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  • May 17, 2007 |

    Herbert Smith conflict gifts Macfarlanes £8bn mandate

    A Herbert Smith conflict has handed Macfarlanes the lead role opposite Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer on the £8bn takeover of UK construction group Hanson by Germany's HeidelbergCement. Macfarlanes corporate finance partner Tim Lewis and corporate partner Graham Gibb are advising Heidelberg on its £7.85bn offer for Hanson, in the biggest-ever takeover in the building materials industry.

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  • May 16, 2007 |

    Editor's Comment: Modern Macfarlanes

    Partnership updated for today's business age

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  • May 16, 2007 |

    Norton Rose presses ahead for July LLP move

    Norton Rose is to become the latest major UK firm to convert to limited liability partnership (LLP) status, making it the seventh top 10 UK firm to make the change.

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  • May 16, 2007 |

    Three more City firms bulk up NQ salaries to match rivals

    Lovells, Simmons & Simmons and Nabarro are the latest firms to increase newly-qualified salaries to meet the new City benchmark. The increases, effective from 1 May, take Lovells' and Simmons' newly-qualified salaries from £55,000 to £63,500 - joining Clifford Chance, Slaughter and May and Norton Rose at that rate. Nabarro has increased its newly-qualifed rate to around £62,500.

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  • May 16, 2007 |

    New era but same style for Macfarlanes as Martin and Martin set to take City thoroughbred's helm

    Macfarlanes is ushering in its next generation of management, with longstanding leaders Robert Sutton and Paul Phippen standing down when their terms end next year.

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  • May 16, 2007 |

    Hogan bags $4.8bn mandate as aggressive bid tactics rule

    Norilsk Nickel calls in Hogan in competitive bid as aggressive acquirers power M&A market

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  • May 14, 2007 |

    Lovells hikes NQ pay to £63,500 to match CC

    Lovells has become the latest City firm to up its associate salaries, with the top 10 UK outfit boosting its rate for newly-qualified lawyers by 15% to £63,500. The hike is Lovells' second pay-rise for newly-qualified lawyers in the last year, having raised salaries from last May's £53,000 to a new mark of £55,000 in November.

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  • May 14, 2007 | International Edition

    Lovells hikes NQ pay to £63,500 to match CC

    Lovells has become the latest City firm to up its associate salaries, with the top 10 UK outfit boosting its rate for newly-qualified lawyers by 15% to £63,500. The hike is Lovells' second pay-rise for newly-qualified lawyers in the last year, having raised salaries from last May's £53,000 to a new mark of £55,000 in November.

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  • May 14, 2007 | International Edition

    Olswang hires Slaughters consultant for IP boost

    Olswang has bolstered its intellectual property (IP) capability with the hire of Slaughter and May consultant Jeremy Phillips. He joins Olswang on 1 June as an IP consultant, having previously held academic posts at a number of universities. Phillips is currently the research director and a council member of the Intellectual Property Institute, as well as a visiting professor to the World Intellectual Property Organisation. He also founded the magazines Trademark World, Patent World, Copyright World and Managing Intellectual Property.

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  • May 14, 2007 |

    Olswang hires Slaughters consultant for IP boost

    Olswang has bolstered its intellectual property (IP) capability with the hire of Slaughter and May consultant Jeremy Phillips. He joins Olswang on 1 June as an IP consultant, having previously held academic posts at a number of universities. Phillips is currently the research director and a council member of the Intellectual Property Institute, as well as a visiting professor to the World Intellectual Property Organisation. He also founded the magazines Trademark World, Patent World, Copyright World and Managing Intellectual Property.

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