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  • May 28, 2003 |

    The special relationship

    Despite the economic climate, US firms appear to be raking in the profits, but the US players still have a lot to learn from their UK counterparts. Ultimately, the truly successful international firms will be those that take the best from both cultures, writes Derek Bedlow

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  • May 28, 2003 |

    Using your influence

    The traditional reluctance of US firms to act against their banking clients has spread to the UK opening up opportunities for those firms with less powerful banking and corporate departments, reports Philip Hoult

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  • May 28, 2003 |

    To shred or not to shred?

    As British American Tobacco found to its cost last year, document retention can prove a serious issue if litigation proceedings arise. John O'Conor and Mark Levy look at how the question can be addressed

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  • May 21, 2003 |

    Germany: In a class of its own

    Even at the height of the late 1990s rush to merge, Hengeler Mueller stayed true to its elitist principles and remained resolutely independent against all the odds. Richard Tromans finds out how the passage of time has treated this single-minded outfit

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  • May 21, 2003 |

    International practices await accession action

    With several CEE states joining the EU in 2004, Anglo-Saxon firms have a good business case to be present in the region

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  • May 21, 2003 |

    KLM flies with A&O

    In Brief

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  • May 21, 2003 |

    Comment: LCD heralds brave new world

    Supervisory vaccuum to end for business firms

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  • May 21, 2003 |

    The art of spin

    The Diary reports

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  • May 21, 2003 |

    Germany: Great expectations

    In the late 1990s, achievement of a credible presence in the lucrative German market was a top priority for Anglo-Saxon firms. But three years after the first major merger in the German market, has the long struggle towards integration proved worthwhile? Richard Tromans reports

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  • May 21, 2003 |

    Conflicting times

    The TXU case puts conflicts management at the City's leading law firms firmly in the spotlight. Tony Williams asks if in the age of globalisation the current approach to conflicts is still working for either side

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