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  • June 20, 2007 |

    Deal Week Dispatch: 20/6/2007

    Deal Week Dispatch brings readers an early taster of news from Legal Week's unparalleled Deal Week section, with Freshfields, Ashurst and Wragges among the runners and riders.

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  • June 19, 2007 |

    Bevan Brittan builds City housing team

    Bevan Brittan has lured a new partner for its burgeoning City property team, the Bristol-based firm announced today (18 June). Charlie Proddow joins Bevan Brittan's London arm this week from local practice Devonshires, where he was a partner.

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  • June 18, 2007 | International Edition

    LA's O'Melveny makes City disputes move

    O'Melveny & Myers is launching a London litigation and arbitration practice with the hire of two partners from Watson Farley & Williams. The US firm is bringing in Watson Farley international litigation head David Kavanagh, together with fellow contentious partner David Foster.

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  • June 18, 2007 |

    LA's O'Melveny makes City disputes move

    O'Melveny & Myers is launching a London litigation and arbitration practice with the hire of two partners from Watson Farley & Williams. The US firm is bringing in Watson Farley international litigation head David Kavanagh, together with fellow contentious partner David Foster.

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  • June 14, 2007 | International Edition

    Orrick fights back in Paris with Shearman raid

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has strengthened its Paris tax offering following a raid on US rival Shearman & Sterling. Tax partner Isabelle Chauvet joins the West Coast giant as a partner in the French capital, following the departure last month of Orrick's respected local tax head, Stephane Salou, who moved to Norton Rose.

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  • June 14, 2007 |

    Orrick fights back in Paris with Shearman raid

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has strengthened its Paris tax offering following a raid on US rival Shearman & Sterling. Tax partner Isabelle Chauvet joins the West Coast giant as a partner in the French capital, following the departure last month of Orrick's respected local tax head, Stephane Salou, who moved to Norton Rose.

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  • June 12, 2007 | International Edition

    Dentons hikes NQ pay 17% but still lags rivals

    Denton Wilde Sapte has unveiled double-digit pay rises for its trainees and associates, bringing the firm closer to the rates recently announced by City rivals. The top 20 UK firm today (12 June) confirmed it has lifted its salaries for newly-qualified lawyers from £53,000 to a new mark of £62,000 - an increase of nearly 17%.

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  • June 12, 2007 |

    Dentons hikes NQ pay 17% but still lags rivals

    Denton Wilde Sapte has unveiled double-digit pay rises for its trainees and associates, bringing the firm closer to the rates recently announced by City rivals. The top 20 UK firm today (12 June) confirmed it has lifted its salaries for newly-qualified lawyers from £53,000 to a new mark of £62,000 - an increase of nearly 17%.

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  • June 7, 2007 |

    Hints of early settlement as Freshfields tribunal delayed

    The key disciplinary hearing of two of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's best-known lawyers is not expected to take place until the end of the year at the earliest, it has emerged.

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  • June 7, 2007 |

    Editor's Comment: Bloodless revolution

    There comes a point where you have to give credit where it is due - Ashurst has reached that point. That comes from a magazine that has been sceptical of claims of the firm's revival. Sure, everyone acknowledged that Ashurst's banking practice, buoyed by a group of energetic and talented partners, was punching well above its weight in acquisition and structured finance. But while the firm's core M&A practice looked directionless, strategy seemed weakly articulated and the firm's international capability was a mixed bag, few would have bet on Ashurst being a serious contender at the upper end of Europe's legal market.

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