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• Vinson & Elkins hires top energy & infrastructure talent from Herbert Smith in Tokyo

  Apr 27 2012 Vinson & Elkins has scored a high profile recruit in energy and projects specialist James Watson. Watson joins Vinson & Elkins as a partner at the firm’s Tokyo... more

• Australian lawyers head to Africa behind mining boom

  Feb 28 2012 Australian lawyers are following their clients into the mining boom to Africa, supporting over 230 Austrlaian mining companies with a physical presence on the... more

• Bird & Bird forms alliance with Tunisian firm

  Feb 16 2012 Bird & Bird has teamed up with law firm in Tunisia, with the aim of taking advantage of opportunities in the energy, financial services, healthcare, IT and aviation... more

• South African firm Adams & Adams picks up Bowman Gilfillan IP team

  Jan 31 2012 South African corporate law firm Bowman Gilfillan is set transfer its team of 20 intellectual property lawyers to the specialist firm Adams & Adams in a "win-win"... more

• Norton Rose Australia appoints new managing partner

  Aug 18 2011 Norton Rose Australia has announced the appointment of a new managing partner, with Wayne Spanner set to take over the role from current MP Don Boyd on 1 January 2012.... more

• UK firm Norton Rose to launch an office in Casablanca

  Jul 29 2011 Norton Rose is the third British firm to announce the launch of a Moroccan office in the past two weeks, following Allen & Overy and Clifford Chance. The Casablanca... more

• US firms hiring to boost private equity practices in Europe

  May 09 2011 US firms are busy hiring to boost capacity in Europe as lucrative private equity work picks up in the region. Boston-based firm Ropes & Gray, which opened in... more

• Citigroup appoints former Clifford Chance senior partner as VC of banking for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa

  Apr 01 2011 Financial services giant Citigroup Inc. has appointed former Clifford Chance senior partner Stuart Popham as vice-chair of banking for Europe, the Middle East, and... more

• Clyde & Co set to launch Asian aviation finance practice after Ashurst hire

  Mar 15 2011 Clyde & Co is set to launch the Asian arm of the firm’s global aviation finance practice after the hire of Paul Jebely, Ashurst’s head of aviation for Asia, Middle... more

• Kennedys merges with Portuguese alliance partner

  Mar 02 2011 Kennedys has announced the completion of a merger agreement with its Portugal-based associate office Almeida & Athayde to launch Kennedys Portugal. Senior partner... more

• SNR forms alliances with 10 African firms

  Feb 24 2011 SNR Denton has announced alliances with 10 firms in Africa, bringing its total number of alliances in the continent to 21. The 10 new firms are spread across Angola,... more

• Clifford Chance to launch new office in Istanbul

  Nov 25 2010 Clifford Chance is set to launch in Istanbul next year. The office will be headed up by London-based partner Simon Williams, and will operate in cooperation with local... more

• Four East African firms create alliance

  Nov 12 2010 Four East African law firms have formed an alliance dedicated to providing regional and international businesses with coordinated legal services across East Africa. .... more

• UK-based Firm Clifford Chance elects new Senior Partner

  Nov 04 2010 The UK’s highest grossing law firm, Clifford Chance, has elected a new Senior Partner. Malcolm Sweeting is a London-based partner, specialising in structured finance... more

• Results: International survey on corruption in the legal profession

  Oct 08 2010 A new international survey on corruption within the legal profession has shown some startling results. The survey was conducted by the London-based International... more

• Linklaters appoints new Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa chief

  May 03 2010 Linklaters has appointed Sandeep Katwala as managing partner of its operations in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Katwala replaces Stuart Salt, who has... more

• Linklaters names new MP of Emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa practice

  Apr 27 2010 Linklaters has announced the appointment of the new managing partner of the firm's Emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa (EEMEA) practice – India chief Sandeep... more

• Shearman, Linklaters win lead roles on African mining IPO

  Feb 21 2010 Canada's Barrick Gold Corporation, the world's largest producer of gold, will spin off its African division into a separate public company. The new company, African... more

• Herbert Smith, Linklaters join India's AZB on Bharti Airtel bid

  Feb 19 2010 Herbert Smith and Linklaters have won roles alongside India’s AZB & Partners on Indian company Bharti Airtel’s $10.7bn (£6.8bn) bid for the African business of Kuwaiti... more

