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  • May 22, 2007 |

    Legal Week Lunchbox: 22/5/2007

    The five most popular stories on legalweek.com today; more advice from readers on Career Clinic; and the best of the blogs.

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  • May 21, 2007 |

    PEP up 15% as Norton Rose unveils '07 results

    Norton Rose has announced its end-of-year financial results for 2006-07, with the City giant posting double-digit improvements in both turnover and partner profits. Turnover was up 11% at the top 10 City firm from £210m last year to a new mark of £233m. Meanwhile, average profits per equity partner (PEP) were up 15% to a new mark of £512,000.

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  • May 17, 2007 |

    Bryan Cave hits continental Europe with Willkie raid

    Bryan Cave has taken its first steps into mainland Europe after snaring a four-partner team from the Italian arm of US rival Willkie Farr & Gallagher, with further launches on the Continent expected in the coming months.

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  • May 16, 2007 |

    Norton Rose presses ahead for July LLP move

    Norton Rose is to become the latest major UK firm to convert to limited liability partnership (LLP) status, making it the seventh top 10 UK firm to make the change.

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  • May 16, 2007 |

    Post-merger Fasken recruits BLP partner for projects push

    Fasken Martineau Stringer Saul has launched a project finance practice in London after recruiting Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) partner Thomas Wexler.

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  • May 9, 2007 |

    City elite set to unveil explosive fee growth for 2007

    The UK's top firms are set for a record year of financial results on the back of double-digit hikes in revenue.

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  • May 9, 2007 |

    Lovells and Charles Russell lead on key rent court battle

    Lovells and Charles Russell have advised on a closely watched High Court battle that determined the extent of landlords' rights in company insolvencies.

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  • May 9, 2007 |

    Links rebrands projects team for infra and energy crossover

    Linklaters is the latest firm attempting to distance itself from the traditional projects tag after renaming its European practice as 'energy and infrastructure'.

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  • May 9, 2007 |

    Ashurst bags first deal for DIC on E850m German buy-out

    Ashurst has closed its first-ever deal for Dubai International Capital (DIC), advising the highly-coveted investment house on a A850m (£579m) deal in Germany.

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  • May 8, 2007 | International Edition

    Provisional turnover up 23% as SJB hits £190m

    SJ Berwin has posted its provisional year-end figures, with turnover up almost a quarter at the City firm to reach a figure of £190m for the 2006/07 financial year. The firm has surpassed its budgeted £185m turnover benchmark, with final billing figures up by some 23%. Although work in progress calculations have yet to be completed, turnover is unlikely to vary by more than 1% from the billing figure.

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