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• Juris Corp partner and Banking & Finance expert leaves firm

  May 06 2012 Juris Corp Mumbai Partner Nisar Ookabhoy has resigned from the firm for personal reasons, and is now 'looking for opportunities to join an organization which wishes to... more

• Indian law firm M.V. Kini & Co takes on 2 new partners

  Mar 21 2012 Indian law firm M.V. Kini & Co has boosted capacity with two new hires - tax partner Shrikant Kamat will be joining the firm’s Mumbai office and corporate partner Ram... more

• Russian Legislation Overview. January 2012

  Mar 03 2012 The Russian Legislation Overview includes a brief overview of the major legal acts that came into force in January 2012. Federal Law N 353-FZ dated December 12,... more

• Chapman and Cutler to launch in Washington DC

  Feb 22 2012 Chapman and Cutler is set to launch in Washington DC after hiring a six-partner finance team from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. Chief executive partner Tim Mohan... more

• Skadden set to launch German capital markets practice after double hire

  Feb 08 2012 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is set to launch a capital markets practice in Germany after the hire a two-partner team from Shearman & Sterling. Shearman's... more

• A&O lannches new office in Istanbul

  Dec 07 2011 Allen & Overy announced the launch of its new base in Istanbul, Turkey. The office will be led by London banking partner Charles Lindsay, who will be joined by senior... more

• Three partners vie for role as global head of banking at Linklaters

  Jul 04 2011 Three partners have thrown their hats into the ring as Linklaters prepares to elect a new global head of banking to succeed Robert Elliott when his tenure ends in... more

• Norton Rose sees £47m increase in turnover in 2010-11

  Jun 16 2011 Norton Rose has announced its financial results for the 2010-22 financial year, posting revenues of £484m for its international operations. This figure represents a... more

• Weil Gotshal hires banking partner from Linklaters in London

  May 31 2011 Weil Gotshal & Manges has boosted its banking practice with the hire of banking partner Stephen Lucas from Linklaters’ London office. Lucas is qualified in both... more

• UK firms Martineau and Sprecher Grier negotiate for merger

  May 23 2011 Birmingham firm Martineau and London firm Sprecher Grier Halberstam have confirmed that they are in the advanced stages of merger talks. The tie-up, should it proceed,... more

• A&O hires banking and investments team from Norton Rose in Germany

  Mar 09 2011 Allen & Overy has boosted its German presence with the hire of a banking regulation and investment funds team from Norton Rose. The team is led by partner Frank... more

• Gulf firm Al Tamimi promotes three to partnership

  Mar 03 2011 Gulf firm Al Tamimi has promoted three lawyers to the partnership. The honours go to Khaled Saqqaf, who heads the firms Jordan and Iraq offices, and to Qatar-based... more

• India: UBS hires Nischal Hindia

  Jan 25 2011 The investment banking giant, UBS, has hired Nischal Hindia (pictured) as an Executive Director to assume the role of country counsel for investment banking in India.... more

• Australian firm Freehills promotes two to partnership

  Dec 23 2010 Freehills has announced the promotion of two senior associates to the partnership. Corporate lawyer Julian Lincoln and banking lawyer Phillip McMahon will be elevated... more

• Redundancies for the banking practice at UK firm Dickenson Dees

  Dec 16 2010 After escaping the firm’s last three redundancy rounds, the banking team at Dickinson Dees is now in redundancy talks, with plans to lay off two of the seven fee... more

• Linklaters hires Freshfields partner in London

  Nov 30 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner Chris Howard has been hired by British firm Linklaters, and will join the firm’s London partnership. Howard has worked for... more

• UK firm Addleshaw Goddard boosts London banking practice with new hire

  Sep 08 2010 Addleshaw Goddard has boosted its London banking practice with the hire of leveraged finance partner John Cutler, a former DLA Piper partner. David Handy, a senior... more

• Virgin Money appoints General Counsel

  Jun 30 2010 Virgin Money has appointed RBS’s litigation chief Stephen Pearson to a newly created position of general counsel.Pearson is set to take up his new role in August, will... more

• Norton Rose promotes 23 to counsel

  May 17 2010 Norton Rose has promoted 23 lawyers to counsel in the firm’s first round of counsel promotions since the merger with Australia's Deacons. Of the 23, five lawyers have... more

• Plan to Create International Banking Tribunal in the Hague

  Mar 04 2010 Dutch not-for-profit organisation World Legal Forum (WLF) is leading an initiative to create an international tribunal for the resolution of banking disputes in the... more

• Norton Rose hires Denton's banking co-head Nick Grandage

  Feb 11 2010 Norton Rose has continued to expand its finance practice with the hire of Nick Grandage, Denton Wilde Sapte’s co-head of banking. Grandage will lead Norton Rose's... more

• Cleary scores coup with rare City hire from Simmons

  Feb 10 2010 Simmons & Simmons finance litigation head Jonathan Kelly will leave the firm to join Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton. Kelly, one of the City's best-known banking... more

• Ropes & Gray expands new City office with Freshfields hire

  Feb 10 2010 Ropes & Gray has hired Matthew Cox, counsel at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, as its fifth partner in London alongside Maurice Allen, Michael Goetz, Jonathan Bloom,... more

• Latham & Watkins snares four White & Case partners in London

  Feb 01 2010 White & Case has been hit by the departure of four banking and capital markets partners of its London office to US rival Latham & Watkins, reports Legalweek. White... more

