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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

• Linklaters forms alliance with Australian firm AAR

  Apr 25 2012 UK Magic Circle firm Linklaters has formed an exclusive alliance with Australian firm Allens Arthur Robinson. The alliance is not a merger, but will take the form of a... 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

• Clyde & Co establishes presence in Mongolia with local alliance

  Mar 13 2012 Clyde & Co is set launch a presence in Mongolia after concluding the terms of an alliance local firm Khan Lex Advocates. Clydes international trade partner Stephen... 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

• UK firm Berwin Leighton Paisner scoops up projects expert Andrei Baev

  Dec 14 2011 UK firm Berwin Leighton Paisner has boosted its projects practice with the hire of Allen & Overy partner Andrei Baev. Baev’s practice focuses on power and mining... 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

• Herbert Smith boosts Paris infrastructure practice with A&O hire

  Dec 04 2011 Herbert Smith has boosted its energy and infrastructure practice in Paris with the hire of partner Christophe Lefort, who was previously the general counsel at French... more

• Pillsbury set to open new office in Abu Dhabi

  Oct 28 2011 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman is set to open its first Middle Eastern office in Abu Dhabi, with plans to expand services offered to existing clients and take... more

• Government of India approves infrastructure funding for lower courts

  Jun 27 2011 Good news for the lower courts of India - the Government has decided to invest in adequate infrastructure to reduce the backlog of cases. The decision follows the... more

• Kennedys keeps on growing: posts a 10.3% jump in revenue in 2011

  Jun 23 2011 Kennedys has posted a 10.3 per cent jump in revenues for the 2010-11 financial year, recording a turnover of £97.4m. The firm has seen significant increases in... more

• Ashurst boosts Middle East practice with Linkaters hire

  May 20 2011 Ashurst has bolstered its Middle East energy and infrastructure practice – hiring a partner from Linklaters and relocating another partner from London. David... more

• Pune Law School in India - a waste of resources?

  May 06 2011 The ambitious plan of the University of Pune to start a law school on the lines of the National Law School (NLS) is yet to see the light of the day. A four-storey... more

• Ashurst makes up 12 lawyers to partnership

  Apr 15 2011 Ashurst has promoted 12 lawyers to its partnership, up from 11 last year. The corporate practice saw the most promotions in this round, with five new partners. Two... more

• China's largest law firm Dacheng allies with Malaysian firm

  Mar 29 2011 China’s largest law firm Dacheng has announced exclusive Malaysian alliance with Malaysian firm Jeff Leong, Poon & Wong. The alliance is expected to service... more

• Irish firm McGrigors to launch in Doha

  Mar 17 2011 Irish firm McGrigors has been granted a licence to establish a branch office in Doha, Qatar by the Qatar Financial Centre Authority.The Dohar office will be led by... more

• Davis hires seven in Tokyo

  Feb 02 2011 Canadian law firm Davis LLP has bolstered its Tokyo practice with the hire of seven Japanese lawyers, including leading corporate and structured-finance lawyer Hiroaki... more

• Legal business booming in Indonesia, India and Vietnam

  Nov 29 2010 Foreign and domestic law firms in Singapore have reported a boom in capital markets, M&A, energy, infrastructure and arbitration work from Indonesia, India, Vietnam... more

• India commits budget to upgrade judiciary

  Nov 23 2010 According to a PIB release, the Minister of Law and Justice Veerappa Moily has stated that the Government has allocated an amount of Rs. 1,470 crore (approximately... more

• Norton Rose expands with takeovers in Canada and South Africa

  Nov 15 2010 Norton Rose has announced an expansion, with the firm set to take over one of South Africa’s largest firms, Deneys Reitz, along with Canadian corporate firm Ogilvy... more

• Indonesia is where the action is

  Nov 12 2010 Indonesia’s consumer and resources boom is fueling an investor frenzy in the market, with Bloomberg reporting that investors have bought $23.3 billion of debt this... more

• Shin & Kim launches first Korean practice in Latin America

  Oct 11 2010 Korean firm Shin & Kim has launched a practice group in Latin America, making it the first Korean law firm to enter the region. The move follows the hire of attorney... more

• Shearman, JSA and Wadia Ghandy advise Xander and NVP to invest 400 crore in Sadbhav Infrastructure

  Aug 26 2010 Global private equity (PE) firms Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) and Xander Group are together acquiring a minority stake in Sadbhav Infrastructure Project Limited,a... more

• ARA LAW adds infrastructure to its portfolio: Conversation with Rajesh Begur, Managing Partner

  Aug 12 2010 ARA LAW has added Ashish Bhakta to further strengthen and develop its Infrastructure practice. more

• Chief Justice takes the initiative, sets up a second Bench

  Jul 19 2010 The Chief Justice of India (CJI) is in no mood to listen to the excuses of the government. CJI S.H. Kapadia announced last week that the work of the apex court Forest... more

• M&A slowdown forces Ashurst to move associates into energy team

  Dec 01 2008 Ashurst has redeployed three corporate and three finance junior associates to its energy, transport and infrastructure team as the transactional side of its business... 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

• Linklaters helps provide infrastructure link in Vietnam

  Aug 11 2008 Linklaters has advised borrowers on the US$225m Saigon Premier Container Terminal port project in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s first port built by foreign investment... more

• Paul Hastings raids Ashurst for Paris projects team

  Mar 09 2008 US firm Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker has boosted its Paris projects team with a four-lawyer raid on Ashurst. Paul Hastings has made Ashurst senior lawyers Pascal... more

• Malaysia’s largest law firm to help spur Vietnam’s transport infrastructure

  Jan 31 2008 Malaysia’s largest law office, Zaid Ibrahim & Co, has been tapped by the Vietnam’s State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) for advice on ways to lure private... more