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Harbottle & Lewis advised on the legal aspects of the film version of War Horse, produced by our client DreamWorks Studios.

Harbottle & Lewis has advised Clare Birks and Caroline Hawkins, the management of award-winning Oxford Scientific Films, in relation to their role in the acquisition of its production business in a deal with Boomerang Plus plc.

Harbottle & Lewis elects Chloe Wright and David Scott to its partnership and promotes Paul Groves and Eleanor Porter (née Scholey) to Senior Associate. The promotions take effect on 1 June 2011.

Harbottle & Lewis has been shortlisted for The Lawyer Awards 2011 in the categories of TMT Team of the Year and Assistant Solicitor of the Year.

Harbottle & Lewis appoints three new partners by promotion.

The launch episode of "America: The Story of Us", broadcast at the end of April, was the History Channel's highest rated and most watched special to date.

Harbottle & Lewis' status as a market leader is reinforced by the Legal Experts 2010 report, which identifies 70% of the firm's partners as "leading lights in the UK Legal Profession".

Film and television specialists Jonathan Berger and Peter Armstrong join Harbottle & Lewis' Film and Television Group as partners.