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• Allen & Overy keeps on 87% of NQs as retention rates begin to recover

  Jan 11 2010 Allen & Overy has retained 87% of its March 2010 qualifying intake, marking an increase on the firm's projected retention rate. The magic circle firm has offered roles... more

• Schering-Plough adds A&O, Lovells, Eversheds to legal panel

  Jun 26 2009 Pharmaceutical giant Schering-Plough has added Allen & Overy, Lovells, Eversheds, DLA Piper and Baker & McKenzie to its roster of external legal advisers. more

• Allen & Overy strengthens regulatory practice with Clifford Chance hire

  Sep 22 2008 Allen & Overy has hired Damian Carolan from magic circle rival Clifford Chance to strengthen its regulatory practice. Carolan specialises in the regulation of... more

• Allen & Overy ousts Clifford Chance on BA/Iberia merger

  Jul 31 2008 Allen & Overy (A&O) has edged out magic circle competitor Clifford Chance to win the lead role advising Spanish airline Iberia on its proposed merger with British... more

• Allen & Overy announces the 24 hour a day job

  Jul 18 2008 Allen & Overy's corporate lawyers were sent an email this week reminding them that there is no such thing as a life outside the firm. According to the email... more

• Solid Growth for Allen & Overy and Linklaters

  Jul 17 2008 Slowly but surely the final rankings for this year's Global 100 have taken shape. Two of the last major U.K. practices to announce their numbers, Allen & Overy and... more

• Slaughters and Allen & Overy take top roles on Santander's £1.25bn A&L bid

  Jul 15 2008 Slaughter and May and Allen & Overy (A&O) have bagged top roles on the £1.25bn bid for Alliance & Leicester by Banco Santander. The Spanish banking giant announced... more

• Record results from UK law firms - Allen & Overy breaks £1bn

  Jul 04 2008 Allen & Overy's figures show a 15% rise in turnover to £1.016 billion. RollOnFriday has published a detailed list of law firms which have posted double digit... more

• Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance and Norton Rose win £4.5bn Barclays deal

  Jun 26 2008 Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance and Norton Rose have scooped lead roles on Barclays' £4.5bn share issue. more

• International firms line up for roles on $13bn BG Group bid

  Jun 26 2008 Allen & Overy, Australia's Mallesons Stephen Jaques and New Zealand's Simpson Grierson are advising UK energy giant BG Group on its $13bn (£6.6bn) hostile takeover bid... more

• Camerons faces Allen Overy on $6bn Informa merger bid

  Jun 10 2008 CMS Cameron McKenna has landed a lead advisory role opposite magic circle firm Allen & Overy (A&O) on the proposed merger between United Business Media (UBM) and... more

• UK trainee retention rates unaffected by credit crunch

  Jun 02 2008 Freshfields has offered jobs to a decent 90% of its trainees, but Allen & Overy confirmed that only 83% of its trainees were being given the chance to qualify into... more

• Allen & Overy hires David S. Broderick, former Lehman Brothers Managing Director

  Jun 02 2008 Allen & Overy LLP today announced that David S. Broderick joined the firm as a real estate partner in the New York office, effective June 2. David brings 15 years of... more

• Allen & Overy launches presence in Romania

  May 30 2008 Allen & Overy has launched a Romanian Alliance, signing an exclusive association with local firm Radu Taracila Padurari Retevoescu SCA (RTPR). The news comes after... more

• Allen & Overy Hamburg partner Harte-Bavendamm sets up IP boutique

  May 22 2008 Henning Harte-Bavendamm, Allen & Overy IP and commercial partner in Hamburg, has set up his own boutique practice, taking three associates with him. He will open under... more

• UK law firm salary reviews: a bit of an anticlimax

  May 21 2008 There were several pay-freezes and a couple of modest increases in this year's first round of associate salary reviews, unlike during the previous downturn there have... more

• Allen & Overy ban on facebook causes insurrection by associates

  May 19 2008 Attention managing partners: Do you like the idea of your associates using valuable bandwidth -- both mental and electronic -- to play Scrabulous or "poke" their... more

• Allen & Overy settles New York Jewish discrimination case

  May 15 2008 Allen & Overy (A&O) has resolved a religious discrimination suit filed against the firm by a former New York associate. Schoenfeld, an associate who was laid off last... more

• Allen & Overy's Italian head quits for Babcock & Brown

  May 13 2008 Allen & Overy’s corporate practice in Italy has been dealt a blow after the department’s managing partner, Paolo Cerina, announced he is leaving the firm to join... more

