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• Law firms lose reputation as low credit risk

  May 03 2012 The turmoil over at New York firm Dewey & LeBoeuf, a large and prestigious name in the business - has forced many industry observers to take stock and pose some... more

• Law firms take top spots in ranking of DC retirement plans

  Apr 11 2012 Law firms in Washington DC have taken the first five places in a ranking of business retirement plans. The survey, conducted by financial advisor BrightScope, looked... more

• Khaitan, Anderson Mori, and Amarchand lead largest ever Indian mutual fund investment

  Apr 04 2012 Khaitan & Co and Japanese law firm Anderson Mori & Tomotsune have led a deal for the largest ever Indian mutual fund investment, with Asian private insurance leader... more

• NY State Bar says UK firms with non-lawyer owners can't work in NY

  Mar 22 2012 After recent changes to legislation in the UK under the Legal Services Act, law firms can change their business structure to receive external investment and legal... more

• 'NO SALE' on NY suit for non-lawyer ownership of firms

  Mar 13 2012 A federal judge in New York has dismissed the suit brought by plaintiff firm Jacoby & Meyers which challenged a state rule prohibiting nonlawyer investment in law... more

• US firm Holland & Knight to launch in Columbia

  Mar 02 2012 Miami-based law firm Holland & Knight has announced further expansion in Latin America with the imminent launch of new office in Bogotá, Colombia. The firm will... more

• How much would that firm be worth on the stock market? New report makes a guess

  Mar 02 2012 A new report estimates the value of leading UK law firms to be somewhere between $711 million to $4.1 billion, with Magic Circle firm Allen & Overy leading among the... more

• International law firms set their sights on Mexico

  Feb 24 2012 Large international law firms are setting their sights on Mexico, as the country’s growing economy precipitates both inbound and outbound investment streams. DLA... more

• ABA investigates limited ownership of law firms by non-lawyers

  Feb 07 2012 The ABA is currently considering the implications of opening firms to outside investment. It was over a decade ago that the New York State Bar Association joined with... more

• Australia now 5th largest inbound target for M&A deals

  Jan 29 2012 A new report by Allen & Overy has found that Australia is now the fifth largest inbound target market for M&A deals, with Chinese firms remaining interested in... more

• Vodafone Tax case restores investor confidence in India

  Jan 29 2012 Experts say that the landmark Vodafone tax case in the Supreme Court of India has boosted India’s image and reinforced standards of fairness and impartiality in the... more

• Freshfields launches global financial investment practice group

  Jan 25 2012 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has launched a global financial investors group to handle private equity, infrastructure funds, sovereign wealth funds and alternative... more

• Parabellum Capital joins the litigation funding game

  Jan 13 2012 New York-based Parabellum Capital LLC launched last week to enter the field of litigation finance. The firm is a spinoff of the 5-year-old legal finance group from... more

• Mumbai-based firm Wadia Ghandi secures practice licenses for Singapore base

  Dec 09 2011 Mumbai-based law firm Wadia Ghandy & Co is set to launch a fully operational base in Singapore, after partners Ankit Majmudar and Shabnum Kajiji secured their licences... more

• The legal services market in India - bird's eye view

  Nov 15 2011 Here is a very interesting article providing a kind of anatomy of the Indian legal services market, ad touching upon the major players, changes, and the nature of the... more

• Allen & Overy reports 11% revenue growth

  Nov 10 2011 Allen & Overy has posted an 11% increase in revenue in the first half of the year, after investing in key international markets. The firm saw revenues of £582m between... more

• UK law firm franchise QualitySolicitors set to expand after PE boost

  Oct 31 2011 UK law firm franchise QualitySolicitors, which launched last year and has rapidly expanded to include around 200 branches, has just received a significant private... more

• ABA considers allowing non-lawyers to have a stake in US law firms

  Oct 29 2011 Here is an interesting article in the NY Times that takes a look at developments around the world with respect to outside investment in law firms. Australia and... more

• Taylor Wessing to launch tech practice in London

  Oct 25 2011 Taylor Wessing is set to boost its technology capacity with the launch of a second office in London. The office, in east London's 'Tech City' will offer expertise in... more

• Liberalisation of law firm ownership in the UK - has anything changed?

  Oct 19 2011 Two weeks have passed since the introduction of the Legal Services Act in the UK – legislation that promised to overhaul the way that law firms do business by opening... more

• 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

• UK firm Irwin Mitchell starts outsourcing ahead of conversion to ABS

  Oct 18 2011 UK firm Irwin Mitchell is has announced that it will outsource 81 support staff in preparation for its conversion to an alternative business structure (ABS). The firm... more

• British Justice Minister investigated for conflict of interest

  Oct 17 2011 Deep cuts to the British Legal Aid budget have attracted significant controversy, and now more fuel has been added to the fire with accusations that British Justice... more

• 'Tesco Law' begins in England and Wales

  Oct 06 2011 The much anticipated reform to the Legal Services Act has come into force in England and Wales, under which banks and supermarkets are now able to sell consumer legal... more

• Financial penalties encourage Barlows equity partners to stay put after merger

  Sep 15 2011 The merger deal between Barlow Lyde & Gilbert and Clyde & Co includes financial penalties for any Barlows equity partners that leave the combined firm any time in the... more

• NY Attorney General argues against opening law firms to outside investment

  Jul 26 2011 US law firm Jacoby & Meyers has brought a case seeking to overturn New York Court Rule 5.4, which prohibits law firms from accepting outside investment. The firm... more

• Herbert Smith reports growth in revenues and PEP

  Jul 07 2011 Herbert Smith has reported a 3.4% increase in revenue in the 2010-11 financial year, from £449.9m to £465m. Profits per equity partner also rose by a significant... more

