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Links and Dickson Minto raise glass as AG Barr-Britvic merger gets OK

Dickson Minto and Linklaters have taken the headline roles as AG Barr's acquisition of Britvic today (11 June) received provisional clearance from the Competition Commission. The Commission concluded that a union of the two companies is not expected to result in lesser competition and would not lead to an increase in wholesale prices.
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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. MacVay, who has more twenty years' experience of international and EU law, joins the US firm's London base today (20 May). His practice focuses on European and international trade and regulatory law and he has particular experience dealing with legal matters relating to the World Trade Organisation.
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CC and Linklaters lead as BP and Shell face price fixing investigation

Clifford Chance (CC) and Linklaters have scooped key mandates for Shell and BP, as the oil majors face investigation by the European Commission over allegations of oil and biofuel price fixing. The Commission made a series of unannounced office inspections at companies, including BP, Shell, Statoil and oil pricing agency Platts on Tuesday (14 May), amid concerns the companies may have violated European antitrust rules over cartels and abuse of dominant market position.
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Shearman Brussels chief leaves for Dechert in wake of Germany office closures

Shearman & Sterling's European offices have seen a further partner departure, with Brussels office managing partner Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann leaving for Dechert. The news comes a week after the US firm announced it was to close its Munich and Duesseldorf offices, leaving it with one remaining base in Germany.
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A&O strengthens City competition team with hire of Fried Frank partner

Allen & Overy (A&O) has hired Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson London partner Alasdair Balfour for its competition and antitrust group. Balfour, who joins A&O's City office today (1 May), advises multinational clients on UK and EU antitrust matters, with a particular focus on cross-border merger control, cartel work and other antitrust infringements and merger investigations.
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Linklaters, Hogan Lovells and A&O lawyers join Competition Commission

Linklaters partner Gavin Robert and Hogan Lovells London competition head Lesley Ainsworth are among four lawyers joining the Competition Commission in an 18-strong round of new appointments to the regulator. The appointments, announced yesterday (10 April) by consumer minister Jo Swinson, come ahead of the merger of the Commission and the Office of Fair Trading to create the new Competition and Markets Authority next April.
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Gibson Dunn recruits new London competition head in double OFT hire

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has recruited Ali Nikpay, the head of the cartel and criminal enforcement division at the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), in a double hire for the firm's City antitrust and competition group. Nikpay, who has spent nine years at the OFT including a stint as acting general counsel, will join the US firm's London office on 15 April as head of the competition practice.
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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
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International Edition

FFW in pilot seat as private firm wins rescue helicopter contract from RAF

Field Fisher Waterhouse has taken the lead role on a £1.6bn deal that has seen a private company take over the running of the UK's search and rescue helicopter operations. The contract, which runs from 2015 to 2026, has been won by the Bristow Group, the US-headquartered parent company of Aberdeen's Bristow Helicopters.
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Slaughters makes up two London lawyers in annual partnership round

Slaughter and May has made up two of its London associates to partner in the magic circle firm's 2013 promotions round. James Stacey and Lisa Wright, both of who trained at the firm, will join the partnership as of 1 May this year, taking the number of partners at the firm to 117, 106 of whom are based in London.
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