• Allen & Overy freezes associate salaries

  May 10 2008 Allen & Overy has frozen its associate salaries in a surprising decision that completes the magic circle’s round of conservative salary reviews this year. A&O newly... more

• A&O faces costs post-mortem after BlackBerry judgment

  Apr 22 2008 BlackBerry manufacturer Research In Motion (RIM) is set to scrutinise the details of the £5m-plus bill that Allen & Overy (A&O) presented it with following a patent... more

• A&O students in summer jetset

  Apr 16 2008 A handful of students on a work placement at Allen & Overy will be jetting around the world as part of its summer scheme. The magic circle giant will be spreading 11... more

• A&O NY lands $39bn trophy Novartis-Alcon mandate

  Apr 08 2008 Allen & Overy (A&O) has bagged a lead advisory role opposite Cravath Swaine & Moore on the sale of eye-care company Alcon to Swiss pharmaceuticals company Novartis – a... more

• Allen & Overy: City promotions down a third

  Apr 08 2008 Allen & Overy (A&O) has announced this year's round of partnership promotions, making up 28 new partners, falling just short of its 2007 bumper crop of 32 promotions.... more

• Indian salaries rocket as UK firms poach talent

  Apr 08 2008 A full-blown salary war has erupted in India in response to increased local and international competition for talent, resulting in pay increases of more than 50 per... more

• Allen & Overy wins rare Anglo-Russian mining deal

  Mar 28 2008 Allen & Overy (A&O) has won a rare instruction on a mining deal, advising Russian mining giant Mechel on its $1.498m (£750m) bid for London-based Oriel Resources.... more

• Indian law firms fight attrition with fatter paychecks

  Mar 23 2008 These may still be early days for foreign law firms to set foot in India, but they sure are shaking up the legal fraternity here. Top foreign law firms like Clifford... more

• Allen & Overy and the UN most attractive employers say students

  Mar 13 2008 The United Nations and Allen & Overy have emerged as the most popular employers among students who are interested in a career in the law. Market research company... more

• Linklaters ranked as 'superbrand' law firm

  Mar 10 2008 In a new study by Superbrands, Linklaters appears as the highest law firm on the list of best brands at 259. Clifford Chance is ranked at 296 and national firm... more

• Trilegal links up with Allen & Overy in India

  Mar 10 2008 Local Indian law firm Trilegal has succeeded in sealing a formal referral deal with Magic Circle law firm Allen & Overy, which will see it handle the bulk of A&O's... more

• Morley and Dejonghe to lead A&O

  Mar 03 2008 Allen & Overy managing partner David Morley has won the backing of the firm’s partnership to pip corporate head Richard Cranfield to the senior partner post. Belgian... more

• Allen & Overy Claims Pole Position in 2007 Debt Capital Markets Tables

  Feb 11 2008 Allen & Overy has held on to the top spot in the latest international debt capital markets rankings, with the Magic Circle firm seizing an 8 percent market share for... more

• Slaughter and May and Allen & Overy battle for control of pub chain M&B

  Feb 06 2008 Slaughter and May is acting for longstanding client Punch Taverns in a merger bid that would create the UK's largest pub group. Punch tabled an offer last week for... more

• Allen & Overy and Baker & McKenzie develop €3bn bond plan for OTP Bank

  Feb 04 2008 Allen & Overy (A&O) and Baker & McKenzie have been hired to develop a €3bn covered bond programme for Hungarian lender OTP Mortgage Bank. The placing is being arranged... more

• Race for Allen & Overy's future management

  Jan 27 2008 The race for Allen & Overy's (A&O) future management is on, as a total of four candidates have stepped forward to take over the top two roles at the firm. Belgian... more

• London Firms to Redeploy Lawyers as Markets Shift

  Jan 27 2008 Allen & Overy is attempting to usher in a new era of flexibility among its lawyers, partly to prepare for fluctuating market conditions, marking the strongest evidence... more

• A&O scoops Italian banking team from Freshfields

  Jan 12 2008 Allen & Overy partner Stefano Sennhauser has raided his former firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer for a team of six banking associates in a move that heralds a... more

• A&O scoops Shearman global M&A chief Rolf Koerfer

  Jan 11 2008 Allen & Overy has raided Shearman & Sterling for its global co-head of M&A for its Düsseldorf office in the latest high-profile move in the German market. Hans Rolf... more

• Magic circle dominates 2007 Thomson European M&A league

  Jan 05 2008 The magic circle have this year all but sewn up the European M&A market between them off the back of the $193bn Rio Tinto, $99bn ABN Amro and $19bn Boots KKR... more