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  • November 19, 2007 |

    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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  • November 15, 2007 | International Edition

    Texan energy giant unveils Abu Dhabi launch

    US energy giant Vinson & Elkins has expanded its presence in the Middle East with the opening of a new office in Abu Dhabi. The Texan-based law firm launched its first office in the region in 2003 when it opened in Dubai.

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  • November 15, 2007 |

    Texan energy giant unveils Abu Dhabi launch

    US energy giant Vinson & Elkins has expanded its presence in the Middle East with the opening of a new office in Abu Dhabi. The Texan-based law firm launched its first office in the region in 2003 when it opened in Dubai.

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  • November 14, 2007 |

    Online special: Majority of UK lawyers expect an upsurge in bank-on-bank litigation

    Leading lawyers are united in the belief that the market downturn will lead to an increase in cases between financial institutions, as firms face up to the prospect of taking on the big banks. Claire Ruckin reports on the results of the latest Big Question survey

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  • November 14, 2007 |

    Deal Week Dispatch: 14/11/07

    Deal Week Dispatch brings readers an early taster of news from Legal Week's unparalleled deals coverage, with Ashurst, Wragges and Bakers among the movers and shakers

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  • November 9, 2007 |

    CC matches City pace with 18% H1 growth

    Magic circle giant Clifford Chance (CC) is the latest to report its half year results with the firm announcing an 18% rise in H1 turnover for 2007-08, taking its revenue for the period up to around £680m. The percentage increase matches that of fellow magic circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and is ahead of arch City rival Allen & Overy, which recorded a 16% increase in turnover. The results put those firms' revenues for the period at £560m and £456m respectively.

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  • November 8, 2007 | International Edition

    City defies crunch with double-digit H1 growth

    City leaders have defied struggling credit markets to announce strong H1 results, despite longer-term worries about the rest of the year. Just one out of nearly 20 top 50 firms to have reported H1 results has failed to record double-digit growth, with a wide range of firms enjoying increases of more than 20% on the same period last year.

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  • November 8, 2007 |

    City defies crunch with double-digit H1 growth

    City leaders have defied struggling credit markets to announce strong H1 results, despite longer-term worries about the rest of the year. Just one out of nearly 20 top 50 firms to have reported H1 results has failed to record double-digit growth, with a wide range of firms enjoying increases of more than 20% on the same period last year.

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  • November 8, 2007 |

    Top firms battle for British Legal Awards

    Allen & Overy (A&O), White & Case and Travers Smith are among a cross-section of firms battling it out to secure prizes at the 2007 British Legal Awards. Shortlists published today (8 November) show A&O, White & Case and DLA Piper among those in contention for the coveted international firm award, while Ashurst, Travers Smith and Nabarro have been selected in the competitive UK category.

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  • November 8, 2007 |

    Editor's Comment: What goes up...

    The proverb that begins 'don't count your chickens...' will no doubt inform the attitude of managing partners to this week's bullish set of half-year results. It is telling that in the same week that a succession of UK firms report budget-busting figures, the world's largest law firm has initiated a redundancy programme. The future is hardly certain.

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