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Hammonds hits heights with £780m Keepmoat MBO

Hammonds has bagged a plum instruction on one of the largest deals to hit the Yorkshire market after advising on the landmark £783m management buy-out of housing company Keepmoat. The national firm acted for a management team led by chief executive David Blunt and three further company directors on their acquisition of Keepmoat, a regeneration and affordable housing specialist that operates the brands Bramall Construction, Frank Haslam Milan and Haslam Homes.
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LawSoc study targets firms' complaints handling

The Law Society has kicked off a new consultation addressing controversial plans to publish the complaints-handling track records of law firms, it was announced today (17 August). The initial study, which has been launched by Chancery Lane's independent Legal Complaints Service (LCS), will canvass lawyers, representative bodies and members of the public over the move, which threatens to lay bare the inner workings of firms across England and Wales.
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CC set to slide Hungary office down lockstep

Clifford Chance (CC) looks set to downgrade partners in its Budapest office onto a lower set of equity points on its lockstep ladder. Discussions are still ongoing in relation to the Hungarian office. However, one CC partner told Legal Week there is no doubt that the move will take place.
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CC breezes off with €1.8bn wind power deal

Magic circle giant Clifford Chance (CC) has advised longstanding client International Power on its €1.8bn (£1.2m) agreement to acquire the Trinergy wind power portfolio in Italy and Germany. The deal sees International Power - an independent electricity operator with plants in 17 countries - acquire the Trinergy portfolio from private investors connected with the Matrix Group and CJS Capital Partners.
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Polish lawyers say fee cap move to be ditched

Polish lawyers are confident that controversial legislation that would cap legal fees at just A70 (£47.30) per hour will be dropped, although political uncertainty has blurred the timeline for a final decision.
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Record Spanish IPO gifts Freshfields and Linklaters roles on E4bn bank flotation

Magic circle duo Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have scooped lead roles on the biggest-ever initial public offering in Spain, the A4bn (£2.7bn) float of Catalan savings bank La Caixa.
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Latham converts London and Milan to LLPs

Latham & Watkins' London and Milan offices have converted to limited liability partnership (LLP) status this month as the firm seeks to protect partners' individual assets in the event of a firm-busting negligence claim.
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Magic circle giants lead way in Deutsche Germany review

Deutsche Bank has named magic circle quartet Allen & Overy (A&O), Clifford Chance (CC), Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters and Slaughter and May best friend Hengeler Mueller on its German panel.
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Dentons partner in Paris move to develop Africa links

One of Denton Wilde Sapte's senior project finance partners, Howard Barrie, is relocating to Paris from the UK, giving the firm its first English law capability in the French capital.
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Spanish leader says 'adios' to Seville arm

Gomez-Acebo & Pombo has parted company from its Seville arm, in a move that sees the Spanish heavyweight refocus its Andalusia practice on Malaga. The nine-lawyer Seville office will split from Gomez-Acebo next month (31 August) to launch an independent boutique practising as Caveat Abogados. The team is led by former Gomez-Acebo partner Manuel Bellido.
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