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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

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Linklaters, DLA Piper Advising on EuroChem's $974 Million BASF Buy Top

The firms advised on the $974 million sale of BASF's Belgian fertilizer units to EuroChem, while Freshfields advised Yara on its ultimately unsuccessful competing bid.

 
Their Firms May Have Died, But These Lawyers' Careers Lived On: Study Top

More than 1,400 lawyers lost their jobs when Heller Ehrman, Thelen, Thacher Profitt, and three other firms shut their doors in 2008 and 2009, but 88 percent found new jobs, according to new research.

 
The American Lawyer Bikes The Alps For Charity Top

Chief European Correspondent Chris Johnson aims to cover 500 kilometers in five days to raise money for Self Help Africa.

 
O'Melveny & Myers Taps Three For Leadership Posts Top

Two months after choosing a new chair, the firm rounds out the rest of its leadership team.

 
DLA Boosts London Litigation Practice With Three-Partner Hire Top

Moving over from U.K. firm LG, Jean-Pierre Douglas-Henry, Jamie Curle, and Jeremy Andrews will focus on financial services disputes.

 
Lateral Acquisitions Abroad Help Keep Firms Busy on Mining Deals Top

While the overall M&A market slowed in the third quarter, mining and natural resources-related deal work continues to keep law firms busy in Africa and Australia. And in the case of both Clifford Chance and Norton Rose, it was acquisitions of their own that helped the firms pick up far-flung transactional assignments.

 
Locke Lord Is Now Just...Locke Lord Top

Following the lead of such other recent shingle-shavers as Cooley, Husch Blackwell and Paul Hastings, the Texas-based firm formerly known as Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell announced Tuesday that it is downsizing its name.

 
The Careerist: Law Schools News Top

List of the top law schools in the world; wimpy ABA; and more news.

 
Kirkland, A&O, Others Lead on Legal, Business Media Deals Top

Kirkland & Ellis, Allen & Overy, Crowell & Moring, and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius are advising on two separate deals involving Thomson Reuters and Reed Elsevier totaling nearly $1 billion, while SCOTUSblog gets a new exclusive sponsor.

 
The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200 Top

A top aide to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor joins Blank Rome; O'Melveny & Myers hires a former SEC regulator; and Polsinelli Shughart and Eckert Seamans each add three new partners. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to thechurn@alm.com.

 

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