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  • November 9, 2007 |

    Norton Rose hits Dentons with Bi capture

    Norton Rose has boosted its Islamic finance team with the hire of rated capital markets partner Farmida Bi from City finance rival Denton Wilde Sapte. Bi resigned from the top 20 firm this week (6 November), although her departure date is subject to negotiation and she is likely to be required to serve a period of gardening leave.

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  • November 8, 2007 | International Edition

    City defies crunch with double-digit H1 growth

    City leaders have defied struggling credit markets to announce strong H1 results, despite longer-term worries about the rest of the year. Just one out of nearly 20 top 50 firms to have reported H1 results has failed to record double-digit growth, with a wide range of firms enjoying increases of more than 20% on the same period last year.

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  • November 8, 2007 | International Edition

    Tribunal reveals M&S discovered Freshfields conflict in Legal Week

    Marks & Spencer (M&S) only discovered that Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer had accepted its ill-fated role to act for Philip Green in 2004 after reading about it in Legal Week, according to official findings from the Solicitors' Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) published this week. The report details how M&S was unaware that Freshfields was involved until Legal Week revealed its role for the consortium after the bid was announced in May 2004. M&S subsequently obtained an injunction to prevent Freshfields from acting.

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  • November 8, 2007 |

    City defies crunch with double-digit H1 growth

    City leaders have defied struggling credit markets to announce strong H1 results, despite longer-term worries about the rest of the year. Just one out of nearly 20 top 50 firms to have reported H1 results has failed to record double-digit growth, with a wide range of firms enjoying increases of more than 20% on the same period last year.

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  • November 8, 2007 |

    Top firms battle for British Legal Awards

    Allen & Overy (A&O), White & Case and Travers Smith are among a cross-section of firms battling it out to secure prizes at the 2007 British Legal Awards. Shortlists published today (8 November) show A&O, White & Case and DLA Piper among those in contention for the coveted international firm award, while Ashurst, Travers Smith and Nabarro have been selected in the competitive UK category.

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  • November 8, 2007 |

    Tribunal reveals M&S discovered Freshfields conflict in Legal Week

    Marks & Spencer (M&S) only discovered that Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer had accepted its ill-fated role to act for Philip Green in 2004 after reading about it in Legal Week, according to official findings from the Solicitors' Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) published this week. The report details how M&S was unaware that Freshfields was involved until Legal Week revealed its role for the consortium after the bid was announced in May 2004. M&S subsequently obtained an injunction to prevent Freshfields from acting.

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  • November 7, 2007 | International Edition

    Jones Day builds debt capital markets group

    Jones Day is attempting to break into the London debt capital markets with a hire from Nomura International's in-house legal team. Andrew Chen joined the London office this week (5 November) from the Japanese bank where he was director and head of the debt capital markets legal team.

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  • November 7, 2007 |

    Jones Day builds debt capital markets group

    Jones Day is attempting to break into the London debt capital markets with a hire from Nomura International's in-house legal team. Andrew Chen joined the London office this week (5 November) from the Japanese bank where he was director and head of the debt capital markets legal team.

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  • November 7, 2007 |

    Budding lawyers give A&O thumbs up

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has been voted the UK's most popular firm for students and graduates looking to become a solicitor, according to new research. Sixty-four percent of more than 1,400 students and graduates polled rated A&O as 'excellent' and said that the firm provided the best work experience and internships, in the survey by graduate jobsite targetjobs.co.uk

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  • November 7, 2007 |

    A&O's hot streak in Holland continues

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has picked up another big-ticket European mandate advising car navigation system maker Garmin on its E2.3bn (£1.6bn) hostile bid for Tele Atlas. Amsterdam corporate partners Jan Louis Burggraaf and Tim Stevens are advising the new client, alongside Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton.

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