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  • July 6, 2007 |

    Barclays review keeps faith with familiar faces

    Barclays has unveiled its eagerly awaited new panel, with all the bank's main panel firms reappointed to its coveted main roster. Mandates for the bank's general advisory panel, which are set to run for two years, have been handed out once again to historical advisers to Allen & Overy (A&O), Clifford Chance (CC), Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters, Lovells, DLA Piper and Simmons & Simmons.

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  • July 5, 2007 |

    Cravath transfers M&A star to European scene

    Cravath Swaine & Moore is to boost its presence in the European M&A market with the move of New York corporate partner David Mercado to London.

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  • July 4, 2007 |

    Commentary: Freshfields star becomes Magpies' latest big signing

    Lawyers love reading the sports pages. Even for the ones that know very little about it, there seems to be an inherent need to keep abreast of Premiership football affairs, if only to be able to discuss it with clients.

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  • July 3, 2007 |

    Legal Week Lunchbox: 3/7/2007

    The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today; plus the pick of readers' comments; and Beachcroft managing partner Paul Murray is the latest law firm leader under the Herding Cats microscope

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  • June 28, 2007 |

    Kilpatrick's Newman to make Olswang switch

    Olswang has raided Kilpatrick Stockton for a five-lawyer intellectual property (IP) team led by high-profile department head Helen Newman. Newman, Kilpatrick's head of international IP, will join the City outfit with a team of three senior associates and one additional lawyer on Monday (2 July).

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  • June 27, 2007 |

    Bonelli delays more to back key remuneration shake-up

    Slaughter and May best friend Bonelli Erede Pappalardo has sidelined plans to address succession issues facing the firm after it failed to reach a consensus to overhaul its payment structure at a recent partnership meeting.

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  • June 27, 2007 |

    SJs scores second deal for music giant as £104m merger bid steams ahead

    SJ Berwin has secured its second major corporate mandate from Universal Music Group, advising opposite Slaughter and May on the acquisition of a UK music company.

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  • June 27, 2007 |

    Italy: The cult of personality

    Italy's lawyers see themselves as individuals, rather than cogs in the corporate wheel. Claire Ruckin analyses the management challenges this presents as Italy's firms go global

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  • June 22, 2007 |

    Gianni overhaul creates senior partner role

    Gianni Origini Grippo & Partners has introduced the role of senior partner in a shake-up of its management structure, it was announced today (22 June), as the Italian heavyweight moves to resolve issues over succession. Former managing partner Francesco Gianni steps up to take on the newly-created role of senior partner, with Rome-based M&A specialist Giovanni Nardulli succeeding him as managing partner.

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  • June 21, 2007 | International Edition

    London boutique earns its Spurs on Sugar's Tottenham share sale

    London boutique Wallace has landed a role opposite Slaughter and May and Herbert Smith as Sir Alan Sugar sells his stake in Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. The 10-partner firm advised sports and media group ENIC on its £25m acquisition of Sugar's 12% stake in the football club.

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