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• Clifford Chance announces formation of US financial services regulatory group

  Mar 14 2012 Clifford Chance has announced the formation of a US Financial Services Regulatory Group, calling on the talents of eight partners from three practice groups. The group... more

• Hogan Lovells plans to launch in Rio de Janiero

  Feb 29 2012 Hogan Lovells has announced that it will launch an office in Rio de Janeiro later this year, pending regulatory approval. The move follows a large influx of... more

• FATCA (Proposed Regulations, issued 8 February 2012)

  Feb 28 2012 Highlights from the proposed regulations include the following: The regulations provide that withholding tax will apply to U.S.-source “fixed or determinable... more

• Court finds that foreign lawyers may fly-in and fly-out of India to give advice

  Feb 23 2012 The Madras high court has resolved the issue of whether foreign lawyers may fly into India temporarily to advise on international law. In a significant move, the Court... more

• Law Society of Botswana bars 39 firms from practice

  Feb 22 2012 The Law Society of Botswana has barred 39 law firms from practising because they do not have current practicing certificates. Among the prominent firms in the list are... 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

• McDermott Will & Emery to launch South Korea office

  Feb 16 2012 McDermott Will & Emery is planning to launch in Seoul, following the ratification of a trade agreement that allows foreign law firms to open offices in South Korea.... more

• Singapore allows foreign law firms to take a stake in local legal practices

  Feb 16 2012 Singapore has passed legislation to foreign law firms to own a stake in local legal practices or share in their profits, and has relaxed the rules for admission of... more

• Covington & Burling hires five lawyers for Shanghai Launch

  Feb 14 2012 Washington, D.C.-based firm Covington & Burling is waiting on regulatory approval for a new office in Shanghai, after hiring five lawyers from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich... more

• PE firm Duke Street buys controlling interest in London law firm

  Feb 06 2012 Private equity firm Duke Street has taken a stake of just over 50 per cent in London-based law firm Parabis. The deal, which is subject to regulatory approval and is... more

• Third-party litigation funding changes the game in the UK

  Dec 29 2011 Here is an interesting article in The Guardian about third party funding of litigation, where a disinterested third party takes on the financial risk of another's... more

• Chinese and Australian firms will merge to become a force in Asia-Pacific

  Dec 18 2011 Leading Chinese law firm King & Wood is set to ally with major Australian firm Mallesons Stephen Jaques to form one of the biggest legal practices in Asia. The firms... 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

• King & Wood Mallesons - would it work?

  Dec 01 2011 Interesting article here on the proposed merger between Australian firm Mallesons Stephen Jaques and Chinese firm King & Wood. The article tries to assess whether the... more

• Mallesons and King & Wood put merger to partners

  Nov 23 2011 Australian firm Mallesons Stephen Jaques and Chinese firm King & Wood are set to put their merger proposal to partners this week. If it goes ahead, the merged firm... more

• Top Japanese firm set to launch in Singapore

  Nov 14 2011 Japanese firm Mori Hamada & Matsumoto is set to open a Singapore office in early 2012 pending regulatory approval. The firm - one of Japan's Big Four corporate law... more

• Proskauer Rose launches office in Beijing

  Nov 11 2011 Proskauer Rose has launched an office in Beijing's Chaoyang District, after being granted regulatory approval by the Chinese authorities. The firm set its sights on... more

• Bingham McCutchen set to launch representative office in Beijing

  Nov 10 2011 US firm Bingham McCutchen is set to launch its first office in mainland China after receiving regulatory approval for a Beijing representative office from China’s... more

• Allen & Overy in negotiations with Links' Singapore partner

  Nov 08 2011 Allen & Overy is in negotiations with Linklaters' Singapore partner Allen & Gledhill, discussing a potential tie up. Such an alliance would be a significant boost to... more

• UK firm Kennedy's is cleared of wrongdoing in case of alleged partner fraud

  Aug 08 2011 The Solicitors Regulation Authority has cleared UK firm Kennedys of wrongdoing in the scandal involving a Kennedys senior partner and the alleged theft of £1 million... more

• Is Villanova law school the only US school fudging the figures?

