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  • July 16, 2008 |

    Caribbean connection

    The world's fifth-largest financial centre has attracted finance and corporate lawyers to its sandy shores for years. Cayman, together with the British Virgin Islands, offers that rare combination of beachside living while working in a world-renowned legal market, says Philip Hoult

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  • July 16, 2008 |

    A place in the sun

    The Middle East is a hot target for law firm expansion. As well as Dubai's continuing popularity, Abu Dhabi, Qatar and Saudi Arabia are all in need of good commercial lawyers, says Philip Hoult

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  • July 16, 2008 |

    Step over the border

    Policy changes in Scotland could offer enhanced career prospects to those who relocate. Sophie Evans reports

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  • July 14, 2008 |

    Slaughters, A&O take top roles on £1.25bn A&L bid

    Slaughter and May and Allen & Overy (A&O) have bagged top roles on the £1.25bn bid for Alliance & Leicester by Banco Santander. The Spanish banking giant announced today that it has put in an offer for British bank Alliance & Leicester, which was formerly a building society.Slaughter and May fielded a team from its London office advising Banco Santander on corporate, competition and regulatory components to the transaction.Corporate chief Frances Murphy, along with corporate partners Roland Turnill and Andrew Jolly, led a large team from the firm, with tax partner Steve Edge, financial regulatory partner Jan Putnis, competition partner Bertrand Louveaux, and pensions and employment partner Roland Doughty assisting.

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  • July 10, 2008 |

    Freshfields work placement teenager jailed for theft

    A teenage girl on a paid work placement at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has been jailed for five months for attempting to steal thousands of pounds.Titilayo Olaifa, now 19 years old, was placed at the magic circle firm on a scheme designed to give people from a disadvantaged background experience in the City.Olaifa - on her second stint at the firm after work experience in 2005 - stole some 11 cheques and wrote them herself, with six of them totalling around £60,000.

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  • July 10, 2008 |

    Nomura cuts jobs from UK legal team

    Nomura and Barclays Capital have become the latest financial institutions to cut legal jobs, with the Japanese investment bank making cuts in its UK legal team. Two members of the bank's in-house legal and compliance team in London have been made redundant, with the cuts affecting both the real estate finance and collateralised debt obligations teams.

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  • July 10, 2008 | International Edition

    Magic circle trio break into profits top 10 as City firms move up Global 100

    Profits per equity partner (PEP) at top US law firms still narrowly exceed key UK rivals - despite the significant increases the magic circle have achieved in turnover and profitability in recent years. Figures compiled by Legal Week and The American Lawyer show that just three UK firms make it into the global top 10 by PEP - Slaughter and May, Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. In contrast, seven US firms make the grade - headed by elite firm Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz.

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  • July 10, 2008 |

    Magic circle trio break into profits top 10 as City firms move up Global 100

    Profits per equity partner (PEP) at top US law firms still narrowly exceed key UK rivals - despite the significant increases the magic circle have achieved in turnover and profitability in recent years. Figures compiled by Legal Week and The American Lawyer show that just three UK firms make it into the global top 10 by PEP - Slaughter and May, Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. In contrast, seven US firms make the grade - headed by elite firm Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz.

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  • July 10, 2008 |

    Akin Gump moves into Allen & Overy's City HQ

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld is set to take up residence in Allen & Overy's (A&O's) Spitalfields headquarters, with the US law firm moving nearly 60 staff into the building. The firm is taking on 25,000 sq ft in the Bishops Square building owned by A&O, with the move set to take place on 18 August.

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  • July 9, 2008 |

    In-house Lawyer: The power of straight talking

    Richard Wiseman is well on his way to becoming an institution as far as inhouse lawyers are concerned. After all, very few corporate counsel have been in the job as long as the straight-talking Royal Dutch Shell lawyer.

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