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• Former federal prosecutor Michael Buchanan joins Jenner & Block

  Sep 16 2008 Michael F. Buchanan, an experienced white-collar criminal defense attorney and former federal prosecutor with a substantial background in patent law and engineering,... more

• Major law firms compete in Africa's growing energy market

  Sep 11 2008 There's is a rush of international law firms seeking a piece of Africa's growing energy market, writes The Am Law Daily. According to the article, Hunton & Williams... more

• Florida Supreme Court judge Cantero to join White & Case

  Aug 27 2008 Florida Supreme Court Justice Raoul G. Cantero III will join the Miami office of White & Case in October. Cantero, who became the first Cuban-American justice on... more

• Global law firms seek tie-ups with Indian peers

  Aug 19 2008 Global law majors, White & Case, Ropes & Gray, Ashurst Morris Crisp and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, are scouting for tie-ups with domestic law firms as a first... more

• Debevoise & Plimpton on $19.4 Billion UBS Auction-Rate Securities Settlement

  Aug 11 2008 Swiss bank UBS AG announced Friday that it will buy back $19.4 billion in failed auction-rate securities and pay a fine of $150 million to Massachusetts and New York.... more

• White & Case advises on high-yield deals worth US$27bn

  Aug 08 2008 Despite the continued slowdown in the debt finance markets and the defection of key members of its banking & finance team, law firm White & Case LLP is advising on... more

• O'Melveny opens up in Singapore with another White & Case hire

  Aug 05 2008 O’Melveny & Myers has launched an office in Singapore with the hire of White & Case’s Asia head of banking, finance and restructuring Bertie Mehigan as its managing... more

• O'Melveny signs up White & Case partner Fairbairn for Hong Kong office

  Aug 04 2008 O’Melveny & Myers has bolstered its restructuring and insolvency capabilities with the hire of White & Case partner Mark Fairbairn for the firm’s Hong Kong office,... more

• Lovells boosts Singapore with White & Case energy duo

  Jul 29 2008 Lovells has hired energy partner Brad Roach from White & Case in Singapore. Roach, who is joined by an energy associate, advises the developers of infrastructure... more

• DLA Duesseldorf takes 5-lawyer White & Case team

  Jul 11 2008 DLA Piper’s Cologne office has poached a corporate team of two partners and three associates from White & Case in Duesseldorf. Former White & Case partner Andreas... more

• White & Case rebuilds with Wall appointment

  Jul 11 2008 White & Case has appointed former chairman Duane Wall as head of the firm’s global bank advisory practice. The move is a response to the loss of prominent financial... more

• Energy M&A Lawyer Michael S. Shenberg Joins White & Case

  Jun 19 2008 Global law firm White & Case LLP today announced the arrival of partner Michael S. Shenberg in its Mergers and Acquisitions Practice in New York. A recognized leader... more

• Clifford Chance hires White & Case insolvency man

  Jun 17 2008 Clifford Chance has bolstered its French insolvency team with the hire of a partner from White & Case. Reinhard Dammann joins the City giant’s Paris arm as a partner... more

• Jones Day Adds to White Collar, Health Care Practices in Washington and Chicago

  Jun 10 2008 he international law firm Jones Day today announced that Jeffrey E. Gordon, a litigator focused on internal investigations and health care compliance and enforcement,... more

• Ashurst Frankfurt hires White & Case acquisition finance partner Anne Force

  May 22 2008 Ashurst’s Frankfurt office has hired White & Case local acquisition finance partner Anne Force. She will start at Ashurst as a partner and is qualified in German,... more

• McDermott Will & Emery recruits two from rivals in London

  May 16 2008 US firm McDermott Will & Emery has continued its London expansion by recruiting two new finance partners from rivals Dewey & LeBoeuf and White & Case. Former Dewey &... more

• White & Case City salaries up 2%

  May 16 2008 White & Case has become the latest firm to announce increases to its associate salaries, with the US firm unveiling rises of 2.1% for its junior lawyers. A... more

• Linklaters rumoured to close office in Romania; White & Case planning to expand

  May 14 2008 Linklaters is rumoured to be shutting down its Romanian operations. The lawyers at Linklaters Romania who could lose their jobs will not have to remain unemployed for... more

• Clifford Chance bags White & Case partner for Prague

  May 12 2008 Clifford Chance has beefed up its Prague office with the hire of White & Case partner David Kolacek. Kolacek, whose practice focuses on M&A, privatisations, joint... more

• A Passage to India: Are Foreign Law Firms in the Country’s Future?

