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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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  • June 6, 2007 |

    Reuters to pilot media training for its advisers

    Reuters has this week written to its legal advisers to offer them media training for the first time.

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  • June 6, 2007 |

    A shattering conclusion

    The Diary was recently duking it out with a couple of Ashurst partners over lunch at the firm's City HQ, with all the usual cat-and-mouse off-the-record questioning that entails.

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  • June 6, 2007 |

    Hamburg next in Bryan Cave European assault

    Bryan Cave has unveiled the next stage of its foray across continental Europe after announcing plans to launch a base in Germany later this summer. The US firm is hiring a four-lawyer team from Hamburg practice Buse Heberer Fromm, which was formerly part of Field Fisher Waterhouse's European Legal Alliance.

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  • May 30, 2007 |

    CC reviews HR following senior departure

    Clifford Chance (CC) is reviewing the set-up of its human resources (HR) department following the news that HR director Liz Bunce is to leave the magic circle firm next month.

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  • May 30, 2007 |

    Ashurst rising stars dominate associate M&A league tables

    Ashurst has topped the latest associate league tables with lawyers from the top 10 London firm landing four out of the top five spots in the two-year rankings.

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  • May 30, 2007 |

    Dentons and Freshfields kick off £133m Newcastle Utd takeover bid

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Denton Wilde Sapte have bagged plum roles on the latest takeover attempt of a major English football club, with Newcastle United the target of a £133m bid by UK billionaire Mike Ashley. Freshfields corporate partner Christopher Mort led a team advising Ashley on his acquisition last week of a 41.6% stake in the Premiership club from president Sir John Hall.

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  • May 30, 2007 |

    'Tis the season to be…

    Thanks to the popularity of our Legal Week Wiki pay round special with both readers and posters, we have decided to extend the model with a table and thread…

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  • May 30, 2007 |

    Profile: The governor

    India's new Chief Justice has overcome cultural hurdles to take his post at a momentous historical period for the country's courts. Dominic Carman talks to India's top judge about market liberalisation, his favourite UK judges and judicial reform

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  • May 29, 2007 |

    CC partner profits break £1m for the first time

    Clifford Chance (CC) has broken the £1m average profits per equity partner (PEP) barrier for the first time, after the magic circle firm announced its end-of-year results today (29 May). PEP was up by a quarter (25%) from £814,000 in 2005-06 to a new mark of £1,015,000. Revenue at the City giant is up by 16%, from £1.029bn to £1.194bn.

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