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Garrigues to continue expansion with London launch

Spanish giant Garrigues is set to continue its international expansion after announcing it is to launch in London in the fourth quarter of this year. The office, which will only practise Spanish law, will be headed up by corporate partner Josie Maria Gil-Robles Casanueva and corporate associate Guillermo Munoz Alonso.
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HP appoints new Euro GC

Computer giant Hewlett Packard (HP) has appointed Joyce Norcini as its new regional general counsel for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Norcini has replaced Eric Herkens in the role and will now lead a team of 100 lawyers and support staff across the region. Norcini joined HP in 1997 as a commercial and competition lawyer and was most recently HP's deputy general counsel in the company's technology solutions group.
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Ashurst raids Orrick for Paris projects boost

Ashurst has strengthened its French projects practice with the hire of Orrick Rambaud Martel finance partner Sylvie Perrin. Perrin, who joined the French arm of the City firm on Monday (16 April), focuses on project finance as well as asset finance and tax leasing. Prior to joining legacy firm Rambaud Martel - which merged with San Francisco giant Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe in January 2006 - Perrin was an associate with Watson Farley & Williams. She was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1997.
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Rival ABN bid hands trophy roles to host of top firms

A raft of European firms have secured new roles on the £40bn bidding war for Dutch bank ABN Amro.
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French tax ruling clears way for LLP conversions

UK firms including Ashurst, Norton Rose and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have had their path to limited liability partnership (LLP) eased after a breakthrough in the French tax treatment of UK LLPs.
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A&O raids Latham for Moscow boost

Allen & Overy (A&O) has strengthened its Moscow offering with the hire of Latham & Watkins capital markets partner Varun Gupta, it was announced today (16 April). Gupta, who had been with Latham since 2003 after joining from New York firm Cravath Swaine & Moore, focuses on initial public offerings and debt transactions.
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Linklaters loses Paris private equity partner

Linklaters Paris partner Michel Frieh has announced he is to leave the firm to set up his own practice. Frieh, a private equity specialist who joined the magic circle firm in 2004 from the local arm of Willkie Farr & Gallagher, will leave Linklaters at the end of May. The magic circle giant has promoted Paris-based private equity associate David Swinburne to the partnership from 1 May to plug the gap.
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Latham lands role on Enel's €35bn Endesa bid

Latham & Watkins has bagged a role advising Enel on its multibillion-euro offer for a stake in Endesa, as the energy giant's takeover saga moves into its latest stage. Latham was instructed last month to advise Enel - Italy's largest power company - on the acquisition financing aspects of its €35bn (£23.8bn) joint offer with Acciona for a 46% stake in Endesa - an offer that was made earlier this week (11 April).
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Italian indy Ripa splits a year after merger

Italian independent Ripa di Meana LC & Partners has split, only a year after the firm was formed, it was announced yesterday (12 April). The 70-lawyer outfit, formed through the merger of Rome-based Ripa di Meana and Milan firm Lega Colucci Morri e Associati last year, is to separate, with the respective practices to operate under their former banners.
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CC joins Nauta on latest Dutch mega-deal

Clifford Chance (CC), Benelux leader NautaDutilh and French M&A boutique Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier have bagged roles on the Netherlands' latest multibillion-euro M&A deal - the €11.2bn (£7.6bn) merger between Unibail and Dutch investment company Rodamco. Nauta teamed up with Darrois to advise French property investment giant Unibai, while magic circle giant CC is advising Rodamco.
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