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Dawsons and Penningtons confirm advanced merger discussions

Dawsons and Penningtons have confirmed that they are in advanced merger discussions with a view to creating a stronger and more profitable combined entity. Lincoln's Inn firm Dawsons is known to have been in the market for a potential merger partner since last year, with a potential tie-up with London firm Fladgate failing to materialise after discussions which began in late 2010.
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Closer ties - a new era for Switzerland's law firms?

The Swiss legal market is so well established and its clients so well served by large and reputable local firms operating within an entirely stable and predictable regime that the country often falls below international firms' radar – but not so of late. Not only are new legislative changes to the cantonal civil procedure system being touted by some as the most important reforms since the beginning of the 20th century, but as countries such as the UK come to terms with tightening tax measures, local Swiss lawyers are reaping the benefit of a growing hub of international businesses from large bluechips to lucrative hedge fund managers now headquartered in Zurich and Geneva.
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Minority report - shareholders in Swiss companies find their voice

Many Swiss-listed companies are controlled by a major shareholder or a shareholder group, quite often by a family. While most of these companies are only of mid-size, there are also some quite large companies, including Roche and Swatch, to which this applies. Investors interested in these companies must carefully analyse the extent to which Swiss law affords them protection against the controlling shareholder and the board typically consisting of members close to the controlling shareholder.
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Nine partners quit DLA's Australia merger partner ahead of tie-up

A group of nine partners are set to leave DLA Phillips Fox ahead of the Australian firm's full merger with 'best friend' firm DLA Piper. DLA Piper has confirmed that nine Brisbane partners are leaving the Australian alliance firm, with the group understood to be joining domestic firm Thomsons Lawyers.
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International Edition

SNR Denton scores lead role on £440k Watford FC takeover bid

SNR Denton has taken a lead role on the takeover bid for Watford Football Club. The London office of the transatlantic firm is advising the Championship football club's parent company - AIM-listed Watford Leisure PLC - on the £440,000 bid launched on the London Stock Exchange yesterday (10 March) by Watford FC Limited.
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Iberia

Toby Lewis looks at Iberian firms' foreign ambitions while Uria Menendez reports on the future of the Spanish savings bank
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International Edition

Salans and Shearman lead on deal set to revive steel production in Teeside

Salans and Shearman & Sterling have advised alongside three other law firms on a $468m (£287m) acquisition that will see a steel production site in Teeside re-opened, securing hundreds of local jobs. Salans advised Thailand's Sahaviriya Steel Industries (SSI) on the deal, which saw SSI acquire Teeside Cast Products in Redcar from Tata Steel Group.
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International Edition

Greenberg Traurig's City arm plans first trainee intake for autumn 2011

Greenberg Traurig Maher (GTM) is set to take on trainee lawyers in the City, with the US firm aiming to boost its profile among UK undergraduates. The firm, which launched in London in June 2009, will take on its first trainee intake in autumn 2011 and is intending to run annual intakes from then on. In the short term, GTM hopes to attract two trainees each year and will be targeting both law and non-law graduates.
2 minute read

International Edition

Simmons ECM team wins key corporate mandate from UBS

Simmons & Simmons has won its first major corporate instruction from banking giant UBS, with the firm's equity capital markets (ECM) team advising on a multimillion-pound deal. The top 15 City firm advised UBS Investment Bank as lead financial adviser, sole corporate broker and sponsor to Henderson Group on its February acquisition of Gartmore Group for £392m.
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International Edition

Ropes signs up Jones Day partner for new City private equity team

Ropes & Gray has recruited a Jones Day partner for its London private equity practice, in the second partner addition to the new team this month. The US firm has sealed the hire of Peter Baldwin, who has been at Jones Day since 2008 after joining from Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft.
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