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• Veteran Skadden partner Peter P. Mullen dies

  Oct 19 2011 Veteran partner Peter P. Mullen of the New York law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has died at the age of 83. Mullen joined the firm in 1961, when it... more

• Irish firm Dillon Eustace launches in Hong Kong

  Sep 08 2011 Irish investment funds law firm Dillon Eustace has launched an office in Hong Kong. The office will be led by partner Paul Maloney and will serve the firm's Hong... more

• Proskauer & Rose continues raid of SJ Berwin's funds group

  Sep 07 2011 Proskauer Rose has recruited six associates from SJ Berwin’s funds group. The group follows hot on the heels of funds partners Nigel van Zyl and Oliver Rochman, who... more

• Proskauer & Rose continues London expansion with triple hire

  Aug 03 2011 Proskauer Rose has continued its strategy of growth in London with the hire of three funds partners: Kate Simpson from Kirkland & Ellis; and Nigel van Zyl and Oliver... more

• Weil Gotshall hires four-partner team from Clifford Chance in London

  Jun 16 2011 The London office of Weil Gotshal & Manges has scooped up a four-partner team Clifford Chance. The departure of funds partners Ed Gander, Nigel Clark and Nick Benson... more

• Pinsent Masons lures funds practitioner from SJ Berwin

  Mar 10 2011 TheLawyer reports that Pinsent Masons has bolstered its funds practice with the hire of a senior associate from SJ Berwin’s fund formation team. Daniel Greenaway... 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

• French firm Gide Loyrette Nouel launches London funds practice

  Nov 17 2010 French firm Gide Loyrette Nouel has launched a London funds practice. The launch is part of an attempt to diversify the practice, after the downturn in finance and... more

• Baker & McKenzie set to launch Luxembourg office

  Oct 01 2010 Baker & McKenzie is set to open a new office in Luxembourg, which will focus on funds advice for tax, corporate and finance related matters. The firm has has... more

• Paul Hastings relocates partner to from LA to Hong Kong

  Sep 20 2010 Paul Hastings is shifting talent to Asia in anticipation of an increase in large deals coming out of the region in the next six to 12 months. Real estate partner... more

• Juridical Handbook of Brazilian Investment Funds

  Aug 25 2010 THE JURIDICAL HANDBOOK OF BRAZILIAN INVESTMENT FUNDS Second Edition. The Handbook aims, precisely, present the general normative structure and the mechanisms by... more

• Khaitan & Co further expands funds practice

  Jun 25 2010 Khaitan & Co's Head of Funds Daksha Baxi incorporated ‘Shubhkam Growth Fund’ and iPro Capital each of which will seek to invest nearly Rs.100 crore ($26.6 million).... more

• Irish funds market attracts talent

  Apr 22 2010 The Irish funds market is currently experiencing a period of growth, and Irish law firms are responding by boosting their expertise in this area. Eversheds... more

• Paul Weiss bags Religare - closes Northgate buy

  Feb 26 2010 Northgate Capital, a leading global private equity and venture capital firm managing $3 billion worth investments, was acquired by the Malvinder Singh family... more

• Kirkland & Ellis launches Asia private equity funds team

  Oct 16 2008 Kirkland & Ellis is setting up an Asian private equity funds practice with the relocation of two partners -- London partner Justin Dolling and New York partner Albert... more

• Clifford Chance sends funds team to Dubai

  Jul 23 2008 Clifford Chance has highlighted the Middle East’s importance to the firm’s ­bottom line by relocating a funds team to the region. Partner Nigel Clark, who was made up... more

• Morgan Lewis picks up Paris funds partner from Debevoise

  Apr 06 2008 Morgan Lewis & Bockius has strengthened its Paris arm with the hire of Debevoise & Plimpton local private equity and fund formation head Ann Baker. Baker, who was... more

• Sidley taps SJ Berwin for hedge funds expert

  Apr 05 2008 Hedge funds and financial markets partner Bruce Gardner has left SJ Berwin after eight years to join the London office of US firm Sidley Austin. He joins Sidley as a... more

• Skadden Arps' funds specialist joins Clifford Chance in Tokyo

  Mar 25 2008 Clifford Chance has cherry-picked Tokyo-based funds lawyer John Fadely from his role as head of Skadden Arps' Asian private funds practice and brought him in as a... more

• Debevoise Named Best Law Firm (Fund Formation) In North America By Private Equity International

  Mar 12 2008 Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has been named Best Law Firm (Fund Formation) in North America by The Private Equity International Awards 2007, presented by Private Equity... more

• Sarrau snaps up DLA Piper Paris Partner Frédéric Bucher

  Jan 20 2008 French private equity specialist Sarrau Thomas Couderc has hired DLA Piper partner Frédéric Bucher, who has left the international giant after just 18 months. Bucher’s... more

• Sidley Austin LLP Named Top Law Firm for Hedge Funds by Alpha Magazine

  Nov 02 2007 For the second consecutive year, Institutional Investor’s Alpha Magazine has ranked Sidley Austin LLP the number one legal adviser to the hedge fund industry among... more