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  • September 27, 2007 |

    The leadership effect

    Who is at the helm of the City's top law firms? Caroline Grimshaw puts the top 10 firms' managing partners in the psychiatrist's chair, to gauge the impact of each leadership style on the culture of a firm

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  • September 26, 2007 |

    Kirkpatrick bolsters City with Herbies hire

    Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis has boosted its environmental practice with the hire of a consultant from Herbert Smith.

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  • September 26, 2007 |

    Scandinavia and the Baltics: Sweden's deal feast

    Not content with the spoils of the region's M&A boom, law firms in Scandinavia's biggest legal market - Sweden - are fighting for a relaxation in the country's conflict rules, says James Illman

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  • September 26, 2007 |

    Homeland security

    The Diary was recently dispatched on a covert operation to take some snaps for the Legal Week photo library. Covert, because the ultra-sensitivity of some City firms to having their picture taken reminds one of those tribes that believe taking a photograph of someone steals their soul. Not that that would be much of a problem for City lawyers.

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  • September 26, 2007 |

    Legal Week Lunchbox: 26/9/2007

    The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today; plus the pick of readers' comments; and a new Corporate Counsel Q&A to mull over

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  • September 24, 2007 |

    Links licks rivals for Electrocomponents top role

    Linklaters has been named by electrical product supplier Electrocomponents as its main corporate adviser, beating a trio of top firms to win the coveted mandate. Linklaters saw off magic circle arch rival Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer plus competitors including Ashurst and Clifford Chance to bag the role in the company's first competitive review of outside counsel.

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  • September 24, 2007 | International Edition

    Fried Frank peps City pensions with Sidley hire

    Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson has hired its first pensions and employment partner in London after a raid on rival US law firm Sidley Austin. Sheena McCaffrey joins Fried Frank today (24 September) from Sidley, where she was a counsel. She will head the City employment and pensions team at her new firm, working with several associates already at Fried Frank.

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  • September 24, 2007 |

    Fried Frank peps City pensions with Sidley hire

    Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson has hired its first pensions and employment partner in London after a raid on rival US law firm Sidley Austin. Sheena McCaffrey joins Fried Frank today (24 September) from Sidley, where she was a counsel. She will head the City employment and pensions team at her new firm, working with several associates already at Fried Frank.

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  • September 22, 2007 |

    - The post-Lehman landscape: a Legal Week Wiki special

    The dramatic collapse of investment banking giant Lehman Brothers rocked financial markets around the world, as the credit crunch claimed its most high-profile victim to date. The days that followed saw a flurry of action as the financial world scrambled to make sense of events. Here's how Legal Week reported the post-Lehman fallout.

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  • September 20, 2007 |

    Breaking the transatlantic stalemate

    Legal Week’s survey of US law firms operating in London remains the most-read story on this website for a second day running. It has also attracted…

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