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April 27, 2016

Why the Am Law 100 rankings highlight the gulf UK firms still need to bridge
Despite one of their most challenging years since the early 1990s, the leading US law firms continue to dwarf their UK counterparts

Latham and Davis Polk drive through BMW's $4bn debt issue
US firms win mandates to advise on German carmaker's offering of loan notes to the market

Stephenson Harwood makes its largest ever partner promotions round
Stephenson Harwood has made its largest ever promotions round with nine new partners being made up

Skadden and Davis Polk lead on $1bn debt offering
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Davis Polk & Wardwell are advising on JD.com's $1bn notes offering

What caused ‘abrupt’ end to Reed Smith and Pepper Hamilton merger talks?
Pair found they had multiple differences including client base and revenue rates before talks broke down last week

Baker & McKenzie hires Barclays competition head
Bakers makes its second major hire from the bank in the past year

As the world fights fraud and corruption, will you need to protect yourself?

EY’s 14th Global Fraud Survey: Corporate misconduct – individual consequences

At a time of overwhelming support for increased transparency and global enforcement shifting its focus on individual integrity, executives need to do significantly more to protect themselves and their companies.

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Beyond borders: the future of dealmaking
This global cross-border M&A report, carried out in association with FT Remark, canvasses the opinions of 700 senior executives at major businesses around the globe on their experiences of cross-border M&A and their views on the outlook for M&A activity over the next three years.
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