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  • December 6, 2007 |

    Securities Team of the Year

    Winner: Linklaters

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  • December 6, 2007 |

    Private Client Team of the Year

    British Legal Awards 2007: Private Client Team of the Year. Winner: Withers. Other finalists: Allen & Overy, Baker & McKenzie, Harcus Sinclair, LG, Mishcon de Reya.

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  • December 5, 2007 |

    Norton Rose partner takes Lloyds TSB top role

    Norton Rose corporate partner Margaret Coltman has scooped one of the most coveted in-house legal positions in the UK, taking the combined role of general counsel and company secretary at Lloyds TSB.

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  • December 5, 2007 |

    Editor's Comment: Onwards not upwards

    However upbeat partners were feeling last week at the firm's 125-year anniversary celebration, the reality is it has been an awkward year for Herbert Smith. After all, 2007 ends with its international strategy no further on than before, while several benchmark rivals have outgunned it. Likewise, the slow process of modernising its partnership culture is moving, but painstakingly.

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  • December 5, 2007 |

    Milbank outsourcing veteran secures Misys as new client

    Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy's City arm has won worldwide software company Misys as a new client, acting on a major new strategic partnership with Indian IT company HCL Technologies.

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  • December 5, 2007 |

    Commentary: Five-year revival in property set to run out of steam

    Ashurst and Clifford Chance's (CC's) roles on a A2bn (£1.4bn) real estate deal (see right) would be decent instructions in the property sector in any circumstances, but with the market looking far from rosy, it is a very handy deal for any firm to have in its back pocket.

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  • December 5, 2007 |

    Managing a Law Firm: The talent show

    He was recruited as a very senior director in a very large City law firm. His work went well but the thing that really bugged him was the pass he had to show every time he went into the staff restaurant. The words 'non-lawyer' were printed on the face of it (for non-lawyer, read 'second-class citizen').

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  • December 3, 2007 |

    A&O man is first City-based ABA section head

    The American Bar Association (ABA) Section of International Law will have its first head based outside the US after the appointment of City-based Allen & Overy (A&O) partner Jeff Golden to the influential position. The appointment of Golden, who is US-qualified and co-heads the City giant's US law and derivatives practice, marks the latest sign of globalisation in the legal industry.

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  • December 3, 2007 | International Edition

    White & Case, Nabarro join Northern Rock saga

    White & Case and Nabarro have emerged as the latest firms to score advisory roles in the ongoing Northern Rock saga. The two firms are acting for the bank's biggest shareholders - hedge funds SRM Global and RAB Capital.

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  • December 3, 2007 |

    White & Case, Nabarro join Northern Rock saga

    White & Case and Nabarro have emerged as the latest firms to score advisory roles in the ongoing Northern Rock saga. The two firms are acting for the bank's biggest shareholders - hedge funds SRM Global and RAB Capital.

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