  Feb 10 2011 The dean of the Villanova University School of Law, John Y. Gotanda, has admitted that the school had knowingly reported inaccurate data to the American Bar... more

• Australian firm Blake Dawson warns of unregulated litigation funding

  Jan 26 2011 Australian law firm Blake Dawson has warned that a lack of regulation concerning legal financiers could lead to a US-style litigation culture. Blake Dawson partner... more

• Qatar gives qualified access to foreign firms

  Jan 05 2011 Qatar has opened its legal services market to foreign law firms for the first time. International law firms with 15 years of continuous experience in their countries... more

• Think tank calls for reform of UK legal education

  Dec 29 2010 Legal education and solicitor training in the UK is in need of major reform, according to The Legal Services Institute, the policy think tank funded by The College of... more

• Indian Solicitors Regulation Authority may undertake ‘thematic review’ of the LPO sector in 2011

  Dec 08 2010 The Indian Solicitors' Regulation Authority (SRA) is considering legal process outsourcing (LPO) as part of the consultation in Chapters 4 and 7 of the current draft... 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

• Is the BigLaw model in peril?

  Dec 02 2010 A series of high profile transatlantic mergers between law firms that are ‘in less-than-brilliant shape’ has prompted commentators to question the future of the BigLaw... more

• Critical Overview of the Higher Education and Research Bill, 2010

  Nov 15 2010 The Ministry of Human Resource Development (“MHRD”) has initiated a number of reforms in the education sector, more particularly in the field of higher education. The... more

• Clearing the way for cloud computing in law firms

  Oct 20 2010 Cloud computing is the term used to describe systems that allow users to access software and data storage over the internet, rather than carrying them around on... more

• UK Solicitors Regulation Authority hires Linklaters parter for advisory role

  Oct 19 2010 The UK Solicitors Regulation Authority has hired Nick Eastwell, a partner at Linklaters for 21 years, as its chief advisor on city law firms. Eastwell said: “I am... more

• No foreign lawyers in India, says Indian Law Ministry

  Sep 29 2010 The Indian Law Ministry has reported the Bar Council of India’s decision to bar foreign lawyers from the Indian legal services market. The decision is not final, and... more

• Discretionary bonuses dropping, says US survey on in-house lawyers

  Sep 06 2010 A survey into compensation for in-house counsel has reported that pay has dropped across the board in the past year, and even top lawyers at major corporations are... more

• Madras High Court set to hear case against foreign law firms in India

  Aug 20 2010 The case of A.K. Balaji against foreign law firms was listed before the Madras High Court today, ahead of meetings by the Bar Council over the weekend that will decide... more

• Indian Law Ministry wants control of powers given to the Bar Council of India

  Aug 17 2010 The ongoing war between the Ministry of Human Resources and Development (HRD) and the Law Ministry sees no respite. According to a report by the Hindustan Times,... more

• Japan eases restrictions for foreign law firms

  May 13 2010 Japan’s Ministry of Justice has announced plans to ease the restrictions upon foreign law firms operating within the country, allowing them to establish corporate... more

• DLA names UK litigation chief as new Manchester managing partner

  Oct 27 2009 DLA Piper's UK head of litigation and regulation David Gray has been named as the firm's new Manchester managing partner, with current incumbent Simon Woolley set to... more

• AIG being investigated by US State authorities for insurance rates

  Mar 31 2009 Insurer AIG is being investigated by the state authorities of 50 US states based on questions whether the firm violated laws governing workers' compensation insurance.... more

• Solicitors Regulation Authority accused of institutional racism

  Aug 21 2008 The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has laid itself open to the charge of being institutionally racist, an independent report by the former head of the... more

• New English Foreign Lawyer Transfer Rules Go Into Effect on September 1

  Jul 07 2008 Britain's Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) announced this week that revisions to its guidelines for foreign lawyers interested in becoming solictors in England... more