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  • December 1, 2007 | International Edition

    Herbies only top firm to hold market share in client rankings

    Herbert Smith has enjoyed a strong showing in Hemscott's quarterly rankings of advisers to listed clients, finishing as the only top firm to improve its market share. The top 10 City firm managed to edge up its number of listed clients to 77 to finish eight in the UK rankings, while the rest of the top 15 firms saw their number of stock market clients drop.

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  • December 1, 2007 |

    Herbies only top firm to hold market share in client rankings

    Herbert Smith has enjoyed a strong showing in Hemscott's quarterly rankings of advisers to listed clients, finishing as the only top firm to improve its market share. The top 10 City firm managed to edge up its number of listed clients to 77 to finish eight in the UK rankings, while the rest of the top 15 firms saw their number of stock market clients drop.

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  • November 30, 2007 |

    Former ABN legal chief steps in to Northern Rock

    Beleaguered UK bank Northern Rock has hired the former legal head of ABN Amro, Laurie Adams, as a non-executive director as it attempts to steer itself through its current troubles. The bank announced earlier this week (26 November) that it has named Adams on the board.

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  • November 29, 2007 |

    Circle of Friends

    What is striking about an M&A-focused deal table of independent law firms in Europe is the dominance of the Slaughter and May best friends network. Sitting at the top of the table of deals announced in the 12 months to 30 September, 2007, based on value, is Slaughters' Italy ally Bonelli Erede Pappalardo, edging Slaughters' Dutch friend De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek into a close-run second place. Spain's Uria Menendez came an equally close third, making it a Slaughters sweep for the medal positions. Another member of the Slaughters' network, Germany's Hengeler Mueller, appears in fifth place, behind the Netherlands' NautaDutilh.

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  • November 29, 2007 |

    The legal entrepreneurs

    Setting up a new law firm takes guts. If the cliches are to be believed, lawyers are typically risk averse - lacking in the entrepreneurial chutzpah associated with business success. What's more, managing lawyers is - so the saying goes - like herding cats. Combine the two and you might wonder why any lawyer would decide to break away and start up on their own.

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  • November 29, 2007 |

    The firm that came in from the cold

    Dimitry Afanasiev would like to get a few things straight. Russian president Vladimir Putin is not a dictator and not everyone with money in Russia is a crook. Fed up with what he sees as the West's - and in particular America's - media bias against Russia, the 38-year-old managing partner of Moscow's fast-rising Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners becomes animated.

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  • November 29, 2007 |

    Deal feast

    The Netherlands' M&A market has been booming in recent months, but one deal in particular has captivated the corporate market: the fight for banking giant ABN Amro.

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  • November 29, 2007 |

    A year in Paris

    Plus ca change; plus c'est la meme chose. An old adage maybe, but an apt summary by one managing partner of the past year for France's independent law firms.

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  • November 29, 2007 |

    The reign of Spain

    The past year has undoubtedly been a good one for Spain's independent law firms, many of which have seen unprecedented growth.

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  • November 29, 2007 |

    Tough love

    Valentino Garavani long ago resolved succession issues at the company he started in the 1960s, selling the Valentino label to holding company HdP in 1998. Since then the brand has changed hands twice, most recently being snapped up by UK private equity firm Permira. Another giant of Italian fashion, Giorgio Armani, continues to stall his plans for a future when he is no longer around to lead his fashion house.

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