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  • March 31, 2001 |

    Fortress Wall Street

    A&O's hiring of one of the top derivatives lawyers in New York is a remarkable coup. But Helen Mooney says it will take more than one big lateral to convince US lawyers that the UK firms are about to make a major impact

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  • March 31, 2001 |

    Chemical giant Croda calls on Addleshaws corporate

    New Business

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  • March 31, 2001 |

    Garretts books seat on Airtours panel

    Dorseys to develop IP and technology practice, HBS bullish despite losing two partners

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  • March 31, 2001 |

    Macfarlanes gains German best friend

    City firm forges Noerr tie-up; Eversheds homes in on divided Wessing

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  • March 31, 2001 |

    Linklaters back in Lloyds frame

    M&A

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  • March 31, 2001 |

    TELECOMS: Consolidate to accumulate

    The spin-off of work from the recent third-generation auctions should be excellent news for lawyers, but as Derek Bedlow explains, the bursting of the telecoms bubble means that they may need to choose their clients with care

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  • March 31, 2001 |

    Sema shuffle threatens Birds' panel place

    Legal Week reports

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  • March 31, 2001 |

    Slaughters hands Cooke M&A mantle

    Legal Week reports

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  • March 30, 2001 |

    BANKING: Banking on change

    The banking sector has seen a wave of takeovers and restructuring as senior executives have sought to steer a course through a difficult market. But, says Philip Hoult, in-house teams have felt the force of these changes in full and are redoubling their efforts to align their departments with new business structures and to extract value from external advisers

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  • March 30, 2001 |

    MANAGEMENT FORUM: Unscrambling the Egg

    Is the role of in-house counsel changing in the new technology age and how do the traditional skills of the lawyer fit into the new economy? James Butler, legal director and company secretary at internet bank Egg, says by imaginative and creative use of traditional legal skills, in-house lawyers have an increasingly vital role to play in every stage of the business process as companies grapple with the uncharted waters of the e-commerce age

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