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...The deal came together in a matter of weeks after Shearman’s senior partner Adam Hakki called his Allen & Overy counterpart Dejonghe not long after the US firm’s proposed merger with Hogan Lovells collapsed...
...By contrast, Allen & Overy, an arch-rival, announced plans for a $3.4bn merger with the US law firm Shearman & Sterling in May....
...Adam Hakki, Shearman’s senior partner said the two firms “know each other extremely well and have explored things for years and years”, but moved closer to serious proposals through “focused discussions...
...Allen & Overy has been seeking to crack the US legal market for decades....
...When troubled New York law firm Shearman & Sterling’s merger talks with its transatlantic rival, Hogan Lovells, collapsed in March, Shearman’s Adam Hakki knew who to call....
...Last week Allen & Overy reported a 10 per cent increase in revenue to £1.94bn and a 9 per cent rise in profit, to £900mn....
...Adam Marshall, director-general of the British Chambers of Commerce, said the latest shift in guidance was “extraordinarily reactive and extraordinarily disruptive”....
...The hiring of Nicola Dagg, global head of intellectual property at Allen & Overy, was routine....
...Additional reporting by Adam Palin...
...Adam Landau, a director of DeVono, said client Swiftkey, a technology company, wanted to be in the West End but moved to Southwark instead; another client, a production company, had been based in Soho but...
...● Reech AiM Group has appointed Gary Sher as its finance director and Adam Mincer as head of operations and technology....
...BDO, the accountant, is being sued for up to $7.2bn over audit and other work it is alleged to have carried out for parts of Allen Stanford’s business empire....
...Adam Epstein, financial services litigation partner at Mishcon de Reya, says: “The FSA’s thinking is that it is not necessary to catch every single case....
...Those with offices in Warsaw include White & Case of the US and Britain’s Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy and Linklaters....
...Adam Afriyie Chairman, Connect Support Services Muquim Ahmed Asian Foods Henry Angest Chairman and Chief Executive, Secure Trust Banking Group James Arkell Managing Director, Arkells Brewery S. S....
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