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  • September 13, 2007 |

    Partner alternatives gaining acceptance at top City firms

    Nearly two-thirds of major City firms have introduced partnership alternatives, according to Legal Week research, which shows many law firms are still wrestling with 20%-plus associate attrition rates.

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  • September 12, 2007 |

    Former Alcatel-Lucent GC takes on key Motorola role

    Former Alcatel-Lucent general counsel Richard Pithcaethly has bagged a role as vice president and UK legal director for mobile phone giant Motorola, Legal Week can reveal.

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  • September 12, 2007 |

    Ashurst aims for stars on Pakistan satellite project

    Ashurst has won its first instruction from the Pakistani Government - advising the state on a new fourth-generation satellite project.

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  • September 12, 2007 |

    Ashurst boosts Germany with A&O finance hire

    Ashurst has expanded its German operation with the hire of Allen & Overy capital markets associate Christoph Enderstein, who will take up an of counsel position. Enderstein joins the Frankfurt office's structured finance group after nearly six years with the magic circle law firm. His arrival follows Ashurst's recent recruitment of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Frankfurt tax partner Matthias Kuhn.

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  • September 12, 2007 |

    White & Case cements its power credentials with lead role on $950m Lummus mandate

    White & Case and Ashurst have bagged roles advising on Chicago Bridge & Iron's (CB&I's) $950m (£470m) acquisition of US-based Lummus Global from power and technology group Asea Brown Boveri (ABB).

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  • September 12, 2007 |

    Legal Week Lunchbox: 12/9/2007

    The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today; plus the pick of readers' comments; and former Olswang top man Jonathan Goldstein is the latest big-name blogger to join Legal Village

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  • September 11, 2007 |

    Ashurst sues client over £550k 'unpaid bill'

    City giant Ashurst has kicked off proceedings to sue a client for more than half a million pounds in unpaid fees, it has emerged. The top 10 UK law firm filed a claim in the High Court against Centurion Gold Holdings, a mining company based in South Africa and incorporated in the US.

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  • September 5, 2007 |

    Editor's Comment: New battleground

    Law firms should get ready for globalisation proper

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  • September 5, 2007 |

    Lawyers receive jobs pledge as banks remain defiant in face of credit crunch

    Some of the City's top banks have pledged to avoid cutting legal staff in the wake of the current credit turmoil, despite mounting pressure on commercial jobs in the structured finance arena. Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) deputy general counsel Chris Campbell said that the state of the market would have "categorically no effect" on RBS's legal team, despite the bank last week announcing that it is to scale back its collateralised debt obligations team.

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  • September 5, 2007 |

    Ashurst's charm school

    Just as important for any wannabe rainmaker as being able to shout at trainees and discreetly knife colleagues squarely between the scapulas is the noble art of schmoozing. To some it comes as easily as taking candy from an investment-banking baby, while others find it more tortuous than an hour discussing the finer points of Polish law.

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