Legal Week

July 15, 2009 | International Edition

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer veteran dealmaker Barry O'Brien does a good line in 1980s war stories. All-nighters rounded off by pints of Guinness at Smithfield market pubs feature heavily. As do hostile takeover bids, many of them initiated by highly personal full-page newspaper ads

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July 15, 2009 | International Edition

Ever-growing global databases of electronically stored information are raising new issues about the nature of privacy and throwing into relief the differences between US and European views on personal information

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July 15, 2009 | International Edition

Increasingly complex investment structures are frequently becoming the subjects of litigation. Anthony de Garr Robinson QC and Graeme Halkerston examine some of the finer points

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July 15, 2009 | International Edition

Christie's general counsel Nick Deeming explains how his legal team used online tools to raise its game and focus lawyers' efforts up the value chain

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July 15, 2009 | International Edition

Osborne Clarke has seen revenues drop by 12% for the 2008-09 financial year while profits per equity partner (PEP) have plunged by 36%.

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July 15, 2009 | International Edition

Herbert Smith has played a major role in the launch of a unique charitable investment fund backed by 12 of the best known brands in UK fund management. The Invest & Give fund, an authorized investment fund, has been created as a means of encouraging investors to donate to charity.

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3 minute read

July 15, 2009 | International Edition

Simmons & Simmons saw profits per equity partner (PEP) drop by nearly 20% last year, taking the firm back down to 2006-07 levels. The top 10 City firm has announced that PEP for 2008-09 stood at £520,000, compared with £647,000 the previous year.

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July 15, 2009 | Legal Week

Simmons & Simmons saw profits per equity partner (PEP) drop by nearly 20% last year, taking the firm back down to 2006-07 levels. The top 10 City firm has announced that PEP for 2008-09 stood at £520,000, compared with £647,000 the previous year.

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5 minute read

July 15, 2009 | International Edition

Linklaters is holding onto 50 of its 66 trainees due to qualify in September, giving it a retention rate of 75%. Of the 66 qualifying three resigned before the process started, which would give the magic circle firm a retention rate of 79% when based only on those applying for jobs.

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2 minute read

July 15, 2009 | International Edition

Sun kissed law schools by the sea, getting legally down with the kids and blogging QC names and shames barristers' chambers who've been rude to pupillage seekers. The new Catolica Global School of Law - based in Lisbon, but with English as its working language - has opened applications for the next school year.

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