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• Freshfields, Linklaters advise struggling retailer Woolworths

  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... more

• Field Fisher Waterhouse partner Abell caught up in India terrorism crisis

  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. ... more

• Nixon Peabody and Foley & Lardner add partners from Thelen

  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... more

• Clifford Chance and Wong end cooperation in Singapore

  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... more

• Simpson Thacher cuts associate bonuses

  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... more

• Lovells Europe head Harald Seisler steps down

  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... more

• Associates sue Thelen over lost wages

  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... more

• Slaughter and May and Linklaters lead on £1.78bn rights issue

  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... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf completes largest African bank loan

  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... more

• Linklaters posts 3% increase in first-half revenues

  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... more

• Clifford Chance, Freshfields, Baker & McKenzie on major Chinese gas deal

  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... more

• Field Fisher in redundancy talks with 175 staff

  Nov 22 2008 Field Fisher Waterhouse has launched a redundancy consultation with 175 support staff in London. At least 40 positions are under threat. more

• Cravath, Swaine & Moore cuts bonuses

  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... more

• Mayer Brown lays off 33 lawyers

  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,... more

• Squire Sanders announces 30 US job cuts

  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. more

• Winston Strawn bags 19 lawyers from Thelen

  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... more

• Latham makes triple partner hire from Mayer Brown

  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... more

• Cadwalader denies profits collapse claim

  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... more

• Latham & Watkins makes up 30 partners

  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... more

• DLA Piper to ask partners to contribute capital to firm

  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... more