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  • July 4, 2007 |

    Deal Week Dispatch: 4/7/2007

    Deal Week Dispatch brings readers an early taster of news from Legal Week's unparalleled Deal Week section, with Linklaters, Macfarlanes and Pinsent Masons among the deal-doers.

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  • July 2, 2007 | International Edition

    Ashurst acts for Quinlan on £1bn Citi HQ sale

    Ashurst has landed its first instruction for Irish financier Derek Quinlan, advising opposite SJ Berwin and Allen & Overy (A&O) on his £1bn acquisition of Citigroup's London headquarters with PropInvest. Ashurst won the appointment around a month ago through its position as a regular adviser to Glenn Maud's PropInvest. Real estate head Adrian Dear led the team on the latest deal, alongside partner Susan Roy and tax head John Watson.

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  • July 2, 2007 |

    Ashurst acts for Quinlan on £1bn Citi HQ sale

    Ashurst has landed its first instruction for Irish financier Derek Quinlan, advising opposite SJ Berwin and Allen & Overy (A&O) on his £1bn acquisition of Citigroup's London headquarters with PropInvest. Ashurst won the appointment around a month ago through its position as a regular adviser to Glenn Maud's PropInvest. Real estate head Adrian Dear led the team on the latest deal, alongside partner Susan Roy and tax head John Watson.

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  • June 27, 2007 |

    Ashurst profits surge 36% as firm gears up for LLP switch

    Ashurst has announced a massive 36% surge in average profits per equity partner (PEP) to just below the £1m mark as the top 10 City firm prepares to become a limited liability partnership (LLP).

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  • June 27, 2007 |

    Ashurst in the picture for lead role on Jessops restructuring

    Ashurst has edged Eversheds aside to advise camera retailer Jessops on the restructuring that has seen it close 81 stores and make 550 redundancies.

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  • June 27, 2007 |

    Italy: The cult of personality

    Italy's lawyers see themselves as individuals, rather than cogs in the corporate wheel. Claire Ruckin analyses the management challenges this presents as Italy's firms go global

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  • June 27, 2007 |

    Doctorate No

    Ashurst commissars recently sent out a firm-wide diktat banning academic qualifications from the email signatures of its partners. The Diary is not entirely sure what prompted the e-decree, but your correspondent could hear the unmistakable whinnying of City blue-bloods irked that the £60 they shelled out to upgrade their BA Cantab to an MA Cantab was not money well spent after all.

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  • June 25, 2007 |

    Legal Week Lunchbox: 25/6/2007

    The five most popular stories on legalweek.com today; plus the best readers' comments; and private equity heavyweight Charles Martin returns to Legal Village

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  • June 22, 2007 | International Edition

    Ashurst PEP soars 36% to near magic £1m mark

    Ashurst has announced a massive 36% surge in average profits per equity partner (PEP), with the top 10 City firm's average PEP approaching now approaching the £1m mark. Partners will now draw an average of £956,000, up from £701,000 last year, following the firm's announcement of a 28.5% increase in turnover to £275m.

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  • June 22, 2007 |

    Ashurst PEP soars 36% to near magic £1m mark

    Ashurst has announced a massive 36% surge in average profits per equity partner (PEP), with the top 10 City firm's average PEP approaching now approaching the £1m mark. Partners will now draw an average of £956,000, up from £701,000 last year, following the firm's announcement of a 28.5% increase in turnover to £275m.

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