• Linklaters, Slaughter & May lead on JPMorgan Cazenove deal

  Nov 20 2009 Linklaters and Slaughter and May have won mandates on JPMorgan’s £1bn buy-out of the remaining half of UK broker Cazenove. Linklaters corporate partner Stephen... more

• New Group: Offshore Legal Circle

  Sep 21 2009 The offshore legal circle refers to a number of law firms practicing in offshore jurisdictions. The term paraphrases "Offshore Magic Circle" which was adopted as an... more

• Top banking duo Allen and Goetz to leave Freshfields

  Aug 04 2009 Maurice Allen and Mike Goetz, two high-profile banking partners in the London office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, are to quit the magic circle firm less than 18... more

• Debevoise expands finance practice with Goodwin Procter hires

  Jul 29 2009 Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announced the expansion of its financial institutions group with the addition of two lawyers, Gregory J. Lyons and Satish M. Kini, as partners... more

• Gide launches Hong Kong finance team with Sidley partner

  Jun 04 2009 French firm Gide Loyrette Nouel has hired Sidley Austin finance partner Balbir Bindra to launch a banking and finance team in its Hong Kong office. Bindra will be... more

• Clifford Chance boost Kiev office with Moscow partner transfer

  May 18 2009 Clifford Chance has relocated Moscow-based banking and finance partner Jared Grubb to its Kiev office. Grubb joins Kiev office head Nick Fletcher, bringing the... more

• Allen & Overy, Freshfields, Slaughters working on Dunfermline rescue

  Mar 31 2009 A number of the UK's best-known firms are involved in the deal to prevent the collapse of Scottish lender Dunfermline Building Society. The deal has taken place based... more

• Hatfield to leave White & Case

  Mar 30 2009 Banking and capital markets partner Rachel Hatfield has indicated she will leave White & Case after a successful nine years with the firm. The firm emphasized that... more

• Allen & Overy axes half of its leveraged finance partners

  Mar 09 2009 Five partners Allen & Overy's leveraged finance team in London will leave the firm after collapsing buyout activity has brought leveraged finance work to an all-time... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf to close North Carolina office

  Oct 21 2008 Dewey & LeBoeuf has announced that it will close its Charlotte, N.C., office by the end of this year, citing the consolidation of the banking sector and slowdown in... more

• Latham signs up Linklaters Dubai banking partner

  Sep 02 2008 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 Tim Ross. more

• Linklaters strengthens Singapore with infrastructure partner Richard Ginks

  Aug 11 2008 Linklaters is to boost its banking and projects offering in Singapore with the transfer of infrastructure partner Richard Ginks from London. more

• White & Case rebuilds with Wall appointment

  Jul 11 2008 White & Case has appointed former chairman Duane Wall as head of the firm’s global bank advisory practice. The move is a response to the loss of prominent financial... more

• Jones Day takes DLA Piper’s Italian Banking Chief Francesco Squerzoni

  Jun 15 2008 Francesco Squerzoni, the head of banking at DLA Piper’s Italian practice, is quitting the firm to join Jones Day in a coup for the US firm’s local team. Squerzoni... more

• Clifford Chance taps Thacher Proffitt for US banking hire

  May 20 2008 Clifford Chance has hired a securitisation partner from Thacher Proffitt & Wood to beef up its US financial products practice. Robert Villani will join the firm's... more

• Clifford Chance promotes 35 worldwide, banking top priority

  Apr 08 2008 Clifford Chance has made new partners across the globe in its latest promotion round, with 35 new partners spread across 12 of the firm’s 27 different locations. After... more

• Investment banking fees in Asia down after record 2007

  Apr 05 2008 Investment banking fees for Q1 of 2008 in Asia have dropped by 5.4% on the corresponding period last year, according to a study by Thomson Financial. Fees in Southeast... more

• Freshfields hires Allen and Goetz from White & Case

  Mar 15 2008 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has voted to hire former White & Case banking partners Maurice Allen and Mike Goetz. Freshfields’ hires of Allen and Goetz represent a... more

• Official: Allen, Goetz quit White & Case

  Mar 12 2008 The co-head of global banking at White & Case, Maurice Allen along with banking and capital markets London co-head, Mike Goetz, have resigned. New York-based... more

• Allen and Goetz to Exit White & Case's London Office

  Mar 11 2008 Senior White & Case finance partners Mike Goetz and Maurice Allen are set to quit the firm's London office by the end of the week, it has emerged. Global banking... more

• Eversheds boosts UK banking and adds partners in France and Germany

  Jan 20 2008 Eversheds has bolstered its UK finance and banking practice with the hire of two partners. Alistair Hardie joined the top 10 UK law firm’s Birmingham office earlier... more

• A&O scoops Italian banking team from Freshfields

  Jan 12 2008 Allen & Overy partner Stefano Sennhauser has raided his former firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer for a team of six banking associates in a move that heralds a... more

• IBA's 'Islamic Finance in the Middle East' conference to address Islamic banking regulatory challenges

  Jan 02 2008 Al Tamimi & Company Advocates and Legal Consultants, one of the leading law firms in the Arabian Gulf region, today announced that it will co-chair the upcoming... more

• Skadden snares German Shearman partner

  Dec 23 2007 Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has strengthened its German offering with the hire of banking partner Johannes Kremer, who joins from US rival Shearman & Sterling.... more