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  • December 5, 2007 |

    Ashurst and CC pierce property gloom on E2bn Santander sale and leaseback

    Ashurst and Clifford Chance (CC) have taken the lead roles on one of the biggest European property deals in recent months - the A2bn (£1.4bn) sale and leaseback of 1,152 branches of Spain's Banco Santander.

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  • December 5, 2007 |

    Commentary: Five-year revival in property set to run out of steam

    Ashurst and Clifford Chance's (CC's) roles on a A2bn (£1.4bn) real estate deal (see right) would be decent instructions in the property sector in any circumstances, but with the market looking far from rosy, it is a very handy deal for any firm to have in its back pocket.

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  • December 5, 2007 | International Edition

    Olswang finance push lures Sidley partner

    Olswang has hired Sidley Austin partner Steve Clark, as the top 30 City firm looks to give more prominence to its finance practice. Clark, who specialises in acquisition and real estate finance, joined Olswang as a partner from Sidley's City arm earlier this week.

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  • December 5, 2007 |

    Olswang finance push lures Sidley partner

    Olswang has hired Sidley Austin partner Steve Clark, as the top 30 City firm looks to give more prominence to its finance practice. Clark, who specialises in acquisition and real estate finance, joined Olswang as a partner from Sidley's City arm earlier this week.

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  • December 3, 2007 | International Edition

    White & Case, Nabarro join Northern Rock saga

    White & Case and Nabarro have emerged as the latest firms to score advisory roles in the ongoing Northern Rock saga. The two firms are acting for the bank's biggest shareholders - hedge funds SRM Global and RAB Capital.

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  • December 3, 2007 |

    White & Case, Nabarro join Northern Rock saga

    White & Case and Nabarro have emerged as the latest firms to score advisory roles in the ongoing Northern Rock saga. The two firms are acting for the bank's biggest shareholders - hedge funds SRM Global and RAB Capital.

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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 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 |

    Tight ship

    A good year for M&A deals has seen Sweden's independents miss out on some of the big instructions, but the Government's sell-off of prized assets has benefited the country's top firms. James Illman reports

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