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September 18, 2007 |

Former Alcatel-Lucent GC Takes On Key Motorola Role

Former Alcatel-Lucent general counsel Richard Pithcaethly has bagged a role as vice president and U.K. legal director for mobile phone giant Motorola, Legal Week can reveal. Pithcaethly was law vice president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Lucent for nine years before it merged with Paris-based communications giant Alcatel last year. Meanwhile, Alcatel-Lucent general counsel Pascal Durand-Barthez has quit the telecom company to join Linklaters' Paris M&A practice.
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November 14, 2005 |

Every Day's a Carnival

Arnaldo Perez, GC of the world's leading cruise ship operator, Carnival Corp., lately has focused his efforts on corporate governance issues related to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and relations with the company's board of directors. After a "virtual merger" involving U.K.-based P&O Princess Cruise Lines, and creation of a parent company comprising two stand-alone corporations, the legal department's administrative load has increased. Now, Perez must be fluent in American and U.K. compliance requirements.
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September 25, 2008 |

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September 14, 2010 |

The Jay Mariotti Chronicles: Columnist Calls in Gibson Dunn Bigwig

Who does a high-profile sports columnist turn to when he finds himself in legal trouble? A prominent attorney from an Am Law 200 firm, of course.
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September 24, 2012 |

Largest Mergers & Acquisitions

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October 22, 2007 |

Confidence Dips at U.K. Firms as Credit Squeeze Hits, but Partners Predict Growth

The summer's credit market turmoil has put a noticeable dent in business confidence at the top U.K. law firms, but a clear majority of partners believe their businesses will maintain robust growth. Results of a quarterly business confidence poll show that the aftermath of the credit squeeze has left partners tentative over sustained deal flow, with those expecting growth of any kind dropping by 12 percent.
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July 19, 2004 |

M&A deals double up for first half of current year

The volume of U.S. mergers and acquisitions activity doubled in the first half of 2004, according to Thomson Financial, the business research and information group.
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January 06, 2003 |

Firms Balance Lateral Hires Versus 'Culture'

For decades, the only way to become a partner at an elite law firm was to become an associate at that firm first, preferably straight out of law school. That's no longer the case at most of the nation's major firms, who now poach partners with remarkable frequency. Top New York firms have resisted the trend, regarding lateral hiring as anathema to firm "culture" -- but even they are starting to find it irresistible.
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September 24, 2012 |

In-House at Large Public Companies

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March 03, 2006 |

Atlanta Firms Slow Flow of M&A Deals to New York

It used to be that an Atlanta company preparing for a big deal would shun its local counsel for a Manhattan law firm. Now, mergers and acquisitions practices at Atlanta firms routinely handle multibillion-dollar transactions. Case in point: Smith, Gambrell & Russell partner Robert Paller, who represented AirTran Airways when the discount airline raised $4.5 billion to buy 114 planes from Boeing. The rise of Atlanta firms comes as the national value of M&A deals rose to $1.1 trillion last year.
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