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  • June 6, 2007 |

    Camerons leads on ABN's Dunlop purchase

    CMS Cameron McKenna has taken the lead role advising ABN Amro Capital on the acquisition of a majority stake in Dunlop Aircraft Tyres.

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  • June 6, 2007 |

    Shoosmiths' solar slave-driver

    The Spitalfields HQ of Allen & Overy might be primarily solar-powered these days, but Shoosmiths is taking the carbon-neutral credos somewhat further afield thanks to commercial partner Nicki Martienssen.

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  • June 6, 2007 |

    Disgracebook short of friends as staff are banned from 'harmless' A&O site

    Facebook has been engulfed in controversy after the highly-respected social networking website this week attempted to ban staff from using Allen & Overy (A&O) while at work.

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  • June 6, 2007 |

    City firms chip in for low-income careers initiative

    A dozen leading UK law firms is sponsoring a far-reaching initiative aimed at helping bright state school students to improve their career prospects. Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Allen & Overy, Herbert Smith, Lovells, Norton Rose, CMS Cameron McKenna, Berwin Leighton Paisner and Addleshaw Goddard join 30 other organisations sponsoring the event, which is run by independent group Pure Potential Days.

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  • June 5, 2007 |

    Government set for money laundering re-think

    The Government is to rethink its draft money laundering regulations following warnings from the Law Society and City partners that the new regime would deter foreign investment in the UK. The Treasury yesterday (4 June) said the new regulations, which aim to bring the UK into line with the European Union (EU) Third European Money Laundering Directive, would now be redrafted.

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  • June 4, 2007 |

    Magic circle wades into LSB independence debate

    All five magic circle firms have thrown their weight behind attempts to amend the Legal Services Bill ahead of a parliamentary debate on the issue today (4 June). The UK's elite firms have warned that a refusal to allow other parties to join the Lord Chancellor in appointing members of new-look regulator the Legal Services Board (LSB) would be a major blow to the independence of the profession.

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  • May 25, 2007 |

    Staff complaints force red-faced A&O into Facebook U-turn

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has been forced into an embarrassing climb-down after the firm's IT department was bombarded with staff complaints following a firmwide ban on social networking website Facebook. IT chiefs took the decision to block access to the website due to concerns that staff downloading videos from the site would compromise the performance of A&O's IT systems.

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  • May 23, 2007 |

    Addleshaws taps top fraud boutique to beef up financial services team

    Addleshaw Goddard has sealed the hire of fraud partner Elizabeth Robertson from boutique Peters & Peters, as UK firms move to bring in white-collar crime expertise.

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  • May 23, 2007 |

    Top firms maintain lockstep but usher in more power to intervene

    Top commercial law firms are increasingly turning to performance-based pay packages as the UK's legal elite looks to reward its outstanding performers.

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  • May 23, 2007 |

    A&O and Linklaters lead on $13bn Dubai bank merger

    Magic circle firms Allen & Overy (A&O) and Linklaters have bagged plum mandates advising on the $13bn (£6.6bn) merger bid between Dubai's two largest banks - Emirates Bank International (EBI) and National Bank of Dubai (NBD).

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