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All eyes on energy
The arrival of Texas firm Andrews Kurth in the UK proves how busy the oil and gas market has become. But the sector’s high level of activity has caught the eye of the European Commission
Hire plains drifters: how the top US firms are doing in London
US firms are on a hiring drive to gain clout in London and boost their English law capabilities, and the tactic is paying off
Davis Polk analysis: Friends and relationships
New boss Tom Reid is taking Davis Polk down a path that calls longstanding links into question, including those with Slaughter and May
CC in front seat at Carlyle
The flurry of deals undertaken by private equity giant Carlyle this year has provided rich picking for a number of big firms
Focus: Reed Smith, United we stand
Vereins may be the structure du jour, but Reed Smith’s unified compensation system helped make its merger with Richards Butler one of the smoothest ever
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Anatomy of a merger
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City haul
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Shearman defends US figures as London outshines New York
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Political fallout from Fukushima puts energy projects in jeopardy
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Paul Hastings pooh-poohs alarmists as trend of partner exits continues
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Edwards Angell excels in the City with revenue boom and recruitment drive
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Howrey boss: shedding 60 partners is all part of a cunning plan
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Hands across the Pond as FSA buddies up with SEC on insider trading action
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‘World’s largest dispute financier’ targets US litigation market uptick
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Wilmer gears up for election a year early to find out who fits the Bills
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Paul Hastings’ hunt for labour boss mirrors City litigation growth drive
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Fulbright insists London still ‘key’ as departures rock City practice
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Revealed: the transatlantic firms on the premier litigation mandates
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Paul Weiss chases litigation wave with world’s foremost FCPA expert
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New whistleblowing legislation puts US regulators on the back foot
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Links soldiers on in US flatlands
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US firms line up to crack Brazil
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Bingham bridges Continental divide with launch of new Frankfurt office
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Why Kirkland’s PE swoop is the start of an aggressive new era
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The end is in sight
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DLA, White & Case Moscow offices stormed by police
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Gibson Dunn wants its fill of Brazil
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Yanks eye City tie-ups for Euro push
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Asia boom in pipeline for Dewey
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White & Case cull silence is sapping partner morale
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Jones Day goes for broke
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Skadden looks on the bright side
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Firms break mould and pull together to recover lost billions of Madoff scam
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O’Melveny exodus continues
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The Transatlantic Elite 2009: Profits of gloom
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Simpson Thacher’s City gent
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Focus: Dechert, Paradigm of virtue
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Mofo sees the bright side
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US firms in London Special report: Capital gains
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CC remains defiant in face of US litigation woes
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Simpson Thacher gets its home in Sao Paulo
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Latham & Watkins: confession
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The Latham guessing game
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MoFo nudged towards traditional tech work
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CC warns partners: profits will plummet by a third
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Senior lawyers question law firm business model
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Layoffs, infighting and record PEPs: The Lawyer’s first year in New York
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Cadwalader clutches rainmaker as strategy crumbles
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RPL league turns tables on Skadden
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Cadwalloped!
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Cads’ lack of wads makes Link sink
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Bonus blight
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Obama: What Kind of Change in the Courts?
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BT, IBM help firms address gay issues
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Global firms praise Russia’s courts for progress made in cleaning up their act
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The US and Obama: what next?
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Wall St Woes: Thelen Reid - culture kills
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Small is beautiful for Freshfields, but it isn’t enough to crack the US
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Yushchenko spells out Ukraine vision at Chadbourne
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Lehman’s eight-hour fire sale
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The bigger bang: who’s got what in the Lehman, HBOS sagas
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Cunningham’s A&O move may finally pay off
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Shearman lands role on Allianz Dresdner Bank sell-off
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Clydes aims for stateside expansion
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Sea change
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Firms go into battle for free trade
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Pinsents picks up web Oscar
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US lawyers take Latin lessons
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Gone in 0.08 seconds. But is Google's rule change really trademark theft?
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The Transatlantic Elite
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Introducing the Sweet Sixteen
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Mayer Brown: Baggage handling
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Keeping the US at bay
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Shearman & Sterling: Empire state
