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Elite US litigation firm Boies Schiller set to launch London outpost

Specialist litigation firm Boies Schiller & Flexner is set to open an office in London this summer, in a move that will gift the elite US firm its first base outside of its home country....

24 May 2013 | 00:00

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Simpson Thacher takes high-profile Yahoo! role on $1.1bn Tumblr buyout

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian have taken lead roles on the $1.1bn (£723m...

20 May 2013 | 17:20

King & Spalding hires Bird & Bird trade head to launch City practice

King & Spalding has launched a trade and customs practice in the City with the hire of Bird & Bird practice group head Iain MacVay....

20 May 2013 | 00:00

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Sing when you're winning

Singapore's legal market is liberalising and, with it, the competition keeps flying in, as Elizabeth Broomhall reports...

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Call of the Wild

Kent County Council's Geoff Wild - the British Legal Awards GC of the Year - on how he transformed his legal team...

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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 | secure

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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 | secure | 3 comments

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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 | secure

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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 | secure

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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 | secure

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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 | secure

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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 | secure

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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 | secure

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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 | secure

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Libor scandal throws Extradition Act into the spotlight as SFO comes under pressure

As the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) becomes the third bank to reach a settlement on Libor, a key battle is being fought behind closed doors as both the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and the US Department of Justice (DoJ) pursue former employees of UBS fo...

08 Mar 2013 | 00:00 | secure

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