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Addleshaws, A&O lead on Yorkshire Building Society merger deal

Addleshaw Goddard and Allen & Overy (A&O) have picked up lead advisory roles on Yorkshire Building Society's merger with Norwich and Peterborough (N&P) Building Society, creating a combined company with three million members and 224 branches. A&O is advising longstanding client Yorkshire, which is the UK's second largest building society with assets exceeding £30bn. The magic circle firm's team is being led by corporate partner Richard Slynn, assisted by associates Ilan Kotkis and Susannah Gwyn-Thomas.
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Addleshaws, A&O lead on Yorkshire Building Society merger deal

Addleshaw Goddard and Allen & Overy (A&O) have picked up lead advisory roles on Yorkshire Building Society's merger with Norwich and Peterborough (N&P) Building Society, creating a combined company with three million members and 224 branches. A&O is advising longstanding client Yorkshire, which is the UK's second largest building society with assets exceeding £30bn. The magic circle firm's team is being led by corporate partner Richard Slynn, assisted by associates Ilan Kotkis and Susannah Gwyn-Thomas.
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Bird & Bird to launch new base in Hamburg with hire of local team

Bird & Bird is set to launch a six-lawyer office in Hamburg next month. The office, which will open on 1 May, will be the firm's fourth in Germany and its first new base in Europe since September 2008, when the firm launched in four Central and Eastern Europe countries. Joining the office will be a six-strong team from local boutique Recore Business Lawyers which specialises in real estate, corporate, M&A and restructuring work.
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Career Clinic: I'm not being given enough work and worried about falling behind

"I work in a small corporate firm in the north and am one-year qualified in a niche area. However, the last six months I have not had much work as the lead partner has not been busy himself. "I have tried to keep myself busy by offering to work for other teams, but I appreciate it's only a short-term solution. Even then I have loads of downtime. I also try reading up on my niche area just to keep myself occupied. I have talked to the partner, but he appears to have his own plans."
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International Edition

McGeneral counsel - McDonald's GC on life in the fast-food lane

After 33 years with McDonald's, corporate lawyer Gloria Santona says she's still lovin' it. Shannon Green reports
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International Edition

Partner confidence bucks double-dip fears

Confidence at commercial firms edges upward despite wider fears about strength of UK recovery, with 95% of partners expecting revenue growth over next 12 months
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International Edition

Kirkland boosts London base with Shearman partner hire

Kirkland & Ellis has strengthened its City office with the addition of a partner from Shearman & Sterling. Shearman capital markets partner Ward McKimm (pictured) is understood to have handed in his notice yesterday (12 April), with the intention of joining US rival Kirkland.
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Paul Weiss launches in Canada with double Shearman partner hire

Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison has announced plans to open an office in Toronto with a double hire from Shearman & Sterling. The office, which will practise only US law, will be the US firm's first presence in Canada, alongside its other international bases in Beijing, Hong Kong, London and Tokyo.
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French indie Jeantet signs up Landwell partner trio in Paris

French independent Jeantet Associes has strengthened its Paris office with the hire of three partners from Landwell & Associes. Corporate partner Nicole Goulard, litigation partner Sylvie Damany and employment law partner Francis Collin all joined the firm alongside three associates on 1 April, bringing the number of partners at the Paris office to 26.
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Slaughters, CC and Linklaters score top roles on Arsenal takeover bid

Slaughter and May, Clifford Chance (CC) and Linklaters are among a line-up of firms to have won roles on US businessman Stan Kroenke's full takeover bid for Arsenal Football Club, which values the North London club at £731m. The deal has also handed roles to Herbert Smith and White & Case, with the duo advising on the financing. Kroenke, who has turned to CC City partner Tim Lewis for advice, agreed to launch a mandatory full takeover this weekend after his company Kroenke Sports Enterprises (KSE) acquired a majority stake in the club. He now holds 62.89% of shares in the Premier League club.
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