  May 05 2008 The Indian Advocates Act of 1961 prevents foreign firms from doing business in the country. The wall went up in the 1990s when Ashurst, a British firm, along with... more

• White & Case Expands in Hong Kong with Lovells Finance Team

  Apr 23 2008 Global law firm White & Case LLP has made a major addition to its Bank Finance and Restructuring Practices in Asia with the arrival of partner John Hartley. Hartley is... more

• Freshfields makes friends with White & Case

  Apr 01 2008 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer finance partners Maurice Allen and Mike Goetz are setting up an informal conflicts referral relationship in London with their previous... more

• White & Case loses Paris corporate partner

  Mar 16 2008 White & Case has suffered it third partner loss in a week, with Paris-based corporate partner Bernard Teze having joined local firm DS Avocats. Teze, a former counsel... more

• Freshfields hires Allen and Goetz from White & Case

  Mar 15 2008 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has voted to hire former White & Case banking partners Maurice Allen and Mike Goetz. Freshfields’ hires of Allen and Goetz represent a... more

• Official: Allen, Goetz quit White & Case

  Mar 12 2008 The co-head of global banking at White & Case, Maurice Allen along with banking and capital markets London co-head, Mike Goetz, have resigned. New York-based... more

• DLA Piper launches in Houston

  Mar 12 2008 DLA Piper announced the opening of an office in Houston, Texas with three lawyers from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and Howrey. Two of the new partners, Jack... more

• Allen and Goetz to Exit White & Case's London Office

  Mar 11 2008 Senior White & Case finance partners Mike Goetz and Maurice Allen are set to quit the firm's London office by the end of the week, it has emerged. Global banking... more

• Trilegal links up with Allen & Overy in India

  Mar 10 2008 Local Indian law firm Trilegal has succeeded in sealing a formal referral deal with Magic Circle law firm Allen & Overy, which will see it handle the bulk of A&O's... more

• Davis Polk and White & Case advise on blockbuster Visa IPO

  Mar 03 2008 Davis Polk & Wardwell and White & Case have landed plum roles on the $19bn Visa IPO, the largest ever in US history. Davis Polk head of capital markets Richard Sandler... more

• White & Case opens in Romania

  Mar 03 2008 White & Case has expanded its East European network after launching a new office in Bucharest. The US giant opened the new branch on 28 February. It will initially... more

• Mukasey Refuses to Order Grand Jury Probe of Bolten and Miers

  Mar 01 2008 Attorney General Michael Mukasey refused Friday to refer the House's contempt citations against two of President Bush's top aides to a federal grand jury. Mukasey said... more

• Final arguments set to begin on entry of foreign law firms into India

  Feb 29 2008 New Delhi: The case challenging the entry of foreign law firms into the country is a step closer to resolution with the Mumbai High Court poised to begin hearing final... more

• Allen & Overy Claims Pole Position in 2007 Debt Capital Markets Tables

  Feb 11 2008 Allen & Overy has held on to the top spot in the latest international debt capital markets rankings, with the Magic Circle firm seizing an 8 percent market share for... more

• Lovells revamps Hong Kong team with White & Case hire

  Jan 30 2008 Lovells corporate team in Asia has hired merchant banking and structured credit partner Fred Chang from Wall Street firm White & Case. Chang advises financial... more

• Proskauer Boosts London Office With McDermott Hire

  Jan 29 2008 New York's Proskauer Rose has hired William Yonge as partner for its newly opened London office, taking him from McDermott Will & Emery's financial services team.... more

• White & Case, Morrison & Foerster, Dewey promote lawyers to partnership

  Jan 12 2008 White & Case has promoted a record number of lawyers to its London partnership, with 10 making the grade in the City alongside a further 21 new partners worldwide.... more

• Firms Hungry for More Lawyers in Russia

  Jan 06 2008 Although Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has been in Moscow since 1992, its office in the Russian capital is still rather modest. Around 30 attorneys handle a... more

• Global law firms have missed the boat in Eastern Europe

  Dec 13 2007 There are not many parts of the world that can boast immunity to the sour markets resulting from the global credit crunch, but Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) can. As... more

• White & Case opens doors in Abu Dhabi

  Dec 04 2007 White & Case is ramping up in the Middle East by launching in Abu Dhabi - the firm's second office in the region. The firm, which has an association office in Riyadh... more