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Skadden hires Latham HK partner in rare lateral move

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has recruited Hong Kong corporate partner Julie Gao from Latham & Watkins. Gao, who joined Latham straight out of law school in 1998 and was promoted to partner in 2006, was regarded as an up-and-comer in Latham's Asia practice, focusing on M&A and capital markets transactions.
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SJB, Oppenhoff hire German magic circle partners

SJ Berwin has expanded its German corporate practice with the hire of a capital markets partner from Clifford Chance (CC). Dietmar Anders joined SJ Berwin's Frankfurt arm earlier this week (1 June). The hire comes a month after the top 20 UK law firm saw the departure of local corporate head Michael Roos, who left to set up his own practice.
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Top UK duo lead on £323m Debenhams share issue

Herbert Smith and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have taken lead roles on a £323m capital raising by UK retailer Debenhams. The share issue is intended to cut the company's debt and improve its ability to refinance in the future.
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CC and Ashurst lead on property group's £220m IPO

Clifford Chance (CC) and Ashurst have won roles on Europe's largest initial public offering (IPO) of 2009 – the £220m listing of Max Property Group. CC took the lead for Max Property Group, which last week listed on London's Alternative Investment Market (AIM) and the Channel Islands stock exchange (CISX). Equity capital markets partner Simon Thomas and corporate partner Adrian Levy led the CC team.
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A&O hires Venture Law team to go it alone in Singapore

Allen & Overy (A&O) has launched a standalone Singapore office after recruiting all lawyers at White & Case's former joint venture (JV) firm, Venture Law. It is understood that the magic circle law firm broke off its own JV with Singapore practice Shook Lin & Bok around a month ago. The two firms had been in a formal alliance since 2000.
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