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  • July 5, 2006 |

    Deals: M&A

    Legal Week reports

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  • July 5, 2006 |

    Cheyne extols virtues of classical senior partner

    It's official. Had he lost the senior partner elections, Linklaters corporate heavyweight David Cheyne would not have quit the firm in a fit of pique. Indeed, Cheyne claims such behaviour from a Linklaters partner would have been "extraordinary", despite the long-running mutterings linking the magic circle firm's top deal lawyer to one Sullivan & Cromwell.

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  • June 28, 2006 | International Edition

    Deal leagues under scrutiny as US firms storm Euro rankings

    Big transactions skew results as white shoe firms surge up European M&A league Legal complaints office relaunches in Midlands

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  • June 28, 2006 |

    Deal leagues under scrutiny as US firms storm Euro rankings

    Big transactions skew results as white shoe firms surge up European M&A league Legal complaints office relaunches in Midlands

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  • June 28, 2006 |

    Milberg Weiss finds itself on wrong side of litigation culture

    Woes mount for Milberg Weiss, but troubled firm fights back; Richards Butler rubber-stamps transatlantic tie-up; the fall-out from Enron rumbles on; South Africa in midst of merger mania; Nauta remains wedded to lockstep; while BLP takes steps to strengthen international links. Alex Novarese reports

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  • June 28, 2006 | International Edition

    GREIT expectations fail to deliver for property lawyers

    M&A teams leave real estate lawyers in the back seat as REIT conversions churn up market

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  • June 28, 2006 |

    Italy: State Of The Nation

    It may be almost 150 years since the formation of the Italian nation, yet the country's local legal market remains decentralised. But, as James Illman discovers, firms remain split over the best regional opportunities

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  • June 28, 2006 |

    GREIT expectations fail to deliver for property lawyers

    M&A teams leave real estate lawyers in the back seat as REIT conversions churn up market

    1 minute read

  • June 28, 2006 |

    Deals: M&A

    Legal Week Reports

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  • June 28, 2006 |

    Italy: An Island No More

    Italy's top firms - and the country's cultural differences - frustrated the initial assault of London and New York's major players. But James Illman finds foreign firms more confident as the Italian protectionism fades and cross-border mergers hit the market

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