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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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  • 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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