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Nov 27 2008
The administrators of Woolworths have called on Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters to help wind up the stricken retail giant. Olswang is representing BBC in...
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Nov 27 2008
Field Fisher Waterhouse international partner Mark Abell is among the number of British and US citizens trapped in the terrorist crisis in the Indian city of Mumbai.
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Nov 26 2008
Nixon Peabody has added 11 attorneys from Thelen to its energy and environmental practice across three offices. Milwaukee-based Foley & Lardner has added three former...
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Nov 26 2008
Clifford Chance and Singaporean firm WongPartnership have announced the termination of their joint venture arrangement, as Singapore opens up its legal market for to...
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Nov 26 2008
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has announced that it is to halve its year-end associate bonuses. The bonuses range from $17,500 for first-year associates to $32,500 for...
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Nov 26 2008
Lovells Continental Europe head Harald Seisler has stepped down from the role after running an unsuccessful campaign to become firmwide managing partner. Seisler will...
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Nov 26 2008
Three Thelen associates and a staff member filed suit against Thelen in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging that the firm...
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Nov 25 2008
Slaughter and May and Linklaters have taken the lead roles on Standard Chartered’s £1.78bn rights issue.
The bank’s largest shareholder, Singaporean sovereign...
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Nov 25 2008
A team of lawyers from the Johannesburg and Washington, DC offices of Dewey & LeBoeuf, led by Washington, DC Partner Gregory Smith, advised Eskom, the South African...
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Nov 24 2008
Linklaters has unveiled its half-year results, posting an increase in turnover of 3% from £633m to £653m in the financial year to October.
Linklaters's City...
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Nov 24 2008
China's need for energy to feed its booming economy has seen a string of prominent law firms advise on one of the country's major projects, an US$11bn gas pipeline...
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Nov 22 2008
Field Fisher Waterhouse has launched a redundancy consultation with 175 support staff in London. At least 40 positions are under threat.
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Nov 22 2008
Cravath, Swaine & Moore announced reduced end-of-year associate bonuses last week in a memo to its staff. The numbers are down sharply from last year. The bonuses...
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Nov 21 2008
Mayer Brown laid off 33 lawyers Thursday because of the poor economic climate. The firm stated:
"Despite the current conditions in the worldwide financial markets,...
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Nov 21 2008
Squire Sanders & Dempsey has become the latest US firm to shed staff, announcing a total of 30 associate and support staff layoffs today.
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Nov 21 2008
Chicago-based Winston & Strawn is the latest to profit from the demise of Thelen, hiring 19 Thelen lawyers into three of its offices, reports The Lawyer.
The...
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Nov 21 2008
Latham & Watkins has scored a major coup with a triple partner hire from Mayer Brown to boost the firm’s investment fund practice.
Alan Van Dyke will become a...
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Nov 21 2008
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft partners have denied claims that the law firm’s partner profits are set to fall dramatically, as the New York law firm moves to overhaul...
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Nov 20 2008
Latham & Watkins has promoted 30 lawyers to its partnership. In the US, Latham's New York office gained seven new partners, followed by San Diego with four and Chicago...
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Nov 20 2008
DLA Piper, the nation's largest law firm by attorney head count, plans to ask U.S. income partners to contribute capital to the firm for the first time starting next...
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