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Dewey signs up Fried Frank partner in New York
Dewey & LeBoeuf has hired a partner from Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson to co-chair its compensations, benefits and employment department.
Howard Adler is set to join Dewey's New York office next month (15 September); he joins former sole chair Martha Steinman t... Read More
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Research highlights faltering US revenue growth
Revenue growth at US firms over the first half of 2008 was the weakest it has been for seven years, with profits per equity partner (PEP) falling by 9.1% over the period, according to research compiled by Citi Private Bank.
The research, gathered from data from 165 US firms in... Read More
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ArcelorMittal purchases Brazilian mine and share of port
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Travers Smith are among the firms advising on ArcelorMittal's acquisition of an iron ore mine in Brazil and a share in the port through which the company can export the ore, writes The American Lawyer.
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Mallesons taps Aussie rival for London boost
Mallesons Stephen Jaques has boosted its London M&A offering with the hire of Australian rival Minter Ellison's London managing partner Rob Hanley.
Hanley is set to join Mallesons London office next month (15 September), where he will work closely with the firm's global M&A team. The... Read More
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Hammonds boosts City team with new hires
Hammonds has boosted its City banking team with the hire of two new partners.
The national firm has appointed Samrad Nazer from Kirkland & Ellis and Denton Wilde Sapte's Iain Shurwood. Both were senior associates at their previous firms.
Nazer took up his post earlier this... Read More
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BLP hires former Barclays vice chair
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has brought in the former vice chair of UK banking at Barclays as a consultant.
Peter Harvey will take up the part-time role on 1 October and will advise the firm on developing relationships with financial institutions and corporates.
Harvey, who has... Read More
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A&O taps Cadwalader for China office hire
Allen & Overy (A&O) has bolstered its China offering with the hire of the former managing partner of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft's Beijing office.
Mark Roppel will join A&O from the troubled New York firm as a partner in its corporate practice on 1 September.
Roppel... Read More
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Covington takes lead on TB vaccine joint venture
US law firm Covington & Burling has advised on the creation of a joint venture that will help to develop a vaccine that could become the first new vaccine licensed to prevent tuberculosis in 80 years.
Covington advised regular client Emergent BioSolutions on the venture wi... Read More
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ABA gives thumbs up to legal outsourcing
The American Bar Association (ABA) has waded into the debate over legal outsourcing by describing the outsourcing trend as "a salutary one for our globalised economy," reports the New York Law Journal.
A growing number of legal process outsourcing (LPO) companies have launched in... Read More
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Ashurst and Links take lead on oil giant takeover
Ashurst and Linklaters have landed lead roles on the proposed ?1.4bn takeover of Russian oil exploration giant Imperial Energy.
The deal sees Linklaters score a role for Indian corporate ONGC Videsh, whose offer for the oil company has now been recommended and is subject to approval from the... Read More
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Travers advises Fulcrum on $295m merger
Travers Smith has advised new client Fulcrum Group on its $295m (?158.5m) merger with Bermuda-based financier Butterfield Fund Services, part of Butterfield Bank.
The top 40 UK law firm fielded a team led by corporate finance partners Philip Chevely, Neal Watson and Tony Foster on the ... Read More
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Cadwalader sets up NY-LON bonds group
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft has launched a covered bonds practice group made up of partners in the firm's New York and London offices. The partners, who have experience of residential and commercial mortgage loan origination, securitisation, tax, insolvency and financial services regulation,... Read More
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Orricks recruits four new partners for SF office
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has added four energy partners to its San Francisco office, bringing in Thomas Glascock, Leslie Sherman, David Spielberg and Mark Weitzel from Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner. The firm has also hired Deborah Fishman as a partner in its intellectual property... Read More
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CC boosts Singapore arm with Indian hire
Clifford Chance (CC) has recruited capital markets partner Rahul Guptan from leading Indian law firm Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co.
Guptan will join CC's Singapore arm as a member of the firm's India group, bringing the total number of lawyers in the group to... Read More
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Bird & Bird makes second Asian IP hire
Bird & Bird has hired a senior in-house lawyer to head up its Asian intellectual property (IP) enforcement practice. James Luo has joined the firm's Beijing office as a partner-equivalent director from Motorola, where he was senior IP counsel for north Asia.
