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May 15, 2006 | Law.com

Top M&A Deals of 2005: Acquired by CA Co.

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January 28, 2002 | New York Law Journal

Mayer, Brown Seals Largest U.K. Merger

M ayer, Brown & Platt has acquired 250-lawyer London firm Rowe & Maw in the largest American acquisition of a U.K. law firm to date.
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November 14, 2005 | Law.com

Every Day's a Carnival

Arnaldo Perez, GC of the world's leading cruise ship operator, Carnival Corp., lately has focused his efforts on corporate governance issues related to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and relations with the company's board of directors. After a "virtual merger" involving U.K.-based P&O Princess Cruise Lines, and creation of a parent company comprising two stand-alone corporations, the legal department's administrative load has increased. Now, Perez must be fluent in American and U.K. compliance requirements.
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March 08, 2007 | Law.com

$670M Biotech Buy May Be Biggest of Its Kind

A big biotech acquisition is a larger private financing deal than any of the attorneys involved can remember in that hot tech sector.
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January 20, 2004 | Law.com

World's Largest Law Firm Experiencing 'Growing Pains'

By the numbers, Clifford Chance offers a powerful vision of the legal profession's globalized future. The world's largest law firm, with almost 3,400 lawyers straddling the globe from Barcelona to Bangkok, it is also one of the busiest. But a string of high-profile departures suggest the London-based firm's global vision is having trouble gaining adherents, particularly in the United States, where the firm first expanded in 1999 with its blockbuster merger with New York's Rogers & Wells.
6 minute read
August 10, 2006 | Law.com

England Poised to Reform Legal Market

Picture lawyers idling away potentially billable hours tracking their firm's stock price rather than poring over their firm's PPP rankings or the results of the latest associate-satisfaction survey rankings. Sound far-fetched? It may happen soon in England if a draft bill that would allow outside investment in law firms and let firms go public makes it into law. And although the bill hasn't yet been the focus of too much hand-wringing in the United States, it is "on the radar screen," says one consultant.
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December 01, 2000 | Law.com

Movers & Shakers

Follow lawyers' career moves and law firms' transformations each week with "Movers & Shakers." This week, Veronica G. Kayne has joined Washington, D.C.'s Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering as a partner. Brussels' Linklaters & Alliance has hired five attorneys to the firm's Madrid office. And Los Angeles' Latham & Watkins has hired four senior associates in its Singapore office.
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March 16, 2007 | Law.com

Law Firm Downsizing: Who's Next?

With plenty of lawyers but relatively low partner profits, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw found itself earlier this month in the uncomfortable position of having to downsize its equity partner ranks in what it said was a push to stay competitive in the war for talent. But a look at other big law firms shows that many are in the same situation as the Chicago firm, raising questions about whether they, too, will want to do some significant trimming at the top.
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June 01, 2006 | The American Lawyer

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Breaking Down the Walls
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November 14, 2007 | Law.com

Magic Circle Firms on Pace to Become Among World's Most Profitable

Six months into their current financial year, the United Kingdom's largest firms are continuing an impressive growth spurt. Two Magic Circle firms report that they're on pace to reach or exceed the $2 billion mark for the year; three have confirmed increases of 15 percent to 20 percent over the same period last year. Banks may be facing dramatic losses thanks to the credit crunch, but U.K. law firms continue to enjoy economic conditions that have seen them enjoy huge growth in revenues and profits.
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