Public and private M&A, private equity (transactional and fundraising), equity capital markets and corporate tax law
Fladgate scoops up Gordon & Co
Cleary bags Citigroup equity hat trick
Lovells upbeat despite loss of Italy private equity chief
21-April-2008Lovells' international private equity team, which was hit hard by the departures of Oliver Felsenstein and Marco Compagnoni in 2005 and 2006 respectively, suffered a further blow this month when Italian chief Andrea Accornero jumped ship to Simmons & Simmons.
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No bank deals in the UK? Try a slice of Turkey
31-March-2008Times are tough in the private equity arena. According to some, the world is now facing the very real prospect of financial meltdown and, in the mainstream markets at least, liquidity is nowhere to be had.
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Simpson Thacher's client care lesson: dedication, that's what you need
28-Jan-2008The name Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is synonymous with two private equity giants: KKR and Blackstone. How has the firm managed to keep these two happy at the same time?
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Nabarro and White & Case win coveted hedge fund roles on Northern Rock
03-Dec-2007Nabarro and White & Case have found themselves holding key roles in the battle for Northern Rock.
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Magic circle muscles in on AIM as value skyrockets
12-Nov-2007Ashurst, Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), DLA Piper, LG and Norton Rose have dominated Hemscott's first client league table of top 100 AIM companies.
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Mifid arrival is a damp squib
05-Nov-2007Ready or not, the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive is here, but rather than bounding across Europe as planned, the directive has all but limped into being.
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Private equity can weather the credit crunch
29-Oct-2007Over the past two months, as the liquidity crunch in the debt market has taken hold, some headlines have been predicting the death of the management buyout.
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Glass half full
21-Apr-2008The boom days of cheap debt may be over for now, but the private equity market remains an optimistic place.
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Resident upheaval
21-Apr-2008 Changes to the way non-doms are taxed are part of a Government drive to make the private equity sector pay a 'fairer share'. But what will this mean in practice?
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No bank deals in the UK? Try a slice of Turkey
31-Mar-2008Clifford Chance and Cleary are already looking at the Turkish
market
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All-terrain vehicles
11-Feb-2008Limited partnerships (LPs) and limited-liability partnerships (LLPs) have been the vehicle of choice for many investors in real estate and in private equity funds - the reason, of course, being tax efficiency.
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Irish pillars of strength
28-Jan-2008The Company Law Review Group has proposed sweeping reforms that will bring together Ireland's various Companies Acts. The new rules are expected to make life easier
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Thin end of the hedge
21-Jan-2008The SEC is reeling after a second court decision dismissing allegations of hedge fund fraud.
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