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  • June 28, 2000 |

    The rise of the 'ever-ready' lawyer

    Simmons & Simmons' decision to bring its financial lawyers into one practice group is seen as a way of making firms more cost effective, but Mary Mullally asks whether the City is ready for this new stage of one-stop legal departments

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  • June 28, 2000 |

    Davis Polk strengthens links with Hengeler Mueller

    Legal Week Reports

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  • June 28, 2000 |

    Norton Rose moves towards sector-based practice areas

    Legal Week Reports

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  • June 28, 2000 |

    Battleground: Europe

    The European private equity market is booming, but it is forcing law firms to decide which market they are playing in. Philip Hoult reports on how the leading players are planning to carve out their own empires

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  • June 21, 2000 |

    Freshfields secures 'fantastic deal'

    Bruckhaus secures key concessions from Freshfields; partners overwhelmingly back merger

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  • June 21, 2000 |

    Freshfields 1 City Rivals 0

    The merger between Freshfields and Bruckhaus is a significant step on the road to fulfilling the former's global ambitions. Richard Tyler plots the path to merger and assesses what it will mean for Freshfields partners, their clients and City rivals

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  • June 7, 2000 |

    Slaughters takes over as Whitbread favourite

    Commentary: Clifford Chance left out in the cold as pub giant instructs Slaughter and May for £400m Interbrew deal

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  • June 7, 2000 |

    McDonald boards National Express

    Legal Week

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  • June 7, 2000 |

    Freedom or Fraternity

    As hard as it is for them to stomach, allowing the firm to be taken over may be what Ashurst Morris Crisp partners have to accept if they are to realise their ambition of sitting at the global top table, writes Philip Hoult

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  • June 7, 2000 |

    Seconding that motion

    Are secondments really such a good idea? Mary Mullally talks to lawyers in private practice and in-house to assess the pros and cons of placing staff in-house

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