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  • October 5, 2007 |

    Legal Week Lunchbox: 5/10/2007

    The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today; plus the pick of readers' comments; and former Olswang top man Jonathan Goldstein is the latest big-name blogger to join Legal Village

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  • October 4, 2007 |

    City set for bank vs bank credit crunch clashes

    Top City law firms are preparing themselves for an unprecedented surge in litigation between banking giants as a result of the credit crunch, in what looks set to be the biggest client dilemma to hit the UK's commercial legal industry in years.

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  • October 4, 2007 |

    Norton Rose touches down in Tokyo with new office

    Norton Rose is to boost its Asian reach with the opening of an office in Tokyo, the firm announced today (4 October). The office will be led by corporate finance partner Chris Viner, who previously led the firm's English law practice in Moscow, with the firm also transferring banking partner Jeremy Gibb from its London headquarters.

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  • October 4, 2007 |

    Advisers assume crash position for NHSLA panel review

    Advisers are gearing up for another fiercely-contested battle in the UK legal market after the National Health Service Litigation Authority (NHSLA) this week kicked off a sweeping review of its external legal panel.

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  • October 4, 2007 |

    Global 100: international converts put pressure on Wall Street's elite

    National US firms and the magic circle have emerged as winners in The Global 100 from The American Lawyer and Legal Week, which shows both groups making ground on New York's legal elite.

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  • October 4, 2007 |

    A&O sabbatical review aims to bolster partnership appeal

    Allen & Overy (A&O) is formally revising its policy on partner sabbaticals to allow a more flexible system in which they can divide up their allocated leave.

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  • October 4, 2007 |

    Farrers signs off back office outsourcing deal

    City law firm Farrer & Co is to outsource all of its back-office functions to services provider Intelligent Office UK.

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  • October 4, 2007 |

    Paul Hastings revs up in CEE in $6bn motorway deal spree

    US firm Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker's project finance practice has been buoyed after picking up $6bn (£2.9bn) worth of mandates from the governments of Slovakia and Croatia.

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  • October 4, 2007 |

    Linklaters recruits duo for Duesseldorf launch

    Linklaters is set to launch in Duesseldorf with the hire of two corporate partners from magic circle rival Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.

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  • October 3, 2007 |

    A&O and CC lead on major Egypt project

    Magic circle giants Allen & Overy (A&O) and Clifford Chance (CC) have secured significant roles on project company EAgrium's $940m (£463m) financing of a fertiliser plant in the Nile Delta - Egypt's largest project financing transaction to date.

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