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  • January 25, 2007 |

    Camerons U-turn introduces salaried partners

    CMS Cameron McKenna is to introduce a non-equity tier to its partnership in a major U-turn by the City firm. The firm, which became an all-equity partnership in 2003, has introduced a tier of salaried partners who will not be able to vote on major strategic decisions.

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  • January 25, 2007 |

    Veil Jourde name partners brother among recruits as Paris boutique restructures

    Veil Jourde is set to take on an extra four partners as the Paris independent goes through a major period of restructuring.The firm has bolstered its litigation offering with the hire of Dubarry Le Douarin Veil name partner Pierre-Francois Veil, who joined the firm at the beginning of the year. The firm is also set to recruit Bredin Prat counsel Yves-Charles Zimmermann as a partner in the coming weeks.

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  • January 24, 2007 |

    Dealmaker: David Higgins

    A duff sailor and fan of weird cheeses, David Higgins has also swiftly established himself as one of the leading lights in Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's ascendant private equity practice

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  • January 24, 2007 |

    Deals: M&A 25/01/2007

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Eastman Kodak Company on the European aspects of its agreement to sell its Health Group to Onex Healthcare Holdings for up to $2.55bn (£1.3bn). The team at Freshfields was led by corporate partner Julian Long, competition partner Vanessa Turner and employment, pensions and benefits partner Kathleen Healy. Sullivan & Cromwell acted as Kodak's lead legal advisers. Onex was advised by Kaye Scholer.

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  • January 17, 2007 |

    HSBC to swell its lawyer ranks by 50 as banking giant shakes up law team

    Banking giant HSBC has completed an overhaul of its UK legal function as part of a wider efficiency drive that will see it hire an additional 50 lawyers…

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  • January 17, 2007 |

    A&O and Slaughters land aerospace sale

    Allen & Overy (A&O) and Slaughter and May have landed lead roles on the $4.8bn (£2.4bn) sale of Smiths Group's aerospace business to General Electric…

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  • January 17, 2007 |

    Commentary: Is Freshfields set to get its hands on your clients?

    They might not admit it but behind closed doors partners can get pretty excited when one of their clients emerges as a takeover target. Of course, it is even better when they emerge as a potential acquirer. But while 2007 looks certain to generate a busy flow of unsolicited bids for juicy UK targets, lawyers will be hoping a few of the most recent flurry of M&A rumours come true this year.

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  • January 16, 2007 |

    Inchcape names Reuters' Chapman as new GC

    Automotive giant lures EMEA general counsel from news agency to replace retiring legal chief

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  • January 15, 2007 |

    A&O and Slaughters land $5bn aerospace sale

    Magic circle duo lead on $4.8bn (£2.4bn) sale of Smiths Group's aerospace business to GE

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  • January 11, 2007 | International Edition

    Freshfields powers ahead of rivals in top M&A league

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has increased its dominance in top-tier European M&A, outstripping its rivals in Legal Week's 2006 primary adviser rankings

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