Bartlett worked as an investment banker after stints at Linklaters and Slaughter and May.

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  • January 8, 2008 |

    New GC to lead utilities giant's legal overhaul

    United Utilities is set to overhaul its legal function following the appointment of new general counsel Tom Keevil. Keevil joined the FTSE 100 utilities giant from tobacco group Gallaher at the beginning of December following the departure of former United Utilities general counsel Tim Rayner, who joined Rolls Royce in April.

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  • January 7, 2008 |

    BP bags GSK's Bondy to replace retiring GC Bevan

    Energy giant BP has bagged the high-profile general counsel of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Rupert Bondy, to replace veteran general counsel Peter Bevan when he retires later this year. Bevan joined BP's chemicals arm in 1970 and became group general counsel 22 years later, securing his position as one of the UK's best-known general counsel.

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  • January 7, 2008 | International Edition

    Camerons captures £572m Carillion-McAlpine deal

    CMS Cameron McKenna has scored a lead advisory role opposite elite City firm Slaughter and May as construction company Carillion acquires Alfred McAlpine in a £572m deal. Camerons corporate partner Gary Green and senior partner Richard Price led the team acting for support services company Alfred McAlpine, assisted by James Parkes and Catherine Beckett.

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