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  • February 28, 2007 |

    Corporate Counsel: Local bank, local lawyers

    HSBC law chief Richard Bennett explains why his team thinks local and avoids empire-building. Michelle Madsen reports Soaring up over Docklands and boasting one of the best views in London, HSBC's glittering City headquarters are not what you would immediately imagine when thinking of your local bank.

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  • February 28, 2007 |

    Heller helps itself to Wilmer Cutler City duo

    Heller Ehrman has strengthened its fledgling London office after a second raid in as many months on US rival Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr. Tax partner Christopher Prout and corporate associate Scott Leonard-Morgan both join the West Coast tech leader as partners from Wilmer Cutler's City arm, along with three corporate associates.

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  • February 26, 2007 |

    German energy giant unveils first post-merger panel

    Corporate heavyweights Linklaters, Hengeler Mueller and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett have bagged roles alongside DLA Piper on the first formal panel set up by energy giant Linde. The formation of the panel, announced today (26 February), sees DLA Piper handed responsibility for advising the company on the majority of its day-to-day legal matters.

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  • February 22, 2007 |

    A reader query about trainees

    One legalweek.com reader this week posted a comment querying the veracity of a recent story regarding the retention rate of trainees.The piece in question…

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  • February 21, 2007 |

    War for talent pushes retention rates past 90%

    The UK's top firms are keeping a tight grip on their trainees, with most City firms set to retain more than 90% of their intake during the next month as the battle for talent rages on. Major UK firms including Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters, Slaughter and May, Herbert Smith, Lovells and Ashurst are taking on at least 90% of their trainees in the coming intake in March.

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  • February 21, 2007 | International Edition

    Freshfields' radical restructure sees stream of equity partners move on

    The scale of the senior departures at Freshfields as the City giant restructures its partnership has confounded expectations that the firm would fudge the issue. Charlotte Edmond tracks the shake-up and impact on the firm's practice For a firm such as Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, which is not used to either radical internal changes or partner departures, a partnership restructuring must be heavy work.

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  • February 21, 2007 |

    Freshfields' radical restructure sees stream of equity partners move on

    The scale of the senior departures at Freshfields as the City giant restructures its partnership has confounded expectations that the firm would fudge the issue. Charlotte Edmond tracks the shake-up and impact on the firm's practice For a firm such as Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, which is not used to either radical internal changes or partner departures, a partnership restructuring must be heavy work.

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  • February 21, 2007 |

    Heller Ehrman launches London competition with Slaughters hire

    Heller Ehrman is to launch a City competition practice with the hire of a senior associate from Slaughter and May. Douglas Lahnborg will join the West Coast firm's new London office as a partner after nine years at the magic circle firm.

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  • February 21, 2007 |

    Iberia: Beyond borders

    Where would you rank Spain in a league table of the world's largest economies? Having been in 16th place 10 years ago, it now sits at number eight, according to World Bank research. Last year, Spain also joined an elite group of the 10 countries that boast the most dollar millionaires; according to a wealth report produced by investment bank Merrill Lynch, there are now 148,600 of them.

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  • February 16, 2007 |

    Heller taps Slaughters for City competition launch

    Heller Ehrman is to launch a City competition practice after announcing the hire of a senior associate from Slaughter and May. Douglas Lahnborg will join the West Coast firm's new London office as a partner after nine years at the magic circle firm.

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