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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 |

    Russian bear meets bull market

    Russia's oil-driven economic revival is generating a flood of corporate work and surging demand for City partners. Richard Lloyd reports on Moscow's white-hot legal market

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  • January 9, 2008 |

    Freshfields relocates senior finance partner to Dubai

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's former London finance head, Bob Charlton, is being transferred to the Middle East in a significant boost the magic circle firm's presence in the region. Charlton, who is currently on sabbatical until February, is set to take up a post in the firm's Dubai office, adding a major heavyweight to the region.

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  • January 4, 2008 | International Edition

    Dewey in Dubai debut after hire of Akin Gump duo

    Dewey & LeBoeuf is making its long-awaited debut in Dubai after securing the hire of two partners from US rival Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. The two Dubai-based partners leaving Akin Gump are local office head Gavin Watson and banking partner Chris Sioufi, who joined last year from DLA Piper.

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  • January 4, 2008 |

    Dewey in Dubai debut after hire of Akin Gump duo

    Dewey & LeBoeuf is making its long-awaited debut in Dubai after securing the hire of two partners from US rival Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. The two Dubai-based partners leaving Akin Gump are local office head Gavin Watson and banking partner Chris Sioufi, who joined last year from DLA Piper.

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  • January 2, 2008 | International Edition

    City giants lead Emap's £1bn B2B sell-off

    Ashurst and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are advising Guardian Media Group and private equity house Apax on their £1bn takeover of the business-to business arm of publishing giant Emap. The terms of the recommended cash offer, announced on 21 December, together with a £1bn special dividend payable to shareholders following the sale of Emap's consumer and radio divisions, effectively value the company at £2bn.

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  • January 2, 2008 |

    City giants lead Emap's £1bn B2B sell-off

    Ashurst and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are advising Guardian Media Group and private equity house Apax on their £1bn takeover of the business-to business arm of publishing giant Emap. The terms of the recommended cash offer, announced on 21 December, together with a £1bn special dividend payable to shareholders following the sale of Emap's consumer and radio divisions, effectively value the company at £2bn.

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  • December 14, 2007 | International Edition

    Camerons takes lead role on hospitals sell-off

    CMS Cameron McKenna has completed its second deal in a month for Nuffield Hospitals with the City firm scoring a role on the sale of nine hospitals to General Healthcare Group (GHG). Camerons corporate partner David Day took the lead for Nuffield on the sale of the hospital portfolio to GHG for an undisclosed sum. Camerons real estate head Edward Benzecry advised on property issues.

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  • December 14, 2007 |

    Camerons takes lead role on hospitals sell-off

    CMS Cameron McKenna has completed its second deal in a month for Nuffield Hospitals with the City firm scoring a role on the sale of nine hospitals to General Healthcare Group (GHG). Camerons corporate partner David Day took the lead for Nuffield on the sale of the hospital portfolio to GHG for an undisclosed sum. Camerons real estate head Edward Benzecry advised on property issues.

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  • December 13, 2007 |

    Simmons urges veterans to take non-law roles

    Simmons & Simmons is set to formally encourage partners nearing retirement to take on roles outside of the law, as ageing partnerships continue to raise issues for major UK law firms.

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