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• Amarchand and Luthra lead league table of Indian dealmakers in the first quarter of 2012

  Apr 27 2012 A league table of dealmakers in the Indian legal services market has put Amarchand Mangaldas Suresh A Shroff & Co and Luthra & Luthra at the top of the list - each... more

• NZ law firms unlikely to follow Australian firms down merger path

  Mar 30 2012 New Zealand law firms are unlikely to follow the lead of their neighbour Australia when it comes to forming alliances with large British or American law firms,... 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

• 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

• 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

• Pan Southeast Asian firm DFDL Mekong launches in Indonesia

  Dec 05 2011 Southeast Asian firm DFDL Mekong has launched a presence in Indonesia via an alliance with local firm MX Law. The Indonesian practice will be led by William D.... more

• Australian firm Allens Arthur Robinson launches in Mongolia

  Nov 14 2011 Australian law firm Allens Arthur Robinson has launched an office in Mongolia. The firm does not plan to have a permanent legal staff on site, and will instead rotate... more

• Australian law firms see revenues drop

  Oct 27 2011 Australian law firms have seen a drop in revenues. Even Perth, which is flush with cash in the middle of a resources boom, is expected to see revenue drop by nearly 50... more

• Norton Rose in merger negotiations with Canadian firm Macleod Dixon

  Oct 04 2011 International law firm Norton Rose is in merger talks with Canadian firm Macleod Dixon, with the aim of boosting its resources practice. Norton Rose confirmed that... more

• 3 Australian firms lead $1.6bn mining deal

  Aug 10 2011 Three Australian law firms are leading the joint $1.6 billion offer by Rio TInto and Mitsubishi for 13.8 per cent of the shares in mining company Coal & Allied. The... more

• Karnataka government curbs illegal mining

  Jan 25 2011 The Karnataka state government in June 2010 had issued two orders in a bid to curb illegal mining in the state. The government had banned the export of iron ores and... 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

• Jones Day boosts capacity in energy and resources with Allens hire

  Oct 29 2010 US firm Jones Day, has boosted its Sydney energy and resources advising team with the hire of partner Tony Wassaf of Allens Arthur Robinson. A number of foreign... more

• Herbert Smith and HBT lead $400m sale of Indonesian mining interest

  Sep 14 2010 Herbert Smith and its associated Indonesian law firm Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung are advising Banpu - Thailand’s biggest coalminer - on the second largest block trade... 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

• Vedanta buys Anglo’s Zinc Mine Assets: Dewey & LeBoeuf advise

  May 14 2010 UK-based Vedanta Resources, one of India’s largest mining companies, acquired the zinc assets of another UK-based mining and natural resource group, Anglo American... 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

• Allen & Overy to open Australia offices, snags 14 partners from local firm

  Feb 08 2010 Magic Circle firm Allen & Overy has announced it will open offices in Sydney and Perth next month, with 17 new partners who will focus on mining and natural resources... more

• Linklaters and Freshfields lead on $68bn mining merger

  Jun 23 2009 Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have won lead roles on the proposed merger of mining giants Anglo American and Xstrata, a deal that would create a... more

• Freshfields and Linklaters lead on Xstrata £4.1bn rights issue

  Feb 02 2009 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters have won advisory roles on a £4.1bn rights issue for Swiss mining group Xstrata. A Freshfields team led by corporate... more

• Allen & Overy wins rare Anglo-Russian mining deal

  Mar 28 2008 Allen & Overy (A&O) has won a rare instruction on a mining deal, advising Russian mining giant Mechel on its $1.498m (£750m) bid for London-based Oriel Resources.... more