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  • April 4, 2007 |

    Firms woo talent with record '07 partner round

    Top UK law firms are preparing for a record number of partner promotions as they continue to enjoy the fruits of Europe's booming M&A market. Linklaters, Eversheds, DLA Piper and Pinsent Masons have all announced that they will be making up their largest-ever partnership rounds this year, while almost every top 20 UK firm has, to date, promoted more than last year.

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  • April 4, 2007 |

    Ontex tussle sets scene for coming restructuring wave

    A raft of City heavyweights have won roles on the E1bn (£680m) restructuring battle surrounding Belgian company Ontex as advisers jostle for position ahead of the next round of workouts.

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  • April 4, 2007 | International Edition

    It's good to talk to associates, say talent-hungry City law firms

    Nearly all partners at top UK firms believe regular consultations with associates have become an important part of law firm life as they battle to retain…

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  • April 4, 2007 |

    It's good to talk to associates, say talent-hungry City law firms

    Nearly all partners at top UK firms believe regular consultations with associates have become an important part of law firm life as they battle to retain…

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  • March 28, 2007 |

    Middle East and India: Highway to a new world

    According to a taxi driver in Dubai, the only old thing left in the emirate is the sea. It is a common observation, but an outsider could not hope for a more telling insight into the degree of commercial activity in the region. Not surprisingly, that expansion has been mirrored in the legal sector where foreign law firms that have opened up offices in the past three years now significantly outnumber the old hands.

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  • March 28, 2007 |

    Middle East and India: Standing guard

    As hopes of market liberalisation build, international law firms are already making a major play for Indian business, using a range of tactics to win the jealously-guarded prize

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  • March 28, 2007 |

    Commentary: The City should vote Brown (but maybe not the country)

    Some tax lawyers, perhaps feeling a twinge of sympathy for a time when the UK used to have manufacturing clients, are in the knocking camp but, by most City lawyers' yardsticks, you would have to call Gordon Brown's last Budget a result.

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  • March 28, 2007 |

    Deals: M&A 29/03/2007

    Cobbetts has acted for the sellers on the £24m sale of specialist recruitment business James Harvard to Hays. Corporate partner Sean Fitzgerald and solicitor Victoria Zivkovic led the team at Cobbetts. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer corporate partner David Sonter led the team for Hays.

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  • March 28, 2007 |

    Bar restrictions rein in India ambitions

    Frustration over faltering attempts to liberalise India's highly-restrictive legal market is dampening City lawyers' hopes for the much-touted emerging market, according to new research.

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  • March 28, 2007 |

    Through the looking glass with leveraged finance

    Those searching for a better example of the current through-the-looking-glass mood of the European leveraged finance market won’t find a better example…

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