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  • November 7, 2007 |

    Budding lawyers give A&O thumbs up

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has been voted the UK's most popular firm for students and graduates looking to become a solicitor, according to new research. Sixty-four percent of more than 1,400 students and graduates polled rated A&O as 'excellent' and said that the firm provided the best work experience and internships, in the survey by graduate jobsite targetjobs.co.uk

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  • November 7, 2007 | International Edition

    KKR, Permira and Apax storm ahead in private equity league

    Buy-out giants Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR), Permira and Apax Partners have emerged as the most lucrative clients in the sector in recent years, according to new research. Mergermarket rankings compiled exclusively for Legal Week show the private equity houses have completed the highest value of deals in Europe over the last three years.

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  • November 7, 2007 |

    KKR, Permira and Apax storm ahead in private equity league

    Buy-out giants Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR), Permira and Apax Partners have emerged as the most lucrative clients in the sector in recent years, according to new research. Mergermarket rankings compiled exclusively for Legal Week show the private equity houses have completed the highest value of deals in Europe over the last three years.

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  • November 7, 2007 |

    Commentary: Thou shalt not covet - there's just no point

    Here we have it. The best private equity house clients in Europe are the following: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR), Permira, Apax Partners, Blackstone and Macquarie Bank. Some may disagree with this, but new Mergermarket rankings show that the five buy-out houses have worked on the greatest value of deals in Europe during the past three years.

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  • November 7, 2007 |

    Deal Week Dispatch: 7/11/2007

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

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  • November 7, 2007 |

    ...Legal Week Lunchbox: 7/11/07...

    The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today; the pick of the day's posts; and all the usual fun

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  • November 6, 2007 | International Edition

    H1 results: SJB turnover up 22%, Lovells up 10%

    SJ Berwin and Lovells have become the latest firms to unveil double-digit turnover increases for the first half of the year, with the City duo reporting rises of 22% and 10% respectively. SJ Berwin has seen its half-year turnover rise by almost a quarter to reach £99m - putting the top 20 City practice on track to break the £200m mark for a full financial year for the first time. Last year SJ Berwin reported a year-end turnover of £189m.

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  • November 6, 2007 |

    H1 results: SJB turnover up 22%, Lovells up 10%

    SJ Berwin and Lovells have become the latest firms to unveil double-digit turnover increases for the first half of the year, with the City duo reporting rises of 22% and 10% respectively. SJ Berwin has seen its half-year turnover rise by almost a quarter to reach £99m - putting the top 20 City practice on track to break the £200m mark for a full financial year for the first time. Last year SJ Berwin reported a year-end turnover of £189m.

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  • November 5, 2007 | International Edition

    Links corporate man boosts Debevoise London

    Debevoise & Plimpton has bolstered its London M&A practice with the hire of a partner from Linklaters. Guy Lewin-Smith, who has been a partner with the magic circle firm since 1994, is set to join the US firm's City arm in early 2008. It is the third high-profile appointment for Debevoise's London office in little more than three months. Last month it brought in former Attorney General Lord Goldsmith QC to head its European litigation practice, having announced the hire of former Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer investment funds partner Anthony McWhirter at the end of July.

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  • November 5, 2007 |

    Links corporate man boosts Debevoise London

    Debevoise & Plimpton has bolstered its London M&A practice with the hire of a partner from Linklaters. Guy Lewin-Smith, who has been a partner with the magic circle firm since 1994, is set to join the US firm's City arm in early 2008. It is the third high-profile appointment for Debevoise's London office in little more than three months. Last month it brought in former Attorney General Lord Goldsmith QC to head its European litigation practice, having announced the hire of former Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer investment funds partner Anthony McWhirter at the end of July.

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