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  • March 27, 2008 |

    A&O returns to Shearman for new German hire

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has made its second German corporate hire from US firm Shearman & Sterling this year after the capture of partner Birgit Reese. Reese, who was made a partner at Shearman in January 2007, joins A&O in Duesseldorf as the firm continues to develop the recently-launched office.

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  • March 26, 2008 |

    Hogan and Herbies handle Ford's £1bn Jaguar sale

    Hogan & Hartson has completed its most significant City corporate mandate to date after advising automotive giant Ford on the $2bn (£1bn) sale of its Jaguar and Land Rover subsidiaries to Tata Motors. Ford relationship partner William Curtin led the deal team from Hogan's London office, with assistance from fellow City corporate partner Hywel Jones and New York-based corporate partner Claud Eley.

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  • March 20, 2008 |

    Norton Rose a winner as Standard Chartered names new UK panel

    Standard Chartered Bank has unveiled its new panel of UK advisers, with Norton Rose making its debut on the roster and City rivals SJ Berwin and Bird & Bird among those to miss out. The new line-up, which follows the first review of the bank's domestic panel in four years, sees City firms Denton Wilde Sapte and Herbert Smith retained alongside southwest outfit Burges Salmon and national giants Addleshaw Goddard and DLA Piper.

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  • March 20, 2008 |

    External funding booms as litigators plot upturn

    Eight out of 10 of the City's top law firms are already using or assessing external funding for litigation and arbitration cases, it has emerged, marking a dramatic move of third-party funding into mainstream practice. All of the top 10 City firms except Linklaters and Slaughter and May are now offering, or considering offering, clients external funding in some cases, Legal Week has established.

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  • March 20, 2008 |

    City firms line up for roles on British Energy takeover

    A raft of City firms are in line for roles on the looming multibillion-pound takeover of FTSE 100 utility, British Energy.Clifford Chance (CC) has the lead role for longstanding client British Energy with London corporate partner Mark Poulton advising the company, which confirmed earlier this week that it is in discussions with a number of interested parties.

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  • March 20, 2008 |

    Dechert loses competition partner as Watson quits for telecoms focus

    Dechert competition partner Chris Watson has left the firm's City office after just two years, it has emerged.Watson, who joined the US firm's London competition team in March 2006 from Allen & Overy (A&O), officially withdrew from Dechert's partnership on 29 February.

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  • March 20, 2008 |

    CC and Cleary win top roles on mining mega-deal as Vale approaches Xstrata

    Clifford Chance (CC) and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton have won key advisory roles on one of the world's biggest potential takeovers - Brazilian mining company Vale's approach to Swiss rival Xstrata for an estimated $90bn (£44.9bn). If the deal goes ahead it would see Vale threatening BHP Billiton's position as the world's largest mining company. CC has won the lead role for Vale, with the magic circle firm fielding a team led by Sao Paulo-based relationship partner Anthony Oldfield and London-based corporate partner David Pudge.

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  • March 19, 2008 |

    A&O's Sheldon takes Abu Dhabi in-house energy role

    Allen & Overy (A&O) banking partner Carl Sheldon has been named as the first-ever general counsel of the Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA). Sheldon, who is US and UK-qualified and was most recently based in New York, takes up his new role on 1 April after 17 years with A&O.

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  • March 19, 2008 |

    German indy Heuking Kuhn opens in Zurich

    Heuking Kuhn Luer Wojtek, the German former ally of City firm Denton Wilde Sapte, has opened an office in Zurich, becoming the first major German independent to open in the Swiss financial centre. The new office will be headed up by new private client partner Holger Erwin, who joins Heuking Kuhn from rival independent Harmann.

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  • March 18, 2008 |

    Law firm HR deserves more respect

    For the benefit of the person in Career Clinic agonising over whether to come clean about the lies on his, or her, training contract application form,…

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