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Ashurst boosts energy and projects team with Linklaters hire

Ashurst has expanded its London energy and projects practice with the hire of Antony Skinner from Linklaters as a partner. Skinner, a counsel at the magic circle firm, joins the energy and project finance group after four years at Linklaters. He was promoted to counsel earlier this year.
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International Edition

Linklaters tops global projects rankings but market plunges in first half of 2009

Linklaters has edged ahead of magic circle rivals Allen & Overy (A&O) and Clifford Chance (CC) to top the global project finance rankings by market share for the first half of 2009. New research from Infrastructure Journal (IJ) shows that the firm leads the global rankings by value for the first six months of this year after scoring roles on 15 deals worth $7.623bn (£4.7bn). The tally gives the firm a market share of just over 5% - marginally ahead of CC.
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International Edition

Scots leader Dundas hires three partners for City arm

Dundas & Wilson has significantly bolstered its London partner headcount with three lateral partner hires and one internal promotion.
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International Edition

Clydes boosts Paris with CC hire

Clyde & Co has picked up Clifford Chance's (CC's) Paris environment head Pierre Bechmann.
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International Edition

Travers takes lead role on Pinewood real estate and community project

Travers Smith is advising Pinewood Studios on planning matters as it creates a working community in Buckinghamshire. The City firm has been advising Pinewood on real estate, planning, environment and real estate management issues connected with the studio's plans to build a living and working community for the creative industry.
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International Edition

Dentons, Fulbright and Ashurst dig deep into E647m oil and gas buyout

Denton Wilde Sapte, Fulbright & Jaworski and Ashurst have played key roles in the E647m (£556m) consortium acquisition of the oil and gas division of Oranje-Nassau Groep.
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International Edition

Public and regulatory law: Global thinking

How are businesses reacting to the downturn in economic activity? Will they be tempted to 'green-wash' through the recession, will they genuinely try to make sense of the 'green is good for business' argument, or will they simply not bother to do either?
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International Edition

Northern Ireland

L'Estrange & Brett and A&L Goodbody address the practice issues facing the Northern Irish legal market.
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International Edition

Northern Ireland: The north/south connect

Energy has come to the forefront of economic and environmental attention globally, and Ireland north and south is no exception to this trend. The energy sector in Ireland has remained driven North by an all-island agenda and ern Ireland, in particular, has seen ongoing development in energy matters. Much emphasis has been on the development of renewables and achieving cost savings and efficiencies through the development of an all-island energy market.
10 minute read

International Edition

Burges Salmon completes top-level overhaul

Burges Salmon has overhauled its management structure, splitting its partnership committee in two. The regional heavyweight has divided its main management group, creating a smaller partnership committee, which will concentrate on long-term strategic issues, while department heads will now sit in a separate group focusing on operational short-term objectives, rather than sitting on the partnership committee.
2 minute read

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