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  • July 17, 2009 |

    Twelve firms sign up for College of Law disputes training

    Twelve City law firms have signed up to the College of Law's dispute resolution training consortium. The programme of twelve courses concentrates on the basics of litigation and alternative dispute resolution, and will be taught to lawyers from zero to three years' post qualification experience. It follows similar pooled training programmes that have been introduced during recent years in the areas of corporate, property and banking.

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  • July 16, 2009 |

    Hedge fund and private equity lawyers gear up for battle over Euro regulation

    Lawyers to London's leading hedge funds and private equity houses are braced for a prolonged period of uncertainty and lobbying as the alternative investment industry wrestles with controversial European Commission (EC) reforms. With the fuss regarding the EC's draft directive on alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs) showing no sign of abating since it was unveiled on 29 April, legal advisers are expecting a high-stakes battle to influence reforms seen as a politically motivated assault.

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  • July 9, 2009 | International Edition

    International law firms: Batten down the hatches

    If ever there was a market to test the commitment of international firms to their London office, this would be it. Plummeting workloads and high operating costs have meant more so than ever the City is proving an expensive toehold.

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  • July 9, 2009 |

    International law firms: Batten down the hatches

    If ever there was a market to test the commitment of international firms to their London office, this would be it. Plummeting workloads and high operating costs have meant more so than ever the City is proving an expensive toehold.

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  • June 25, 2009 |

    Global disputes: Still waiting for the train to leave

    Over the last few months, international law firms have been gearing up for the long-awaited upturn in litigation, with a string of office openings and major hires. With the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) gaining in popularity in recent years, it is no surprise that the UK capital has been at the forefront of the action, alongside other major arbitration centres like New York and Paris. There have also been moves to bulk up on dispute resolution expertise in Asia and the Middle East.

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  • June 4, 2009 |

    McGrigors competition chief joins Fulbright in the City

    Fulbright & Jaworski has secured its first lateral partner hire in London for more than a year, with the US firm bringing in McGrigors competition head Rod Lambert. Lambert joins the disputes practice in Fulbright's City arm.

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  • May 15, 2009 |

    Chadbourne duo reject Dechert Moscow switch

    Chadbourne & Parke has announced that two of the five partners expected to join Dechert in Moscow have decided to remain at the firm. Earlier this week (11 May) Dechert announced the launch of a office in the Russian capital with the hire of a five-partner team from its US rival, but Chadbourne insisted that discussions with the partners were continuing. As as result of these discussions, two of the partner quintet - Mikhail Rozenberg and Jennifer Handz - have now opted against the move, while a Chadbourne spokesman also said that three counsel - Julia Romanova, Dmitry Gubarev and Olga Koniuhova - would be staying at the firm.

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  • May 13, 2009 |

    Dechert's top earners agree to take pay cut

    Dechert has confirmed that the firm's 36 highest-paid partners have agreed to take a cut in their annual drawings, reports The Am Law Daily. The news follows a report that firm chairman Barton Winokur would take a $1m (£657,000) pay cut.The Philadelphia Inquirer report cited an anonymous source who said Winokur disclosed the "self-imposed" pay cut at a conference of law firm leaders he attended late last month in California.Winokur (pictured) declined to comment on the Inquirer report, but a firm spokeswoman confirmed that Winokur, along wth 36 other Dechert partners, are taking pay cuts. The spokeswoman denied that Winokur's reduction amounts to $1m.

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  • May 13, 2009 |

    O'Melveny litigation trio quit to join Skadden

    O'Melveny & Myers has lost the chair of its class actions practice and two other litigation partners to Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, reports the Am Law Litigation Daily. John Beisner, who has been one of the most visible of O'Melveny's partners in recent years, has joined Skadden in Washington along with with Stephen Harburg and Jessica Davidson Miller. High-profile mandates for Beisner include last year's negotiation of a multibillion-dollar settlement for Bank of America with 11 state attorney generals over troubled mortgages issued by its Countrywide unit, while in 2007, he played a leading role representing Merck in its $4.85bn (£3.2bn) Vioxx settlement.

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  • May 11, 2009 |

    Dechert set for Moscow with Chadbourne team hire

    Dechert has announced that it is to launch in Moscow with the hire of a five-partner team from US rival Chadbourne & Parke, despite a last-ditch effort from Chadbourne to persuade the partners to remain with the firm. The team includes the managing partner of Chadbourne's Moscow and St Petersburg offices, Laura Brank, who also heads up the firm's Russia and CIS practice.Brank is set to join Dechert along with energy partner Shane DeBeer, banking and finance partner Jennifer Handz, project finance partner Konstantin Konstantinov and litigation partner Mikhail Rozenberg.

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