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A&O bags a hat-trick as electronics deal marks third billion-pound role this month

Allen & Overy (A&O) has bagged its third multibillion-pound deal so far this month after securing a lead role advising French electronics supplier Sonepar on its A2.5bn (£1.7bn) bid for Dutch rival Hagemeyer.
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Uria Menendez launches Eastern Europe practice

Slaughter and May best friend Uria Menendez has launched an Eastern European practice with the opening of its Warsaw office earlier this month (10 October). The office will be headed up on the ground by corporate lawyer Agustin Redondo, with Madrid-based partner and senior management member Romana Sadurska managing the firm's Polish and Eastern European desk.
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Norton Rose leads on trophy Turkish buy-out

Norton Rose has landed a leading role on one of the largest-ever private equity deals in Turkey, advising on the E910m (£634m) buy-out of private freight company UN Ro-Ro.
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A&O signs up Freshfields Italy finance head

Allen & Overy (A&O) has hired Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's Italian finance head Stefano Sennhauser as the UK giant looks to rebuild its local practice. Sennhauser has been a partner at Freshfields since 2000 and has led its finance practice in Italy since 2004. He focuses on real estate finance, securitisation and restructuring, as well as leveraged finance, and will work in A&O's Milan arm.
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DLA Denmark splits, citing client conflicts

DLA Piper's Denmark affiliate is to split away from the expansive firm citing client conflicts which have arisen as a result of the Copenhagen operation's desire to grow. The 73-lawyer practice, which comprised half of the DLA Nordic network, will become totally independent from DLA Piper and re-brand as Horten.
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Ex-Landwell member Lawfort to dissolve

Brussels firm Lawfort - once the largest law firm by headcount in Belgium - has gone into liquidation. Lawfort, which once had more than 125 lawyers across offices in Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent and Liege, began winding down the business last month, with all its remaining lawyers leaving for new firms.
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International Edition

Freshfields, Linklaters lead trophy Spain IPO

Magic circle duo Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Link-laters have nudged aside local opposition to secure lead roles on one of the largest-ever initial public offerings (IPOs) in Spain - the E4bn (£2.8bn) float of Spanish bank La Caixa's investment arm.
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International Edition

Bird & Bird hires Links partner for German push

Bird & Bird has strengthened its German practice with the hire of senior Linklaters IT partner Joerg-Alexander Paul, as the City law firm continues to aggressively grow its European practice.
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A&P beefs up Brussels with WilmerHale recruit

Washington DC firm Arnold & Porter has strengthened its Brussels branch with the hire of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr competition lawyer Axel Gutermuth, who joins the firm as counsel. Gutermuth focuses on European Union and German merger control and competition law. He brings the number of lawyers in the firm's European competition practice team to 11.
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Squire Sanders selects new Slovak head

Squire Sanders & Dempsey has appointed corporate partner Julian Juhasz to head its office in the Slovak Republic, the US national firm announced today (16 October). Juhasz, who has been with the firm for 13 years and focuses on M&A work, takes over the local role from finance partner Kevin Connor.
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