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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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  • September 19, 2007 |

    Martin loses out on Thomson-Reuters top GC role

    Lauded Reuters general counsel Rosemary Martin has been overlooked for the top post-merger legal job at Thomson-Reuters in favour of Thomson's legal director, Deirdre Stanley.

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  • September 19, 2007 |

    Dentons gets on board National Express with role on £1.4bn East Coast franchise

    Denton Wilde Sapte has landed the National Express Group as a new client after advising it on its successful bid for the £1.4bn InterCity East Coast rail franchise.

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  • September 19, 2007 |

    US firms in London: Friends in the City

    Almost half the respondents to this years' US firms in London survey would consider a tie-up with a UK firm. Helen Mooney reports on London's enduring appeal

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  • September 19, 2007 |

    Nomura names Chapman as new Euro legal chief

    Japanese bank Nomura has named Mark Chapman as its new European general counsel. Chapman, previously of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, joined the bank's corporate legal department in 2000 and was most recently head of corporate litigation and company secretary. He will now report to regional president and chief executive Yugo Ishida.

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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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