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  • December 12, 2007 |

    Leading lawyers lay predictions bare as year of the credit crunch comes to a close

    Leading partners sum up the year just gone and the year ahead: will 2007 be remembered for anything other than the credit crunch?

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  • December 12, 2007 |

    Deals 2007: UK lawyers look back on a year of two halves

    For once the cheesy sporting metaphor is apt - almost every City partner agrees 2007 has been a year of two halves. While the first six months saw firms busier than ever, working on deals including the first-ever take-private of a FTSE 100 company and the E70bn (£50bn) bidding war for ABN Amro, the summer's credit crunch means firms are seeing out the year in very different style.

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  • December 12, 2007 |

    Benelux: Prized assets

    The takeover of ABN Amro dominated the headlines and the deal tables this year, raising questions about the future of lead adviser roles for Dutch law firms; while in neighbouring Belgium, firms are grappling with partner weighting structures in a small market. James Illman reports

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  • December 12, 2007 |

    Online special: Negligence claims could spell the end for a large law firm, say top lawyers

    Partners warn that litigation risks for law firms are mounting in the global marketplace in the wake of a spate of negligence claims, but firms have beefed up their risk management procedures. Michelle Madsen reports on the latest Big Question survey

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  • December 11, 2007 |

    Latham lands lead on Singapore's £5bn UBS deal

    Latham & Watkins and Swiss leader Homburger have picked up the lead roles on the acquisition of a 9% stake in UBS by the investment arm of the Government of Singapore - a deal worth CHF11bn (£4.8bn). Latham is advising the sovereign wealth fund on the deal, fielding teams out of its Singapore and London offices, respectively headed by corporate partners Michael Sturrock and Olof Clausson. London associate Scott Colwell is also advising.

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  • December 10, 2007 | International Edition

    Lovells London gets closer to Bauer on £1bn Emap deal

    Lovells' City arm has strengthened its relationship with key German client H Bauer after advising the publisher on its £1.14bn acquisition of Emap's consumer magazine and commercial radio divisions. The top 10 City law firm, which is a longstanding adviser to Bauer in Germany, was instructed around two months ago on the deal, which follows a strategic review at publishing giant Emap.

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  • December 10, 2007 |

    Lovells London gets closer to Bauer on £1bn Emap deal

    Lovells' City arm has strengthened its relationship with key German client H Bauer after advising the publisher on its £1.14bn acquisition of Emap's consumer magazine and commercial radio divisions. The top 10 City law firm, which is a longstanding adviser to Bauer in Germany, was instructed around two months ago on the deal, which follows a strategic review at publishing giant Emap.

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  • December 6, 2007 |

    International Firm of the Year

    The British Legal Awards 2007: International Firm of the Year. Winner: Allen & Overy. Finalists: Clyde & Co, DLA Piper UK, Eversheds, Salans, White & Case

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  • December 6, 2007 |

    Deal Lawyer of the Year

    Winner: Alan Paul, Allen & Overy

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  • December 6, 2007 |

    Banking Team of the Year

    Winner: Allen & Overy

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