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  • August 1, 2007 |

    Banks call in big guns in response to OFT charges

    A raft of law firms have bagged roles representing banks after the Office of Fair Trading launched a claim last week in relation to overdraft charges. Clifford Chance is advising Barclays, Slaughter and May is advising Nationwide and Addleshaw Goddard has been instructed by Clydesdale. Ashurst, Linklaters, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Lovells have also won roles advising Abbey National, Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC and Lloyds TSB respectively.

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  • August 1, 2007 |

    Legal Week Lunchbox: 2/8/2007

    The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today; plus the pick of readers' comments; and editor Alex Novarese on the arcane art of the restrictive covenant

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  • July 30, 2007 | International Edition

    Emap calls in A&O to advise on sale options

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has won the lead corporate role advising Emap on a strategic review that could see the publishing company broken up. Corporate partners Don McGown and Richard Browne were instructed by Emap last week to advise on the review of the company's structure and assets, which include radio stations and consumer magazines including FHM and Grazia in addition to trade titles such as Retail Week and Nursing Times.

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  • July 30, 2007 |

    Emap calls in A&O to advise on sale options

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has won the lead corporate role advising Emap on a strategic review that could see the publishing company broken up. Corporate partners Don McGown and Richard Browne were instructed by Emap last week to advise on the review of the company's structure and assets, which include radio stations and consumer magazines including FHM and Grazia in addition to trade titles such as Retail Week and Nursing Times.

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  • July 25, 2007 |

    Taylor Wessing secures lead role in £622m property coup

    Taylor Wessing has pushed ahead of City rival Olswang to land a lead role on the £622m property acquisition of some of the UK's most famous tourist attractions, including Alton Towers and Madame Tussauds.

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  • July 25, 2007 |

    Commentary: SJ Berwin gets set to repulse the British Land grab

    Ten years ago the idea of a firm other than SJ Berwin winning a major instruction for property giant British Land would have seemed unthinkable.

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  • July 25, 2007 |

    Ashurst's emotional rollercoaster

    Tales among deal lawyers of lost weekends, cancelled holidays and days on end without sleep are far from rare, so it is encouraging to hear that not all City big-shots take things quite so seriously.

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  • July 25, 2007 |

    Deal Week Dispatch: 25/7/2007

    Deal Week Dispatch brings readers an early taster of news from Legal Week's unparalleled Deal Week section, with Allen & Overy, Dentons and Gibson Dunn among the deal-doers.

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  • July 23, 2007 |

    A&O takes lead role on record £2.6bn Metronet restructuring

    Allen & Overy (A&O) looks set for a fees windfall after landing the mandate to advise the administrator on the £2.6bn restructuring of struggling transport group Metronet.

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  • July 19, 2007 |

    Big four secure world-beater status as top 50 breaks £10bn

    London's big four have secured their place among the emerging global elite after what will be seen as a breakthrough year for the UK's leading law firms.

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