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  • July 5, 2007 |

    A&O uses US-style paralegals to focus associates upmarket

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has started hiring US-style transaction paralegals to service its commoditised work.

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  • July 5, 2007 |

    Dentons reshuffles Middle East as Abu Dhabi head steps down

    Denton Wilde Sapte is to lose its Abu Dhabi office head but gain a technology, media and telecoms (TMT) chief in Dubai as UK law firms continue to fight for talent in the Middle East.

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  • July 5, 2007 |

    Reed Smith boost as Simmons' Abu Dhabi arm hit by second team exit

    Simmons & Simmons' Abu Dhabi office has been hit by the departure of a three-lawyer team to Reed Smith Richards Butler - the second team to leave the office in as many months.

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  • July 4, 2007 |

    Saudi telecoms company calls up Freshfields for $3bn buy-out

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has won a major Middle Eastern client, advising Saudi Telecom Company (STC) on its $3.05bn (£1.5bn) acquisition of a 25% stake in a Malaysian telecoms operator.

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  • July 4, 2007 |

    The (Legal) Week In Politics

    Senior lawyers reacted warily last week as Gordon Brown succeeded Tony Blair as Prime Minister, warning that a smooth handover of power was "not really the done thing these days" and the recent lack of unseemly squabbles, crippling succession issues and territorial infighting had "raised eyebrows, if not expectations" in the City.

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  • July 4, 2007 |

    A&O names new-look German management team

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has elected Frankfurt-based banking partner Peter Stenz as its new German managing partner, the magic circle firm announced today (4 July). Stenz replaces Hamburg corporate partner Cornelius Fischer-Zernin in the management role, with Fischer-Zernin stepping up to become German senior partner.

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  • July 4, 2007 |

    A&O bags $65bn Tyco split in corporate coup

    Allen & Overy has bagged a plum role alongside McDermott Will & Emery as international counsel on the $65bn (£32.4bn) spin-off by Tyco International of two of its divisions, the magic circle law firm announced today (4 July). A&O fielded a mammoth 300-lawyer team to advise on the corporate restructuring for the spin-off of Tyco's healthcare and electronics businesses to its shareholders.

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  • July 2, 2007 |

    Ex-Freshfields hire hands A&O Duesseldorf debut

    Allen & Overy (A&O) is to launch a new office in Duesseldorf after securing the hire of former Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer local chief Thomas Austmann. Austmann, who was managing partner of Freshfields' Duesseldorf arm from 2003 to 2006, left the magic circle firm on 31 March. He joins A&O's German arm in October to spearhead the new operation.

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  • July 2, 2007 | International Edition

    Ashurst acts for Quinlan on £1bn Citi HQ sale

    Ashurst has landed its first instruction for Irish financier Derek Quinlan, advising opposite SJ Berwin and Allen & Overy (A&O) on his £1bn acquisition of Citigroup's London headquarters with PropInvest. Ashurst won the appointment around a month ago through its position as a regular adviser to Glenn Maud's PropInvest. Real estate head Adrian Dear led the team on the latest deal, alongside partner Susan Roy and tax head John Watson.

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  • July 2, 2007 |

    Ashurst acts for Quinlan on £1bn Citi HQ sale

    Ashurst has landed its first instruction for Irish financier Derek Quinlan, advising opposite SJ Berwin and Allen & Overy (A&O) on his £1bn acquisition of Citigroup's London headquarters with PropInvest. Ashurst won the appointment around a month ago through its position as a regular adviser to Glenn Maud's PropInvest. Real estate head Adrian Dear led the team on the latest deal, alongside partner Susan Roy and tax head John Watson.

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