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December 2007 Archives
Hiring Mr Enron for global domination
3/12/2007
If you start from the basis that 90% of partner moves aren’t that interesting, the proportion of the noteworthy 10% this year hailing from bankruptcy is now verging on the ridiculous.As if there hadn’t been enough top-level recruitment already, the...LawSoc pensions overhaul is way overdue
5/12/2007
For many, news that the Law Society is embarking on yet another campaign to cut costs – this time by overhauling its pay and pensions system – will come as no surprise. After all, the body’s employees have enjoyed average...David Gold’s very fast right of reply
6/12/2007
Stupidly, I’ve recently said a few times that Legal Week should work harder to represent the views of our subjects and to give them more of a right to reply - whether we agree with their views or not.It sounds...CC’s M&A reshuffle: bringing private equity into the heart of corporate
14/12/2007
So, after months of debate, Clifford Chance (CC) has merged its three mainstream M&A and private equity teams into one large group.While CC says the motivation was a desire to remove unnecessary divisions and simplify the working of the group,...Black gold rush takes Norton Rose to Riyadh
17/12/2007
With one-fifth of the world's oil reserves under Saudi Arabia's desert sands, it might seem unnecessary to ask what exactly attracts international law firms to the kingdom - a bit like asking Donald Trump's third wife what it was she...