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  • January 10, 2008 | International Edition

    High-level Shearman hire hands A&O Germany boost

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has bolstered its German corporate practice with the hire of Shearman & Sterling's global co-head of M&A. Hans Rolf Koerfer will join A&O's Duesseldorf arm, which opened in September, after nearly eight years with Shearman. The appointment of a respected corporate lawyer from one of Shearman's leading European offices will be seen as a boost for the magic circle firm's German practice, which has been identified as a key investment priority.

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  • January 10, 2008 |

    High-level Shearman hire hands A&O Germany boost

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has bolstered its German corporate practice with the hire of Shearman & Sterling's global co-head of M&A. Hans Rolf Koerfer will join A&O's Duesseldorf arm, which opened in September, after nearly eight years with Shearman. The appointment of a respected corporate lawyer from one of Shearman's leading European offices will be seen as a boost for the magic circle firm's German practice, which has been identified as a key investment priority.

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  • January 9, 2008 |

    Freshfields notches up third year at top of primary advisers

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has maintained its lead at the top of 2007's primary adviser rankings, holding off a strong showing from Clifford Chance (CC) and Allen & Overy (A&O) to record its third successive year as Europe's premier deal firm.

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  • January 9, 2008 |

    UK's 'big four' outpace Euro rivals in 2007 adviser tables

    If there was any doubt that Europe's major deal market is dominated by just a handful of players, Legal Week's primary adviser deal rankings for 2007 comprehensively show the top four UK firms to be a class apart from their rivals.

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  • January 9, 2008 |

    Pinsent Masons the latest firm to offer associates an alternative career route

    National giant Pinsent Masons is set to introduce an alternative to partnership, making it the latest in a line of major law firms to look at modernising its traditional career path.

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  • January 9, 2008 |

    Commentary: New year brings new uncertainties in post-crunch environment

    This time last year, this column made a few predictions about how 2007 would pan out. Its conclusion - that liberal use of cheap debt could soon prick the M&A bubble - turned out to be pretty close to the mark.

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  • January 9, 2008 |

    2008 - your guide to the year ahead

    Last January The Diary sensationally predicted that Dewey and LeBoeuf would become Dewey & LeBoeuf, global financial markets would go into meltdown and Alesha would beat that smarmy orange chap in the final of Strictly Come Dancing. Sadly, none of those uncannily accurate forecasts made it into last year's Guide To The Year Ahead, which was mostly a bunch of cheap gags about Nigel Boardman. Ah well. Read on for your first glimpse of 2008's key stories.

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  • January 9, 2008 |

    Russian bear meets bull market

    Russia's oil-driven economic revival is generating a flood of corporate work and surging demand for City partners. Richard Lloyd reports on Moscow's white-hot legal market

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  • January 9, 2008 |

    Fulbright snares ex-BG legal chief Ricketts

    High-profile former BG Group general counsel Stefan Ricketts has joined Texas-based law firm Fulbright & Jaworski as a partner. Ricketts will initially be based at Fulbright's City arm but is to relocate to Hong Kong to spearhead the expansion of the 1,000-lawyer firm's global energy practice.

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  • January 8, 2008 | International Edition

    A&O eyes multimillion-pound Courts fees windfall

    Allen & Overy (A&O) is set for a major fees windfall from its role advising on the administration of failed furniture retailer Courts after it emerged the firm and other advisers have billed a total of more than £18.5m since the company collapsed in November 2004. An administrator's progress report filed with Companies House late last year revealed that the failed company has paid out £18.5m to legal and professional advisers since it went bust. The sum has been pocketed for the most part by A&O, which is advising the administrator KPMG and investment bank NM Rothschild, which is acting as financial adviser.

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