• UK firm Clarke Willmott puts profits back into the firm

  Jul 04 2011 UK firm Clarke Willmott has decided not to distribute all the profits from this year’s performance to the equity partnership. According to the firm, average profit per... 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

• Canadian law firms prepare for increase in Indian investment

  May 31 2011 Canadian law firms expecting a surge of business from India have been kept waiting, with the recession slowing things down. But things are starting to pick up, and... more

• Luthra advises on ICICI Venture investment in food franchise in India

  May 31 2011 The private equity arm of ICICI Bank - ICICI Venture - has acquired a minority stake in RJ Corp's Devyani International, which runs KFC, Pizza Hut and Costa Coffee... more

• AZB and Amarchand act on $150 million (Rs.670 crore) power investmenr

  May 17 2011 Private equity Warburg Pincus has invested around $150 million (Rs.670 crore) in Diligent Power Private Limited (DPPL) to enable the Dainik Bhaskar group’s power... more

• US firm Blank Rome launches in Shanghai

  May 12 2011 US firm Blank Rome has launched an office in Shanghai. Firm co-chairman Alan Hoffman said that the new office will give high priority to servicing Chinese companies... more

• India to reform court processes for IP disputes

  May 09 2011 In a move designed to encourage greater business investment in India, Law Minister M Veerappa Moily is set to introduce a bill to establish specialised commercial... more

• Korean firm Yulchon set launch Beijing office

  May 06 2011 Korean law firm Yulchon is set to enter the Chinese legal market with an office in Beijing. Yulchon partner Jeong Yeon Ho said that the firm has been providing... more

• SRGR and SNR Denton advise Duet Hotels on $150 million JV with InterContinental Hotels

  Apr 12 2011 Duet India Hotels has entered into a $150 million (Rs. 675 crore) Joint Venture with global hospitality chain, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG). The transaction... more

• Brazil’s Northeast, a place of great opportunities

  Mar 22 2011 Since 2005, when the former president of Brazil, Mr. Lula da Silva, decided that the Brazilian big oil company, Petrobras, would build an oil refinery plant at the... 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

• Khaitan and Amarchand advise on Eton Park’s investment

  Feb 07 2011 Eton Park Capital Management LLP, a hedge fund based in the US has invested $125 million (Rs. 560 crore) for 10 percent equity stake in JSW Infrastructure Limited, for... more

• Amarchand and JSA advise on BTS investments

  Jan 28 2011 BTS Investment Advisors, a Private Equity firm has invested Rs. 36 crore ($7 million) in Carzonrent, a leading car-rental and radio-taxi business (under the brand name... more

• UK Solicitors' Regulation Authority paves the way for Tesco Law

  Dec 02 2010 The UK Solicitors' Regulation Authority has released updated guidelines for law firms that wish to take up alternative business structures when the regulatory changes... 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

• 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

• US firms sweeten the deal for start-ups

  Sep 09 2010 Faced with a fiercely competitive market for legal services, a number of large firms dealing with start-up clients are finding ways to make their services more... 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

• A Guide on Brazilian Investment Funds for foreign investors - english-portuguese - 2009

  Aug 07 2009 Dears, As result of my researches on Investment Funds and of my experience as Business Attorney, I built "A Guide on Brazilian Investment Funds for foreign... more

• Holland & Knight Sued over Legal Work for Alleged Ponzi Schemer

  May 19 2009 Holland & Knight is facing another lawsuit over its legal work for alleged Ponzi schemer Arthur Nadel. Several investors who lost about $4.5 million in funds... more

• China and South Korea to ease foreign investment rules

  Jan 19 2009 China and South Korea, long ambivalent towards foreign investors, are both set to issue new rules to encourage investment from overseas in 2009 with one simple goal in... more

• Freshfields on Nomura's Lehman buy-out

  Sep 26 2008 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has emerged as the latest firm to score a role on Japanese investment bank Nomura’s acquisition of Lehman Brothers’ Asian operations and... more

• Milbank Tweed grabs Lehman creditor role

  Sep 19 2008 Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy has landed a role advising the creditors’ committee of Lehman Brothers, which recreates the law firm line-up of the Enron bankruptcy.... more

• Corporate law firms see dark days ahead

  Sep 18 2008 The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers and the announced acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. by Bank of America will produce a flurry of legal activity. But for most large... more

• Lehman hires Weil Gotshal & Manges for biggest bankruptcy filing in history

  Sep 15 2008 Lehman Brothers, the fourth-largest U.S. investment bank, succumbed to the subprime mortgage crisis it helped create in the biggest bankruptcy filing in history.... more

• UBS lawyer identified in fraud lawsuit

  Aug 02 2008 David Aufhauser, a former general counsel of UBS’s investment bank, is one of seven senior executives accused of pulling $21 million (£10.6 million) of their own money... 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

• Peter Lynch & Fidelity Investors Accepted $1.6 Million In Gifts

  Mar 06 2008 Fidelity Investments Vice Chairman Peter Lynch, former head trader Scott DeSano and 11 employees accepted more than $1.6 million worth of gifts from brokers jockeying... more

• UK law firms match investment banks on trainee pay

  Feb 06 2008 Law firm trainees can now pocket equal amounts to their graduate counterparts at investment banks, according to new research – with both camps taking home over £10,000... 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

• Dresdner Kleinwort Wins Race-Discrimination Case Against Banker

  Nov 02 2007 Allianz SE's Dresdner Kleinwort won a race-discrimination case filed by a former investment banker who sought 10 million pounds ($21 million) over claims he was fired... more