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  • January 22, 2007 |

    City giants dominate global projects league

    CC, Linklaters and A&O top 2006 projects rankings as Middle East underlines status as key battleground

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  • January 18, 2007 | International Edition

    Prowling banks move to take legal top 50 to stock market

    Some of the worlds top banks have begun wooing major UK law firms as investment targets, as the legal profession gears up for sweeping regulatory reforms. Leading investment banks including Goldman Sachs and Rothschild, as well as a host of smaller houses, such as investment manager Fleming Family & Partners, are understood to have contacted a range of major City firms in the run-up to Christmas to gauge their interest in outside investment.

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  • January 18, 2007 |

    Prowling banks move to take legal top 50 to stock market

    Some of the worlds top banks have begun wooing major UK law firms as investment targets, as the legal profession gears up for sweeping regulatory reforms. Leading investment banks including Goldman Sachs and Rothschild, as well as a host of smaller houses, such as investment manager Fleming Family & Partners, are understood to have contacted a range of major City firms in the run-up to Christmas to gauge their interest in outside investment.

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  • January 17, 2007 |

    A&O and Slaughters land aerospace sale

    Allen & Overy (A&O) and Slaughter and May have landed lead roles on the $4.8bn (£2.4bn) sale of Smiths Group's aerospace business to General Electric…

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  • January 17, 2007 |

    Mortgage giant keeps faith in advisers but introduces panel-wide conditions

    Alliance & Leicester (A&L) has made all its legal advisers sign standard fee arrangements and tougher terms and conditions, but has left its panel line-up unchanged.

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  • January 17, 2007 |

    Commentary: Is Freshfields set to get its hands on your clients?

    They might not admit it but behind closed doors partners can get pretty excited when one of their clients emerges as a takeover target. Of course, it is even better when they emerge as a potential acquirer. But while 2007 looks certain to generate a busy flow of unsolicited bids for juicy UK targets, lawyers will be hoping a few of the most recent flurry of M&A rumours come true this year.

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  • January 17, 2007 |

    Deals: M&A 18/01/07

    Olswang corporate partners Simon Morgan and Stephen Rosen have advised pharmaceutical company Vectura Group on its £130m acquisition of Innovata to create one of the UK's largest biotech companies. Innovata was advised by Bird & Bird corporate partner Simon Allport. Simmons & Simmons, led by corporate partner Gavin Weir and senior associate Isabella Roberts, acted for Vectura's financial adviser, Piper Jaffray.

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  • January 16, 2007 |

    'We will fight them in the high streets...'

    There wasn’t a seat left in the house for the Special General Meeting on legal aid at the Law Society this morning. Around 400 angry solicitors descended…

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  • January 16, 2007 |

    GE names Curry as new corporate finance Euro GC

    GE Commercial Finance names Lorna Curry as general counsel for its European corporate finance arm.

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  • January 15, 2007 |

    A&O and Slaughters land $5bn aerospace sale

    Magic circle duo lead on $4.8bn (£2.4bn) sale of Smiths Group's aerospace business to GE

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