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  • July 1, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Ready to Commit

    Ashurst wants a transatlantic merger. This is nothing new. Many partners at the London-based firm still refer to Latham & Watkins as "the one that got away," after a proposed merg

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  • April 5, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Law Firms Compete for Chinese Companies' IPO Action

    Private Chinese companies drawn to U.S. initial public offerings by the cachet and strong returns from a U.S. stock offering are being courted by a cadre of American corporate law firms jockeying f

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  • July 29, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Coors Merger Involves Weil Gotshal, Simpson Thacher, Shearman & SterlingAdolph Coors Co. and Molson Inc. announced a merger of equals July 22 to create the wor

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  • October 27, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Accolades

    Lawyers Alliance for New York is set to honor Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker and Seyfarth Shaw as well as eight ind

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  • April 1, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Deals in Brief: Leveraged Buyouts

    The private equity boom is over, but buyouts haven't completely disappeared, even after the collapse of the debt markets last summer. The first seven months of 2007 saw $395 billion in announc

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  • July 28, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Law Firms Joining the Drive to Go Green

    Not for nothing are law firms in New York and across the country finally stepping up in a big way to the "a target="new" href="http://www.abanet.org/environ/climatechallenge/overview.shtml"

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  • December 3, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

    Deal of the Week: Houston Calling

    At first blush, the transaction sounds routine: Houston lawyer Shelton Vaughan is hired to help longtime client Quanta Services Inc. of Houston negotiate a definitive agreement to sell its te

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  • October 1, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn

    As a former British colony, Hong Kong has long been familiar turf to London’s Magic Circle. But this summer, several U.S. firms finally caught on to the city’s growing importance a

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  • February 18, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Foreign Company's Contacts With U.S. as a Whole Needed When Deciding Jurisdiction

    When a foreign corporation named in an antitrust suit challenges afederal court's personal jurisdiction over it, the court should look tothe company's contacts with the United States as a whol

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  • July 1, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Hello, Sao Paulo

    Law firms are hot for Brazil. In the past four years, half a dozen law firms have either opened their own offices in Brazil or have plans to do so later this year. Others are opening office

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