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  • September 5, 2007 |

    Lord of the non-flyers

    With firms such as Simmons & Simmons increasingly bragging about their carbon-neutral status, The Diary is impressed with those partners shunning the overseas sun and refusing to clock up the air-miles by taking their summer break in places like Devon or Cornwall. Not that they've all clocked up good karma for their troubles.

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  • September 3, 2007 | International Edition

    Proskauer awaits as Hudson makes O'Melveny exit

    O'Melveny & Myers' former London head, Matthew Hudson, has handed in his notice at the Los Angeles-based firm, clearing the path for Proskauer Rose to launch its City office. Hudson, a private equity specialist, told O'Melveny today (3 September) that he would be leaving to join Proskauer at its new London arm, although his start date is yet to be confirmed.

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  • September 3, 2007 |

    Proskauer awaits as Hudson makes O'Melveny exit

    O'Melveny & Myers' former London head, Matthew Hudson, has handed in his notice at the Los Angeles-based firm, clearing the path for Proskauer Rose to launch its City office. Hudson, a private equity specialist, told O'Melveny today (3 September) that he would be leaving to join Proskauer at its new London arm, although his start date is yet to be confirmed.

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  • September 3, 2007 |

    Legal Week Lunchbox: 3/9/2007

    The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today; plus the pick of readers' comments; and an all-new Career Clinic dilemma

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  • September 3, 2007 |

    Ashurst hires first India chief from US firm

    Ashurst has hired Arnold & Porter corporate partner Mureli Neelakantan to head up its India practice, the top 10 City firm announced today (3 September). Neelakantan, who is dual-qualified in India and the UK, begins in the newly-created role this week.

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  • August 31, 2007 |

    Ashurst lures Freshfields partner in German push

    Ashurst is set to bolster its German practice with the hire of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner Matthias Kuhn. Kuhn, who became a partner at Freshfields in 1996, is due to join Ashurst's Frankfurt arm on 10 September.

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  • August 31, 2007 | International Edition

    Ashurst lures Freshfields partner in German push

    Ashurst is set to bolster its German practice with the hire of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner Matthias Kuhn. Kuhn, who became a partner at Freshfields in 1996, is due to join Ashurst's Frankfurt arm on 10 September.

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  • August 29, 2007 |

    Proskauer closes in on long-awaited London debut

    Proskauer Rose is set to make its entrance into the London market with the New York law firm in talks to recruit the former head of O'Melveny & Myers' City arm to launch its UK law practice.

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  • August 29, 2007 |

    Fulbright London growth drive continues with second City lateral hire in a month

    Fulbright & Jaworski has made its second lateral partner hire in London in a month, as the Texan firm prepares to move to new offices with space to more than quadruple its City lawyer count.

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  • August 29, 2007 |

    Commentary: CC and BLP climb property ladder with high-profile hires

    Spate of summer recruitment shows that ambition is putting CC ahead of the pack

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