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January 10, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Skadden Leads the Way on $6.3B DuPont Transaction

The chemical giant will pay more than $6 billion for Danish enzyme and specialty food ingredients company Danisco A/S.
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November 21, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Singapore Takes Potential Mega-Merger in Stride

Singaporeans used to worry that international law firms would dominate their local legal profession. But the mild reaction to a proposed merger between leading local firm Allen & Gledhill and Magic Circle firm Allen & Overy highlights how things have changed.
6 minute read
February 01, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Matchmaker, Matchmaker

TAL's predictions for Norton Rose's U.S. marriage.
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August 01, 2008 | The American Lawyer

Leaving Lockstep Behind

Abandoning lockstep pay would go a long way toward solving the crisis in associate recruiting and retention. And it would serve firms better financially.
10 minute read
November 01, 2010 | The American Lawyer

CANADA REPORT SIDEBAR: Pipe Dreams

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December 01, 2005 | The American Lawyer

Life Beyond Larry

On a quiet Friday in July, Larry Sonsini, the best-known lawyer in Silicon Valley, dropped a bomb on his partners at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati: He was preparing to join Silver Lake Partners, a private equity firm with billions invested in tech companies like Ameritrade, Seagate Technology, and Thomson, as chairman. As one lawyer tells it: "On July 29 he decided he was leaving, and a press release was drafted."
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