• July 18, 2007 |

    Mid-tier join chasing pack in LW £100m club

    Legal Week has grouped firms with turnover topping £100m in this year's top 50 to reflect the fact that the financial performance of mid-tier City firms has converged with that of larger, international rivals. The group replaces the previous category of 'chasing pack' firms.

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  • July 18, 2007 |

    Commentary: White & Case City push will have to beat image problem

    White & Case's European practice continues to be one of the most distinctive and promising teams yet put together by a US-based firm. A confident showing from the firm's finance team has helped to drive forward UK revenues by 38% in 2006 to hit $172m. The London office has also increased its fee earners from 64 to nearly 350 in the UK.

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  • July 18, 2007 |

    Fried Frank wins mandate on Virgin Media cable buy-out

    Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson's UK arm has secured a big-ticket M&A mandate after being instructed by Virgin Media on its prospective £11.5bn takeover by private equity giant Carlyle.

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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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