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  • June 13, 2007 | International Edition

    Linklaters and Slaughters called up for top mandates as utilities attract bidders

    Linklaters and Slaughter and May are cashing in on two high-profile utilities disposals - Royal Bank of Scotland's (RBS's) divestment of Southern Water for around £4bn and the sale of United Utilities' electricity distribution business, which is worth more than £1bn.

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  • June 13, 2007 |

    Magic circle quartet plug in for Brit Energy deal

    Four of the five magic circle firms have secured substantial roles advising on the UK Government's £2.5bn disposal of a 25% share in utilities giant British Energy.

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  • June 13, 2007 |

    Giants get in-house legal re-jig

    McDonald's UK legal team was boosted last month by the hire of high-profile ex-easyGroup general counsel Dell Burnside. It is the second move in less than a year for Burnside, who left easyGroup only six months ago to head up the legal team at mobile phone trade group, the GSM Association (GSMA).

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  • June 13, 2007 |

    Legal Week 2.0

    Legal Week (the magazine) gets a makeover this week, largely to reflect the amount of reader-generated copy that legalweek.com now attracts.There will…

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  • June 12, 2007 |

    Government names record 48 firms on super-panel

    A record 48 firms have bagged places on the Government's legal panel, the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) announced today (12 June). The OGC estimates the contracts will be worth a total of around £240m over the next four years.

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  • June 6, 2007 |

    Reuters to pilot media training for its advisers

    Reuters has this week written to its legal advisers to offer them media training for the first time.

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  • June 6, 2007 |

    Freshfields' messy M&S tribunal becomes a blame game

    It has been going on for so long that it is easy to forget where the disciplinary tribunal of two of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s top corporate…

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  • June 6, 2007 |

    UK trio work out £925m David Lloyd sale

    DLA Piper has landed a plum role opposite City giants Herbert Smith and Slaughter and May on the £925m sale of Whitbread's David Lloyd Leisure arm. The UK leisure company was offloaded to Versaille, a buyout vehicle backed by private real estate outfit London & Regional Properties (L&R) and Bank of Scotland Corporate.

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  • June 4, 2007 |

    Magic circle wades into LSB independence debate

    All five magic circle firms have thrown their weight behind attempts to amend the Legal Services Bill ahead of a parliamentary debate on the issue today (4 June). The UK's elite firms have warned that a refusal to allow other parties to join the Lord Chancellor in appointing members of new-look regulator the Legal Services Board (LSB) would be a major blow to the independence of the profession.

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  • May 30, 2007 |

    Reuters taps Italy's Eni for new Euro law chief

    Media giant Reuters has appointed Daragh Fagan as its new general counsel for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

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