• November 3, 1999 |

    Deals

    Mergers and acquisitions

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  • November 3, 1999 |

    Leaping on to the Spanish bandwagon

    Philip Hoult looks at the Spanish legal scene and finds that Spain's buoyant economic situation has created an optimistic mood, with several strong local firms and many foreign firms wanting to make their presence felt

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  • October 27, 1999 |

    Norton Rose pips Freshfields to Orange deal

    Telecommunications

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  • October 27, 1999 |

    Cerha weighs up CC merger

    Austria

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  • October 13, 1999 |

    Slaughters, Simmons scoop Mercury litigation work

    Litigation

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  • October 13, 1999 |

    Uria makes shipping move

    Spain- Acquisitive firm celebrates Slaughters' best friends status with new merger

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  • October 13, 1999 |

    Simpsons plans English law expansion

    US firms in London

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  • October 13, 1999 |

    Norton Rose takes Law Society contract

    Professional indemnity

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  • October 6, 1999 |

    Talking shop with Boots' principal legal adviser

    With Boots' aspirations to be a global leader, Mary Mullally talks to its head of legal affairs on how this will affect the structure and workload for its in-house team and whether the company plans to restructure its existing arrangements with external law firms

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  • October 6, 1999 |

    Globalisation: holding hands or arm's length?

    At the IBA meeting in Barcelona last week, two continental factions seemed to be emerging in the debate over globalisation and the increasing dominance of the Anglo-Saxon legal model. In the main piece Richard Tyler hears from some of the older guard, such as Hannes Schneider of Hengeler Mueller, about their concerns over the commercialisation of the profession, while on the opposite page Richard Tromans talks to younger continental lawyers and finds them happily embracing the UK/US invasion

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