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SJ Berwin and Freshfields head up $755m private equity group sale

SJ Berwin and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have acted on the $755m (£490m) sale of UK private equity group Pantheon, a deal which has also handed roles to a trio of US firms. Freshfields advised acquisitive US money-holding company Affiliated Managers Group (AMG) on its proposed purchase of Pantheon - a private equity fund-of-funds manager - from Russell Investments.
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DLA loses five-strong Vienna team including office managing partners

DLA Piper is to see five partners leave its Vienna office, including the office's joint managing partners Stefan Eder and Wieland Schmidt-Schmidsfelden. The team, which also includes finance partner Martin Geiger, regulatory and litigation partner Ivo Deskovic and corporate partner Peter Solt, are expected to launch their own firm in Vienna.
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Ex-Hengeler partner who spent just a week at Milbank joins German indie

German independent firm P+P Poellath + Partners has recruited former Hengeler Mueller partner Wolfgang Grobecker for its Munich office. Grobecker made headlines in January as a rare departure from German bluechip firm Hengeler, when he announced that he was joining US firm Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy to pursue a more international career.
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CC brings in former Ashurst Asia chief to head up Tokyo corporate

Clifford Chance (CC) has hired former Ashurst partner Alan Kitchin to lead its Tokyo corporate and projects practice. Kitchin, who left Ashurst's London office this month (10 February), will join CC as a partner and is set to relocate to Tokyo in early March. Kitchin was the founding partner of Ashurst's Tokyo office in 1990 and went on to manage the office until 2002.
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Ropes & Gray and Mason Hayes lead on billion-dollar private equity buyout

Ropes & Gray and Mason Hayes & Curran have lined up to advise on one of the largest leveraged buyouts in Ireland since the credit crunch - the $1.1bn (£700m) sale of SkillSoft to a private equity consortium. Boston's Ropes and Ireland's Mason Hayes have advised Berkshire Partners, Advent International and Bain Capital as the consortium acquiring electronic education services provider SkillSoft.
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A&O set to launch new office in Qatar with transfer of City partner

Allen & Overy (A&O) is set to launch an office in Qatar with the relocation of City real estate partner Robert Porter. The magic circle firm received approval from the Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority earlier today (15 February), allowing it to practise both international and local law from the office.
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Dealmaker: Tom Shropshire

Linklaters corporate partner Tom Shropshire reflects on the agony of choice and listening to Mom...
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SJ Berwin's US strategy – time to dance?

For as long as I can remember there has been talk of when or whether SJ Berwin would try to put together a merger with a US law firm. For a firm with a thrusting US-style culture and a tempting European footprint for an international suitor, it isn't hard to see why some have viewed its end-game as a transformative cross-border merger. Some partners are well disposed to such a move, though opinions have always varied internally.
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Linklaters partner joins Darrois Villey in trio of hires for French leader

Leading French law firm Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier has bolstered its practice with the hire of three new partners, including one from Linklaters. Corporate partner Bertrand Cardi joins Darrois, having been a partner at Linklaters in Paris since 2004. He joined the magic circle firm as an associate in 2000, having previously worked with Gide Loyrette Nouel.
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Ashurst and Osborne Clarke lead on Carphone Warehouse demerger

Ashurst and Osborne Clarke have taken lead roles on the demerger of Carphone Warehouse. Carphone Warehouse, Europe's biggest mobile phone retailer, announced details last month of how it is to split its TalkTalk fixed line voice and broadband business away from its retail arm to create two new holding companies.
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