• DLA Piper falls in with Kenyan firm

  Feb 08 2010 DLA Piper has expanded its African footprint through an exclusive tie-up with Kenyan firm Iseme Kamau & Maema ­Advocates (IKM). The two firms have signed an... more

• Sidley Austin tied to African official named in corruption report

  Feb 05 2010 Teodoro Nguema Obiang, son of the president of Equatorial Guinea, is named in a 352-page report released Thursday by the U.S. Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on... more

• Denton Wilde Sapte expands Africa network with Libya alliance

  Jan 11 2010 Denton Wilde Sapte has strengthened its African referral network with the addition of Libya's Tumi Law Firm. Dentons entered into the agreement with the nine-lawyer... more

• Tyco and Eversheds overhaul relationship and end bonuses

  Nov 06 2009 Tyco has signed up Eversheds for another two-year stint as its sole panel adviser across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), with the company scrapping all... more

• First White & Case partner relocates to Africa under new plan

  Oct 29 2009 A White & Case London structured products and capital markets partner is relocating to Johannesburg as part of the firm’s new focus on Africa. Josh Parbhu is the... more

• DLA Piper adds Linklaters partner Jon Hayes

  Sep 02 2009 DLA Piper has strengthened its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) corporate practice with the addition of Linklaters partner Jon Hayes, reports legalweek. 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

• Denton Wilde Sapte seeks African expansion

  Nov 08 2008 Denton Wilde Sapte seeking to expand its links with Africa by creating an alliance with a South African practice, Sandton-based Glyn Marais. more

• Denton Wilde Sapte reviews links with Tanzanian law firm Mkono

  Sep 12 2008 London-based law firm Denton Wilde Sapte, has announced that it is reviewing its association with Tanzanian law firm Mkono & Co. Advocates after the local firm last... more

• Major law firms compete in Africa's growing energy market

  Sep 11 2008 There's is a rush of international law firms seeking a piece of Africa's growing energy market, writes The Am Law Daily. According to the article, Hunton & Williams... more

• South Africa: Top Law Firms Merge to Create New Legal Giant

  Jun 15 2008 Law firms Cliffe Dekker and Hofmeyr Herbstein & Gihwala announced plans yesterday to enter into a merger to rival their large competitors Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs,... more

• Gide advises China's CMEC on US$5billion iron ore project in Gabon

  May 31 2008 Gide Loyrette Nouel has advised China National Machinery & Equipment Import & Export Corporation (CMEC) in Gabon in connection with the development of the Bélinga iron... more

• Law Firms Find Work Abroad as U.S. Mergers Hit a Low

  Apr 19 2008 As the credit crisis drove first-quarter U.S. mergers and acquisitions down 54 percent to $248.1 billion from $536.3 billion last year, deal volume in Asia, Latin... more

• South African Routledge Modise joins international law firm network Eversheds

  Apr 14 2008 South African law firm Routledge Modise has joined international law firm network Eversheds to form an association that sees it become the first South African law firm... more

• Cleary and Allen & Overy bag North Africa's biggest ever M&A deal

  Dec 12 2007 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has advised the world's biggest cement-maker Lafarge on its £6.32bn purchase of Egyptian rival Orascom Cement, making it North... more

• South Africa: Outrage after renowned UCT law professor dies

  Nov 19 2007 The death of law professor Mike Larkin in a mugging in Rondebosch on Friday has devastated his colleagues, students and the wider academic and legal communities.... more

• South Africa: Foreign Rivals Raise the Bar for Country's Lawyers

  Nov 16 2007 Law in South Africa is no longer the cosy environment it was back when the country was in isolation. Now, law firms not only have to compete against each other, but... more

• South Africa: Top commercial law firms Webber Wentzel Bowens and Mallinicks join forces

  Nov 14 2007 Commercial law firms Webber Wentzel Bowens and Mallinicks yesterday announced plans to merge in a move that would make the new entity one of SA’s biggest law firms,... more

• South Africa president suspends top criminal prosecutor

  Sep 25 2007 South African President Thabo Mbeki suspended National Prosecuting Authority chief Vusi Pikoli Monday, citing a strained relationship between Pikoli and his superior,... more