• June 28, 2007 |

    White & Case hires three in capital markets push

    White & Case has boosted its leveraged finance capabilities with a trio of hires, including the appointment of Allen & Overy (A&O) counsel Clare Calver as a partner. Calver will initially be based in the firm's London office before relocating to Paris in a bid to capitalise on her French banking clients.

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  • June 27, 2007 |

    Linklaters cuts systems costs with second IT outsourcing deal this year

    Linklaters has sealed its second IT outsourcing agreement so far this year - this time sending a chunk of its IT infrastructure to be managed outside the firm.

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  • June 27, 2007 |

    Accenture gets online adviser review underway

    Consultancy giant Accenture has kicked off an extensive review of its advisers, which will see 26 City firms battle to secure a place on its highly-coveted commercial IT and outsourcing panel.

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  • June 27, 2007 |

    LG, Sullivan advise on Goldman AIM first

    LG and Sullivan & Cromwell have advised on a E500m (£337m) Alternative Investment Market (AIM) share placing for Dolphin Capital Investors in a deal that marks Goldman Sachs' first foray as an underwriter on the exchange.

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  • June 27, 2007 |

    Italy: The cult of personality

    Italy's lawyers see themselves as individuals, rather than cogs in the corporate wheel. Claire Ruckin analyses the management challenges this presents as Italy's firms go global

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  • June 27, 2007 | International Edition

    Lawyers split over business benefits of Web 2.0 social networking phenomenon

    Networking websites such as Facebook are causing a headache for UK firms, and lawyers are divided over how firms should to adapt to them, new research has shown.

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  • June 27, 2007 |

    Lawyers split over business benefits of Web 2.0 social networking phenomenon

    Networking websites such as Facebook are causing a headache for UK firms, and lawyers are divided over how firms should to adapt to them, new research has shown.

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  • June 27, 2007 |

    Deal Week Dispatch: 27/6/2007

    Deal Week Dispatch brings readers an early taster of news from Legal Week's unparalleled Deal Week section, with Travers Smith, SJ Berwin and Osborne Clarke among the deal-doers.

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  • June 26, 2007 |

    A&O Amsterdam nabs Stibbe corporate man

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has strengthened its Amsterdam corporate capabilities with the hire of Stibbe partner Charles Honee. Honee - who spent 15 years with Stibbe, the Benelux ally of Herbert Smith - focuses on M&A, capital markets and private equity transactions.

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  • June 22, 2007 |

    CC, A&O beat Freshfields and Links for H1 M&A

    Clifford Chance (CC) and Allen & Overy (A&O) have replaced Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters at the top of European M&A rankings for the first half of 2007. CC and A&O finished first and second respectively in the tables, knocking their magic circle rivals into third and fourth place, according to preliminary figures released by Mergermarket today (22 June).

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