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1. Guardian Care Homes switches Cooke Young & Keidan for Wilkes Partnership in landmark Libor battle, December 5, 2013
2. American Express appoints interim GC amid internal reshuffle, December 5, 2013
3. Lewis Hamilton's father fights British driver in High Court, December 5, 2013
4. KWM global litigation head joins Quinn Emanuel, December 5, 2013
5. Weightmans ramps up apprentice recruitment, December 5, 2013
6. De Brauw confirms Shanghai launch, December 5, 2013
7. Bond Pearce goes out on turnover high, December 5, 2013

1. Cravath freezes end-of-year bonus round with associate pay-outs of up to $60,000, December 6, 2013
2. Davis Polk's City base tops client rankings for quality of advice, December 5, 2013
3. Hourly rate growth boosts Q2 turnover at top 10, December 5, 2013
4. American Express names interim GC, shakes up reporting structure, December 5, 2013
5. Advisers raise concerns over lack of detail on plans to tackle partnership tax avoidance, December 5, 2013
6. Bond Pearce grew revenue by 11% in year prior to merger with Dickinson Dees, December 5, 2013
7. Law firms set for payouts in wind-down of Lehman's Europe operations, December 5, 2013

1. MoJ hit with £148m of further cuts by Osborne, December 6, 2013
2. Chancellor confirms LLP tax clampdown, December 5, 2013

LAW FIRM PRESS RELEASES

Magic Circle - Press Releases

1. Deutsche Bank - EC investigation and generally on investigations relating to LIBOR, Slaughter and May, December 5, 2013
2. Aegon - second innovative longevity transaction, Slaughter and May, December 5, 2013
3. Positive outlook for Global M&A in 2014, Clifford Chance, December 5, 2013
4. Clifford Chance conseille les banques arrangeuses dans le cadre de la première émission obligataire verte réalisée par une entreprise, Clifford Chance, December 5, 2013
5. Clifford Chance advises Rockwood on US$1 billion lithium joint venture with Chengdu Tianqi to acquire Australia's Talison Lithium, Clifford Chance, December 5, 2013
6. Freshfields advises on US$215m Spring REIT IPO, Freshfields, December 5, 2013

1. Appleby advised Huaxi Holdings on its Hong Kong Listing, Appleby, December 6, 2013
2. Appleby advised Willas-Array Electronics on its Hong Kong Listing, Appleby, December 6, 2013
3. Pinsent Masons advises on Hong Kong listings of Willas-Array, Pinsents, December 6, 2013
4. Pinsent Masons expands in Munich with launch of German tax practice, Pinsents, December 6, 2013
5. Ashurst advises on £1.56 billion bid for AZ Electronic Materials, Ashurst, December 6, 2013
6. Trustee wins important victory in battle to obtain contribution notice, Burges Salmon, December 5, 2013
7. Burges Salmon advises Merseyrail Electrics on rolling stock arrangements, Burges Salmon, December 5, 2013
8. Burges Salmon acts for INTERNOS Global Investors on appointment to manage European fund for British Land, Burges Salmon, December 5, 2013
9. Intellectual Property and Technology News (IPT News), DLA Piper, December 5, 2013
10. DLA Piper again recognized as "US Law Firm Innovator" by Financial Times, DLA Piper, December 5, 2013
11. Pinsent Masons advises Powwownow on sale to PGi, Pinsents, December 5, 2013
12. Travers Smith advises Arria NLG plc on its admission to AIM, Travers Smith, December 5, 2013
13. Travers Smith advises Bridgepoint on the acquisition of Cambridge Education Group, Travers Smith, December 5, 2013
14. WFW advises Santander on the acquisition of three solar projects in Cornwall, Dorset and Norfolk totalling 56.6MW, Watson Farley, December 5, 2013
15. WFW advises Nordea Bank Norge ASA on a US$866m facility to the BW Group and secured on 8 LNG carriers, Watson Farley, December 5, 2013
16. WFW verstärkt die Arbeitsrechtspraxis und gewinnt Dr. Frank-Peter Reissinger, Gründungspartner von Beiten Burkhardt, Watson Farley, December 5, 2013