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  • April 1, 2001 |

    Dazzled by merger opportunities

    The UK's best run firms are beginning to look beyond the theory of mergers with US firms and are marking out their own strategies, writes Richard Tyler. But less agile ones are in danger of becoming the roadkill of the legal world

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  • March 31, 2001 |

    Fortress Wall Street

    A&O's hiring of one of the top derivatives lawyers in New York is a remarkable coup. But Helen Mooney says it will take more than one big lateral to convince US lawyers that the UK firms are about to make a major impact

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  • March 31, 2001 |

    Rivals raid Cambridge IT firms

    Dorseys to develop IP and technology practice, HBS bullish despite losing two partners

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  • March 31, 2001 |

    Ashursts, Lovells and A&O scoop £650m RHM deal

    James Baxter reports

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  • March 31, 2001 |

    Morgan Lewis hires Gaedertz IP partner

    Germany

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  • March 30, 2001 |

    BANKING: Banking on change

    The banking sector has seen a wave of takeovers and restructuring as senior executives have sought to steer a course through a difficult market. But, says Philip Hoult, in-house teams have felt the force of these changes in full and are redoubling their efforts to align their departments with new business structures and to extract value from external advisers

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  • March 29, 2001 |

    Commentary: City firms remain upbeat despite M&A pinch

    Sharp drop in new issues and banking squeeze could signal a difficult year ahead for heads of corporate

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  • March 29, 2001 |

    Chain of fools

    The Diary

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  • March 28, 2001 |

    Herbert Smith in US panels coup

    Firm muscles in on capital markets work following launch of US securities group

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  • March 28, 2001 |

    Morgan Lewis steps up Tokyo expansion

    In Brief

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