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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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  • November 28, 2007 |

    City firms scramble as Grid and Lehman review advisers

    Top UK law firms stand poised for a flurry of panel activity as two of Europe's most coveted clients launch reviews of their advisers. FTSE 100 energy company National Grid is set to overhaul its roster of external advisers for the first time in three years, while US investment banking giant Lehman Brothers is holding a review of its fee arrangements with outside counsel.

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  • November 28, 2007 |

    Skandia names five for debut legal panel

    Insurance group Skandia has finalised its debut UK law firm panel with five firms winning places on the coveted roster.

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  • November 27, 2007 | International Edition

    City giants commit £750k to new diversity drive

    A clutch of London's leading law firms have committed around three-quarters of a million pounds to a new initiative aimed at increasing diversity in the legal profession. Thirteen members of the City Solicitors Educational Trust (CSET) have set aside £250,000 for next year to finance the new project - which aims to encourage students from a wider range of universities and backgrounds to consider a career in law - with similar totals expected for 2009 and 2010.

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  • November 27, 2007 |

    City giants commit £750k to new diversity drive

    A clutch of London's leading law firms have committed around three-quarters of a million pounds to a new initiative aimed at increasing diversity in the legal profession. Thirteen members of the City Solicitors Educational Trust (CSET) have set aside £250,000 for next year to finance the new project - which aims to encourage students from a wider range of universities and backgrounds to consider a career in law - with similar totals expected for 2009 and 2010.

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  • November 21, 2007 |

    Paul Weiss teams up with Macfarlanes as Firth buy-out braves market turmoil

    New York's Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison has teamed up with Macfarlanes to advise private equity group Oak Hill Capital Partners on a £945m agreement to acquire aerospace parts company Firth Rixson, one of the largest private equity deals to be completed since the summer's credit turmoil.

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  • November 21, 2007 |

    Pinsents takes lead on £150m hospital PFI

    Pinsent Masons has won the headline role on a £150m private finance initiative at a West Midlands hospital.

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  • November 21, 2007 |

    Deal Week Dispatch: 21/11/07

    Deal Week Dispatch brings readers an early taster of news from Legal Week's unparalleled deals coverage, with Herbies, DLA Piper and Hammonds among the movers and shakers

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  • November 21, 2007 |

    ...Legal Week Lunchbox: 21/11/07...

    The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today; plus the pick of the day's posts; and an early taster of tomorrow's Deal Week

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  • November 19, 2007 | International Edition

    Linklaters matches rivals with 18% H1 growth

    Linklaters has become the latest firm to report double-digit growth for the first half of the financial year, with revenues at the City giant growing by almost a fifth. Fee income at the magic circle law firm rose by 18% over the six-month period to hit £633m, up from £536m for the equivalent period last year.

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