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  • July 18, 2007 | International Edition

    A&O lands top role on record Metronet insolvency

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has landed the key role advising Ernst & Young (E&Y) on the £2.6bn restructuring of struggling transport group Metronet. The role is a major boost for the magic circle law firm, which is advising E&Y as administrator on the largest formal insolvency procedure ever seen in the UK. Insolvency head Mark Sterling and restructuring partner Katrina Buckley are leading the team for A&O.

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  • July 18, 2007 |

    A&O lands top role on record Metronet insolvency

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has landed the key role advising Ernst & Young (E&Y) on the £2.6bn restructuring of struggling transport group Metronet. The role is a major boost for the magic circle law firm, which is advising E&Y as administrator on the largest formal insolvency procedure ever seen in the UK. Insolvency head Mark Sterling and restructuring partner Katrina Buckley are leading the team for A&O.

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  • July 18, 2007 |

    Deal Week Dispatch: 18/7/2007

    Deal Week Dispatch brings readers an early taster of news from Legal Week's unparalleled Deal Week section, with Ashurst, Wragges and Norton Rose among the deal-doers.

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  • July 12, 2007 |

    Credit Agricole cuts costs with first-ever formal panel

    Baker & McKenzie, Norton Rose and De Pardieu Brocas Maffei have won spots on Credit Agricole's first formal panel.

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  • July 12, 2007 | International Edition

    Travers tops £800k PEP with 15% growth spurt

    Travers Smith has posted a solid set of results for the past financial year, with preliminary figures putting the firm above the £800,000 profits per equity partner (PEP) point for the first time. Partner profits, turnover and total profits at the bellwether City law firm are all up by 15%, with PEP up from £705,000 to £810,000. Fee income climbed from £68.1m last year to a new mark of £78.3m, while total profits jumped from £33m to £38.1m.

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  • July 12, 2007 |

    Travers tops £800k PEP with 15% growth spurt

    Travers Smith has posted a solid set of results for the past financial year, with preliminary figures putting the firm above the £800,000 profits per equity partner (PEP) point for the first time. Partner profits, turnover and total profits at the bellwether City law firm are all up by 15%, with PEP up from £705,000 to £810,000. Fee income climbed from £68.1m last year to a new mark of £78.3m, while total profits jumped from £33m to £38.1m.

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  • July 11, 2007 |

    Date set for Freshfields duo's M&S hearing

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is facing a second major showdown in as many months after a date was set for the formal disciplinary hearing awaiting corporate head Tim Jones and former corporate chief Barry O'Brien. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) confirmed today (11 July) that Jones and O'Brien will face a formal hearing on 2 August before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT).

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  • July 11, 2007 |

    Deal Week Dispatch: 11/7/2007

    Deal Week Dispatch brings readers an early taster of news from Legal Week's unparalleled Deal Week section, with Clifford Chance, Ashurst and Fried Frank among the deal-doers.

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  • July 6, 2007 |

    Barclays review keeps faith with familiar faces

    Barclays has unveiled its eagerly awaited new panel, with all the bank's main panel firms reappointed to its coveted main roster. Mandates for the bank's general advisory panel, which are set to run for two years, have been handed out once again to historical advisers to Allen & Overy (A&O), Clifford Chance (CC), Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters, Lovells, DLA Piper and Simmons & Simmons.

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  • July 4, 2007 |

    Busy M&A market keeps business confidence at top firms on a high

    An unprecedented 100% of lawyers polled are predicting revenue growth. Claire Ruckin reports on the latest Big Question survey

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