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NORTH AMERICA TOP STORIES
US trio act as Generali sells reinsurance business
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson have taken lead roles on a deal that has seen European insurance giant Gener...
14 Jun 2013 | 00:00
Norton Rose Fulbright faces US name change conundrum
Norton Rose Fulbright will temporarily retain its legacy Fulbright & Jaworski name in the US for regulatory reasons, it has emerged...
14 Jun 2013 | 00:00
Norton Rose Fulbright set for Dubai departures as Baker Botts eyes team
Norton Rose Fulbright is expected to see the post-merger departure of a number of lawyers in Dubai, with a team from legacy Fulbrig...
10 Jun 2013 | 16:50 | 
NEWS
- GTM London chief Maher leads team on $1.15bn AstraZeneca US purchase
- Norton Rose Fulbright sets sights on key Africa markets and US west coast
- King & Spalding continues London growth drive with Steptoe arbitration partner hire
- Paul Hastings among firms to score key roles as Manchester City makes US play
- McGuireWoods and A&O advise on Man United debt refinancing
- Five firms lead on landmark $7.1bn China takeover of US meat giant
- Elite US litigation firm Boies Schiller set to launch London outpost
HIGHLIGHTS
The pure lockstep model is falling out of favour as economic woes prompt law firms to shake up partner pay...
All the details of who won what - and why - at the Corporate Counsel Middle East Awards 2013, held in Dubai last month...
LEGAL BRIEFING
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Latham & Watkins’ Book of Jargon: global mergers & acquisitions
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SEC whistleblowers: can an attorney blow the whistle on a client and get a monetary award?
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Digging deep: a closer look at the global energy sector
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Open source software: what general counsel need to know
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A global guide to inbound acquisitions and tax
ANALYSIS, OPINION AND INTERVIEWS
Howard's way – Sullivan hire of Links finance star highlights growing threat from US firms
With a side-line as a screenplay writer and producer, it would have been ambitious but not beyond the realms of possibility that Chris Howard's next move would have seen him decamping to Hollywood. But the popular Linklaters finance partner – whose ...
31 May 2013 | 00:00 |
Dealmaker: Will Pearce
The Davis Polk & Wardwell City partner on hard work, skinny jeans and Slaughters' pencil and biscuit offering
24 May 2013 | 00:00 |
Cautious optimism reigns across industry as partners hope for economic bounceback
As the number of firms announcing redundancy consultations this week continued to rise – with news of widespread cuts at Berwin Leighton Paisner – new research from Legal Week has found a surprising degree of business confidence among partners in ...
17 May 2013 | 00:00 |
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Top deals for April 2013: global and UK
A comprehensive overview of the best deals from April, featuring mandates for Linklaters, Eversheds and Allen & Overy
10 May 2013 | 00:02 |
Law Student Report 2013 - the long and dwindling road
2013 has been another year of change in the law student body. The number of law students wanting to become solicitors has fallen again for the third year in a row. Now just 60% of law students want to pursue a career as a solicitor, compared to 80% in...
10 May 2013 | 00:00 |
Snapshot of the industry - Legal Week Law's top downloads in numbers
Jon Levene rounds up an action-packed three months since the beginning of 2013 with an overview of the best of Legal Week Law
26 Apr 2013 | 00:00 |
A rising tide – the latest US and European initiatives to tackle cyber crime
Cyber security is grabbing the headlines, and it is easy to see why. The figures are startling. Reports indicate that cyber crime costs the UK economy up to £27bn each year, with the worldwide annual cost reaching around $388bn (£253bn). As mobile d...
19 Apr 2013 | 00:00 |
US mega deals fail to get 2013 going as M&A lawyers face up to worst Q1 in a decade
Anyone seeking reassurance about the state of the deal markets following a spate of mega-mergers earlier this year should probably avoid looking at the latest rankings from mergermarket, which make for depressing reading. Not only was Q1 2013 down ...
12 Apr 2013 | 00:00 |
M&A adviser rankings: Q1 2013
The top M&A deals by region from the past three months of 2013, featuring Davis Polk & Wardwell, DLA Piper and Latham & Watkins
12 Apr 2013 | 00:00 |
A united front - Legal Week's inaugural Private Client Forum Americas
A panel of local lawyers at Legal Week's recent Private Client Forum Americas discusses the challenges with wealth management across a very diverse region
28 Mar 2013 | 00:00 |
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