• April 4, 2001 |

    Financial services

    Financial services has seen more mergers than any other sector and this growth is predicted to continue. James Baxter finds that the biggest headache for the top firms in the sector has been the conflicts

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  • March 31, 2001 |

    Fortress Wall Street

    A&O's hiring of one of the top derivatives lawyers in New York is a remarkable coup. But Helen Mooney says it will take more than one big lateral to convince US lawyers that the UK firms are about to make a major impact

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  • March 31, 2001 |

    A&O to establish Docklands office

    Canary wharf

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  • March 31, 2001 |

    Ashursts, Lovells and A&O scoop £650m RHM deal

    James Baxter reports

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  • March 31, 2001 |

    Herbert Smith lands Michael Page IPO

    Firm to act as UK, French and US adviser after pipping Lovells and Berwin Leighton in tendering process

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  • March 31, 2001 |

    Property

    Property lawyers are currently enjoying themselves at Mipim, the annual property forum in France. Camilla Hardwick looks at the changing landscape of the property market

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  • March 31, 2001 |

    Unbundling the directives

    Chris Watson assesses the latest batch of telecoms directives and predicts that the regulatory hand of the European Commission will be strengthened by better harmonisation of telecoms strategies between national governments

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  • March 31, 2001 |

    Scratching the surface of KM

    Weil Gotshal & Manges has been cautious in its deployment of client facing knowledge management projects. Kieran Flatt asks its head of IT why

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  • March 31, 2001 |

    A&O tops stand-alone bond league

    Debt securities

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  • March 31, 2001 |

    Brown boosts property and technology in Budget

    Philip Hoult assesses the key changes in last week's Budget

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