The Lawyer
27 August 2007
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A marriage of convenience
28-Aug-2007
The spurned half of a failed union finally finds happiness in the arms of a familiar friend with the help of a once-disaffected partner: it could be lifted straight from the pages of Jane Austen -- or at least Heat magazine.
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A&O raids local rivals to firm up in Italy
30-Aug-2007
Allen & Overy's (A&O) troubled Italian operation has raided independents Gianni Origoni Grippo and Ripa di Meana LC to make two corporate hires.
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Ashurst scoops Freshfields partner in new Frankfurt push
31-Aug-2007
Ashurst has raided Freshfields in Frankfurt, scooping tax partner Matthias Kuhn as it continues to build its German operation.
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Battle looms for Dewey & LeBoeuf London top job
29-Aug-2007
The London heads of New York firms Dewey Ballantine and LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae are to fight it out for the top position when the firms merge in October.
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Beachcroft to reduce carbon footprint by 5 per cent
30-Aug-2007
Beachcroft has joined the carbon footprint bandwagon, pledging to reduce its carbon emissions by 5 per cent.
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CC sends London insurance lawyer to Hong Kong
28-Aug-2007
Clifford Chance has continued its mobility strategy with the transfer of a senior associate from London to Hong Kong.
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Dewey and LeBoeuf merger to create 1,300-lawyer firm
28-Aug-2007
New York firms Dewey Ballantine and LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae have agreed to merge to form a 1,300-lawyer firm.
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DLA Piper strengthens Beijing office
29-Aug-2007
DLA Piper has ramped up its presence in China with the appointment of advertising and franchising lawyer Richard Wageman.
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Farrar's Building snares Ian Murphy QC
30-Aug-2007
Cardiff set 9 Park Place's head of chambers Ian Murphy QC has been taken on as a tenant at Farrar's Building.
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Fenwick & West guides Virgin's US entry
29-Aug-2007
Virgin America has appointed US firm Fenwick & West to advise on the $200m (£100.8m) financing exercises related to its launch in the US.
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FFW boost Brussels with employment hire
30-Aug-2007
Field Fisher Waterhouse has appointed Oliver Rijckaert as an employment partner in its Brussels office.
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Frawley to serve second term as Taylor Wessing chief
31-Aug-2007
Taylor Wessing yesterday (30 August) re-elected Michael Frawley for a second term as the managing partner of its UK arm.
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Freshfields follows CC with US push
30-Aug-2007
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has followed magic circle rival Clifford Chance in parachuting key lawyers into its New York office.
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Fulbright boosts London ranks with Freshfields hire
28-Aug-2007
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has lost another project finance partner with Houston-headquartered Fulbright & Jaworksi swooping on Andrew Hart for its London office.
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Linklaters beefs up Lisbon with Deloitte raid
31-Aug-2007
Linklaters has raided accountancy firm Deloitte for partner Rui Palma, who is to come in as head of tax in its Lisbon office.
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Links China partner to co-head Tokyo
28-Aug-2007
Linklaters China partner Paul McNicholl has been appointed as the new joint managing partner in Tokyo.
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Norton Rose installs new printers to go green
29-Aug-2007
Norton Rose has turned to Canon to install £300,000 worth of new print equipment in its London office in a bid to improve its green credentials.
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Poorly Frawley gets Taylor Wessing blessing
31-Aug-2007
Five points for anyone who correctly guesses the identity of this well-known lawyer:
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Scotland's Law Soc president quits after four months
28-Aug-2007
Brown & McRae partner John MacKinnon, who took over as president of the Law Society of Scotland in May, has stood down, effective immediately.
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Sitting targets
30-Aug-2007
Another day, another environmental initiative. This time Beachcroft is aiming to reduce its carbon footprint by 5 per cent.
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TfL unveils legal panel
28-Aug-2007
Transport for London (TfL) has awarded panel positions to a dozen law firms, with Eversheds retained to work specifically on the company's mainstream work.
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Top UK firms embrace flexible working
31-Aug-2007
More than three-quarters of the UK's top 50 law firms have introduced flexible working, The Lawyer can exclusively reveal.
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Who's the daddy?
29-Aug-2007
Dewey Ballantine and LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae may be embarking upon a marriage of convenience, but for one London managing partner the honeymoon will be over before it’s even begun.
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Yukos chief's defence team gains access to vital documents
31-Aug-2007
Yukos's former chief executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky has won the right in the US to obtain documents related to the Russian oil giant from oil business Chevron.