It is Bird & Bird's... Read More
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US firms hit lowest revenue point for seven years with 9.1% PEP fall
Revenue growth at US law firms over the first half of 2008 was the weakest it has been for seven years, with profits per equity partner (PEP) falling by 9.1% over the period, according to research compiled by Citi Private Bank.
The closely-watched research is gathered from data from 16... Read More
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LDA general counsel splits legal division into four
The London Development Agency (LDA) has overhauled its legal team - splitting the group into four divisions.
The 20-strong function has been split into groups dealing with public and corporate law, governance, property planning and commercial matters.
The overhaul was kick-star... Read More
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Mayer Brown JSM added to HSBC's SmartSearch knowledge database
Banking giant HSBC has signed up Mayer Brown JSM to its knowledge-sharing venture, taking the tally of law firms sharing legal know-how with the bank to 11.
HSBC officially rolled out its SmartSearch software, which allows its in-house legal team to access know-how and precedents at pa... Read More
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LG bolsters litigation team with O'Shea hire
LG has strengthened its London commercial litigation practice by bringing in Eoin O'Shea as a partner from Simmons & Simmons.
O'Shea, who was an associate at Simmons, advises on international disputes and arbitration matters, with a particular focus on corruption and white-collar c... Read More
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Irish duo set to complete Dublin merger
Top Irish firms Mason Hayes+Curran and Arthur O'Hagan have announced today (28 August) that they are to merge.
As of 1 October the merged firms will work under the Mason Hayes+Curran brand and name.
The combined firm will employ around 270 staff, with its newl... Read More
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...Legal Week Lunchbox: 28/08/08...
The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today are:
ABN Amro loses lawyers after RBS takeover causes shake-up
Firms club together to lobby HMRC after clampdown on partner hire tax relief
Career Clinic: Can a theft accusation kill my career hopes?
Regio... Read More
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Taylor Wessing Paris dozen jump ship to Nixon Peabody
The 12 senior lawyers at the heart of the dispute between Taylor Wessing's Paris arm and Nixon Peabody have quit the UK law firm to launch a Paris office for Nixon Peabody.
The lawyers, all of whom were non-equity partners at Taylor Wessing, handed in their notices earlier this month i... Read More
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Simmons holds Tokyo head to retain Japan JV
Simmons & Simmons is holding its Tokyo office head, Rika Beppu, to her full notice period in order to retain its joint venture with Japanese law firm TMI Associates.
The delay means that Beppu will be unable to join Lovells until late October - six months after she - and fellow par... Read More
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Firms club together to lobby HMRC after clampdown on partner hire tax relief
Some of the City's leading law firms have launched a lobbying drive after learning they will not be able to claim tax relief on costs relating to equity partner hires.
More than half of the UK top 50, including many of the top 10 City firms, are understood to be holding discussions wit... Read More
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...Legal Week Lunchbox: 29/08/08...
The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today are:
Heller Ehrman and Mayer Brown in merger talks
Career Clinic: Should I gamble on a temporary role?
ABN Amro loses lawyers after RBS takeover causes shake-up
Firms club together to lobby HMRC after clam... Read More
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College of Law hits out at SRA proposals
The College of Law has hit out at the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) after the regulatory body proposed scrapping compulsory higher rights qualifications for solicitor advocates in favour of a voluntary accreditation process.
The proposal to introduce a voluntary accred... Read More
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...Legal Week Lunchbox: 01/09/08...
The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today are:
Latham signs up Linklaters Dubai banking partner
Slaughters retains FTSE client rankings top spot
Heller Ehrman and Mayer Brown in merger talks
College of Law hits out at SRA proposals
Linklater... Read More
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Eversheds Dutch ally hires employment specialist
Faasen & Partners has stepped up preparations for its alliance with Eversheds next month with the hire of the founding partner of Amsterdam employment law boutique Vogel.
Marc Vogel joined Faasen in Amsterdam today (1 September) along with an employment associate from Loye... Read More
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A&O competition partner to return to the Bar
Magic circle giant Allen & Overy (A&O) is to lose leading competition partner Alistair Lindsay, who is returning to the Bar next year.
Competition specialist Lindsay is set to join Monckton Chambers next September after 11 years at A&O, where he became one of the y... Read More
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Latham signs up Linklaters Dubai banking partner
Latham & Watkins has secured a major boost in Dubai, as the firm's Middle East drive gets underway in earnest, with the hire of a magic circle partner.
Linklaters banking partner Tim Ross, who joins the firm today (1 September), has been based in the region for s... Read More
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