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  • July 11, 2007 |

    Macfarlanes keeps City pace with NQ pay boost

    Macfarlanes has increased its rates for newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers in line with the rest of the City. The firm has pushed its NQ rate up to £64,000, putting it on a par with the majority of City firms but marginally behind Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Allen & Overy, which pay £65,000. Macfarlanes will now pay its one-year qualified lawyers £70,000, two-year qualifieds £77,000 and three-year qualifieds £85,000.

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  • July 11, 2007 |

    A&O network advises on Tyco restructuring

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has bagged a trophy role alongside McDermott Will & Emery as international counsel on Tyco International's $65bn (£32.4bn) restructuring.

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  • July 11, 2007 |

    Commentary: Lawyers fear there is still no cure for commoditisation

    What is it about the UK finance market that makes it so resistant to the idea of commoditisation? Certainly, in an era in which structured products have driven the debt markets, much of the work is complex. But, of course, it is exactly this product innovation that rapidly turns the cutting-edge into the cookie-cutter.

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  • July 10, 2007 |

    Dutch leader joins A&O on £8bn Danone deal

    De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek and Allen & Overy have bagged the lead advisory roles on Danone's $17bn (£8.4bn) offer for Dutch baby food maker Royal Numico. Dutch leader De Brauw was instructed to advise Danone for the first time on a deal the French food group claims will create the world's largest food company.

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  • July 10, 2007 |

    Linklaters Italy signs up senior corporate duo

    Linklaters has bolstered its Italian corporate practice with a brace of high-profile hires from local M&A boutiques. Giovanni Pedersoli - the youngest of three Pedersoli brothers at the firm that shares their name - joins Linklaters after a partner vote, as does former Camozzi Bonissoni Varrenti e Associati partner Claudia Parzani, it was announced today (10 July).

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  • July 10, 2007 | International Edition

    Boutique deal gives A&O Paris restructuring boost

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has signed an exclusive referral agreement with Paris boutique Santoni Paccioni et Associes to boost its restructuring capabilities in the French capital. The agreement will see A&O will work on an exclusive basis with the restructuring and insolvency specialist on debt restructurings, corporate and fund buy-outs, insolvency related procedures and distressed debt situations in France.

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  • July 10, 2007 |

    Boutique deal gives A&O Paris restructuring boost

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has signed an exclusive referral agreement with Paris boutique Santoni Paccioni et Associes to boost its restructuring capabilities in the French capital. The agreement will see A&O will work on an exclusive basis with the restructuring and insolvency specialist on debt restructurings, corporate and fund buy-outs, insolvency related procedures and distressed debt situations in France.

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  • July 6, 2007 |

    Barclays review keeps faith with familiar faces

    Barclays has unveiled its eagerly awaited new panel, with all the bank's main panel firms reappointed to its coveted main roster. Mandates for the bank's general advisory panel, which are set to run for two years, have been handed out once again to historical advisers to Allen & Overy (A&O), Clifford Chance (CC), Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters, Lovells, DLA Piper and Simmons & Simmons.

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  • July 5, 2007 | International Edition

    Bakers' Brod is latest White & Case finance hire

    White & Case has expanded its London capital markets practice with the hire of Baker & McKenzie partner Carter Brod. Brod, who is both US and English-qualified, focuses particularly on emerging markets offerings, advising both issuers and underwriters. His start date is yet to be confirmed.

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  • July 5, 2007 |

    Bakers' Brod is latest White & Case finance hire

    White & Case has expanded its London capital markets practice with the hire of Baker & McKenzie partner Carter Brod. Brod, who is both US and English-qualified, focuses particularly on emerging markets offerings, advising both issuers and underwriters. His start date is yet to be confirmed.

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