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SJ Berwin taps Willkie Farr to grow 20-lawyer Paris M&A team

SJ Berwin has added a new partner in Paris from Willkie Farr & Gallagher. Public M&A and capital markets partner Etienne Boursican, who was a special European counsel at the US law firm, joined the top 20 City practice last month.
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A&O acts alongside US duo on $275m gaming company sale

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Allen & Overy (A&O) and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati have taken lead roles on the $275m (£164m) sale of gaming company Playfish to Electronic Arts Nederland (EA). Playfish instructed Gibson Dunn, with the deal marking the second transaction the US firm has carried out for the company's founders.
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A&O and Wachtell take lead roles on $1.8bn General Electric sell-off

Allen & Overy (A&O) has taken a lead role on the $1.8bn (£1.1bn) sale of General Electric's fire alarm and security unit to US conglomerate United Technologies, reports The Am Law Daily. Corporate partner Eric Shube led the magic circle firm's team on the deal, alongside employee benefits partner Henry Morgenbesser, regulatory partner Ken Rivlin and intellectual property partner Colleen Keck.
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Deliver us from navel-gazing – some interesting deals at last

In what will hopefully prove a sign of slightly less deal-phobic times, the emergence of a couple of interesting corporate bids has given me something to write about other than The Future Of Law (all well and good, but you can have too much of a good thing). The deals in question are Liberty Global's €3.5bn (£3.1bn) takeover of German cable group Unitymedia and the merger agreement between British Airways (BA) and Spanish flag carrier Iberia.
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UK firms face up to challenge in punishing Moscow market

Russia is continuing to prove a challenging location for City law firms struggling to occupy lawyers against the backdrop of an M&A market that has seen deal volumes nearly halve over the last year. After Simmons & Simmons last month became the first major international firm to pull out of the market altogether following a partnership vote, partners at other firms have admitted that cracking Moscow is proving more difficult than many would have thought.
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A&O, Arthur Cox and Mason Hayes act on sale of £1.2bn stake in Dragon Oil

Allen & Overy (A&O) has taken a lead role for Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) on its £1.2bn acquisition of the outstanding 48.5% stake in Dragon Oil. The magic circle law firm was instructed by the UAE company on its purchase of Dragon's remaining shares. ENOC already owned the other 51.5% of London and Ireland-listed Dragon.
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Trio of firms win roles on £90m takeover of Live Nation venues

Travers Smith, Denton Wilde Sapte and Hammonds have won lead roles on Exponent Private Equity's financing of the Ambassador Theatre Group's (ATG's) £90m takeover of Live Nation's 16 UK theatres. Travers advised longstanding client Exponent on the deal, which will create the largest theatre group in the UK and adds high-profile West End venues such as the Lyceum and Apollo Victoria to ATG's portfolio of theatres.
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Duo charged with insider trading set for April trial date

The two lawyers charged with insider trading by the Financial Services Authority will go to trial in April next year. Details of the trial have been set, with the court hearing kicking off on 19 April at Southwark Crown Court under Judge Peter Testar.
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Akin Gump adds partner to City base with hire of White & Case energy specialist

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has boosted its City energy and corporate practices with the hire of a White & Case partner. Greg Hammond joins the US firm tomorrow after 10 years as a partner at White & Case, working on corporate finance transactions with a focus on the oil and gas, energy, financial services and consumer products sectors.
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Linklaters partner duo quit to join Indian referral practice

Two partners from Linklaters' India group have stepped down to join the City giant's local referral partner Talwar Thakore & Associates (TT&A). Singapore-based finance partner Narayan Iyer and Hong Kong corporate partner Kunal Thakore will join the partnership at TT&A on 1 December. Iyer and Thakore were founding members of the magic circle law firm's India group, joining Linklaters in 1996 and 2000 respectively.
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