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  • September 19, 2007 |

    Paul Hastings heads to new London HQ

    US firm Paul Hastings is moving to a new City office to accommodate its growing number of staff. The new London HQ will be based in Bishops Square, where magic circle firm Allen & Overy set up office last autumn. Paul Hastings currently has 40 lawyers working in the capital and plans to increase staff numbers further in the future.

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  • September 19, 2007 |

    Addleshaws taps school regeneration market with £250m east London deal

    Addleshaw Goddard has sealed an eye-catching mandate to advise on a new £250m schools regeneration project in northeast London.

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  • September 19, 2007 |

    A&O claims Centrica coup with rare M&A role

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has landed a rare corporate mandate for FTSE 100 client Centrica on its $486.4m (£242m) acquisition of energy company Newfield UK Holdings. A&O corporate partners Mark Dighero and Anna Buscall led the team advising Centrica, assisted by tax partner Brenda Coleman. The firm advised alongside Centrica energy general counsel Peter Roberts and legal counsel Sarah Townson.

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  • September 19, 2007 |

    Nomura names Chapman as new Euro legal chief

    Japanese bank Nomura has named Mark Chapman as its new European general counsel. Chapman, previously of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, joined the bank's corporate legal department in 2000 and was most recently head of corporate litigation and company secretary. He will now report to regional president and chief executive Yugo Ishida.

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  • September 19, 2007 |

    Landmark Microsoft case reaches finale

    A host of top-tier transatlantic firms have finally seen an end to the nine-year €497m (£344m) Microsoft court battle which finished this week with wide-reaching implications for European competition law.

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  • September 19, 2007 |

    Deal Week Dispatch: 19/9/2007

    Deal Week Dispatch brings readers an early taster of news from Legal Week's unparalleled deals coverage, with Jones Day, Weil Gotshal and Slaughters among the movers and shakers

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  • September 14, 2007 |

    Reed Smith takes Mayer Brown duo in Chicago push

    Reed Smith has bagged five new partners for its Chicago arm, including taking two partners from the head office of US rival Mayer Brown. Mayer Brown partners John Vishneski and Russell Eggert join Reed Smith Sachnoff Weaver - the name under which Reed Smith practises in Chicago - as partners in the insurance recovery and environment groups respectively.

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  • September 14, 2007 |

    Bonelli hire marks Links' latest Italian move

    Linklaters has strengthened its burgeoning Italian arm with the hire of corporate finance partner Luca Picone from local independent Bonelli Erede Pappalardo, it was announced today (14 September). Picone, who will join the Milan office of the magic circle law firm, focuses on M&A, joint ventures and restructuring.

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  • September 13, 2007 |

    Herbert Smith's new deal won't be the last

    One of the less flashy but more interesting stories I’ve seen pass my desk in recent days comes courtesy of Herbert Smith, which has recently created…

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  • September 13, 2007 |

    Links tops law firms in graduate employer poll

    Law firms continue to lag accountancy giants and corporate employers in the opportunities they offer UK graduates, according to a recent poll by The Times. Linklaters was placed highest of 11 law firms to feature in the newspaper's latest annual top 100 list of the UK's leading graduate employers, compiled from interviews with more than 17,000 new graduates to leave university this summer.

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