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Hot commodities - lucrative mining work fuels interest in Canada's top law firms
"Although most leaders of large Canadian firms publicly play down their interest in cross-border mergers, no-one is ignoring what’s happened this year..." - Canada’s mining companies are highly desirable targets, and so are the country's law firms...
01 Dec 2011 | 00:00 | 
Freshfields, CC lead as Russian mining company floats in London
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Clifford Chance (CC) have taken lead roles on Russian gold and silver mining company Polymetal’s $500m (£317m) initial public offering (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange. Polymetal, the world’s third-largest ...
24 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
GTM sees two Birmingham departures as partner takes consultant role
Greenberg Traurig Maher (GTM) has seen two of the three partners in its Birmingham office leave the firm, with energy & infrastructure partners Francis Patalong and Paul Kirkby both departing earlier this month. The pair, whose new destinations are...
17 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
CC and Bakers advice on financing for flagship $10.8bn Saudi project
Clifford Chance (CC) and Baker & McKenzie have advised on the second phase of financing for a $10.8bn (£6.8bn) aluminium development in Saudi Arabia. CC advised a consortium led by 15 banks, including the Arab National Bank and The Saudi Investmen...
03 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
SNR Denton recruits Barlows energy partner in London as Clydes merger goes live
SNR Denton has made its second London energy partner hire in recent weeks, with the addition of Humphrey Douglas from legacy Barlow Lyde & Gilbert. Douglas, who was Barlows' only non-contentious energy partner, joined SNR Denton today (1 November) ...
01 Nov 2011 | 13:45 |
Holman hires Fulbright energy partner for London base
Holman Fenwick Willan has grown its London corporate, projects and finance practice with the hire of Fulbright & Jaworski partner Susan Farmer. Farmer, who is US qualified, will join Holman Fenwick next week after four years in Fulbright’s London...
13 Oct 2011 | 00:00 |
Barlows partner trio exit firm to join Norton Rose and Lloyds
Barlow Lyde & Gilbert is set to see a trio of partner departures ahead of its impending merger with Clyde & Co next month. The departures include the firm’s head of marine, energy and trade Patrick Foss, who is joining Norton Rose on 1 Novembe...
06 Oct 2011 | 00:00 |
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Travers recruits A&O's former global environmental group chief
Travers Smith has grown its environment and safety group with the hire of Allen & Overy's (A&O) former head of global environmental law, Owen Lomas. Lomas joined Travers last week as a consultant after a 19-year stint at the magic circle firm. H...
04 Oct 2011 | 12:15 |
Dewey recruits Stephenson Harwood partner for London energy team
Dewey & LeBoeuf has added a partner to its London energy practice with the hire of Stephenson Harwood partner Marc Hammerson. The hire takes energy partner headcount in Dewey's London office to seven, with the group led by oil and gas sector head J...
30 Sep 2011 | 17:17 |
Addleshaws and Linklaters lead on $408m Mexican gas terminal JV
Addleshaw Goddard and Linklaters have picked up lead roles on the financing of a liquefied natural gas terminal acquisition in Mexico. The deal saw a joint venture (JV) between Spanish gas storage company Enagas and tank storage company Royal Vopak...
29 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
Herbert Smith and Hogan lead on $1.75bn energy acquisition
Herbert Smith and Hogan Lovells have advised on the acquisition of North Sea assets from ExxonMobil worth $1.75bn (£1.1bn) by US oil and gas company Apache Corporation. Herbert Smith advised Apache subsidiary Apache North Sea on the acquisition of...
29 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
Pinsents recruits new nuclear co-head with EDF Energy hire
Eversheds and Pinsent Masons have both appointed new energy-related practice group heads, with the latter recruiting a partner from EDF Energy. Pinsents has hired EDF's nuclear legal head Chris White as co-head of the firm's international nuclear p...
27 Sep 2011 | 09:42 |
Jones Day makes Simmons and Addleshaws hires for London base
Jones Day has made a double partner hire in London with the addition of one partner apiece from Simmons & Simmons and Addleshaw Goddard. The US firm has hired Simmons corporate partner Paul Exley for its London energy practice, while Addleshaws fin...
22 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
Freshfields and Mayer Brown lead ex-BP chief’s $4.2bn Turkey tie-up
Mayer Brown and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have won roles on the planned $4.2bn (£2.7bn) merger of former BP chief executive Tony Hayward’s investment vehicle Vallares with Turkish oil company Genel Energy International. Mayer Brown’s Lond...
15 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
Stephenson Harwood boosts energy practice with ex-Ashurst partner hire
Stephenson Harwood has added another energy-specialist partner to its corporate practice, with the hire of Fulbright & Jaworski’s Jeremy Sheldon. Sheldon has been a partner in the US firm’s London office since 2007, when he joined from Ashurst,...
08 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
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