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  • June 28, 2000 |

    The Roman Empire: Strikes Back

    Many Anglo-Saxon firms would love to form mergers or alliances in the world's sixth largest economy but, as Derek Bedlow reports, Italian firms will no longer give up their independence easily

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  • June 21, 2000 |

    Baker Botts links up with UAE firm Afridi

    Alliance will strengthen US firm's position in vital Middle Eastern market

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  • June 21, 2000 |

    Fibreway appoints Hyams as first head of legal

    Legal Week Reports

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  • June 21, 2000 |

    Firms hold high hopes for North Korea

    Summit meeting between two Korean leaders has led firms to believe opening of foreign investment will give them more work

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  • June 21, 2000 |

    Freshfields 1 City Rivals 0

    The merger between Freshfields and Bruckhaus is a significant step on the road to fulfilling the former's global ambitions. Richard Tyler plots the path to merger and assesses what it will mean for Freshfields partners, their clients and City rivals

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  • June 14, 2000 |

    Clifford Chance eyes move out of City to Canary Wharf

    City's biggest firm to decide in next two months whether to move entire 2,500 staff from Aldersgate St

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  • June 14, 2000 |

    Man on a foreign mission

    Jonathan Goldsmith, head of the Law Society's international directorate, was in Cairo last week to meet the Arab Lawyers Union. Richard Tromans caught up with him to find out what he has been doing to further the interests of UK lawyers abroad

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  • June 7, 2000 |

    Slaughters takes over as Whitbread favourite

    Commentary: Clifford Chance left out in the cold as pub giant instructs Slaughter and May for £400m Interbrew deal

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  • June 7, 2000 |

    A&O integrates its China specialists

    Legal Week

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  • June 7, 2000 |

    Freedom or Fraternity

    As hard as it is for them to stomach, allowing the firm to be taken over may be what Ashurst Morris Crisp partners have to accept if they are to realise their ambition of sitting at the global top table, writes Philip Hoult

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