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  • May 5, 2010 |

    Former Samsonite legal chief joins City boutique as partner

    Former Samsonite general counsel Deborah Rasin has joined City boutique Candey after the luggage company closed down its London headquarters. Rasin joined the boutique as head of company and commercial at the end of April. Candey specialises in corporate and commercial law, with a particular focus on hotels, leisure and media companies. The hire of Rasin will add to the firm's consumer goods and retail law capabilities.

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  • April 27, 2010 |

    Goldman lines up big-name legal team to fight SEC fraud charge

    Goldman Sachs has put together a high-profile legal team to defend itself against the fraud charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), reports The Am Law Daily. The global financial services firm has recruited a number of big-name lawyers to work alongside its current legal team, which consists of litigation specialists Richard Klapper and Gregory Craig of Sullivan & Cromwell and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom respectively.

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  • April 16, 2010 |

    Linklaters and Gibson Dunn tackle alleged bribery case for HP

    Linklaters and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher are advising Hewlett-Packard (HP) as German authorities investigate whether the tech giant paid nearly $11m (£7.1m) in bribes to secure a contract with the Russian Government, reports the Am Law Daily. The investigation concerns allegations that HP officials in around 2003 paid $10.9m (£7m) to win a $47m (£30.4m) contract to build sophisticated computer systems for the office of the prosecutor general of the Russian Federation.

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  • March 12, 2010 |

    Mayer Brown partner quits to join Gibson Dunn's Brussels base

    US firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has recruited a Mayer Brown antitrust partner in Brussels. Andres Font Galarza, who started at Gibson Dunn today (12 March), is also a former senior official of the European Commission's directorate general for competition, a role he held for 13 years until he joined Mayer Brown's Brussels antitrust and competition practice in 2008.

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  • March 10, 2010 |

    US briefing: One step back

    For the first time in years, the population of minority lawyers at big US law firms is shrinking. Emily Barker reports

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  • March 9, 2010 |

    BarCap appoints new legal chief as GC steps into front office role

    Barclays Capital (BarCap) general counsel Jonathan Hughes has left his position to take on a predominantly non-legal front office role with the investment bank. Longstanding GC Hughes was replaced by Judith Shepherd, who took up the post last week having previously served as general counsel of Barclays' global retail and commercial banking division. Shepherd, who joined Barclays from US law firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher in 2006, takes over one of the most influential legal roles in investment banking with BarCap last month unveiling an 89% increase in annual profits to £2.46bn.

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  • March 3, 2010 |

    SJ Berwin recruits litigation partner from Gibson Dunn

    SJ Berwin has hired a litigation partner from Gibson Dunn & Crutcher in London. City partner Rachel Couter will join the law firm's dispute resolution practice, taking the partner count in the London practice to 12.

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  • February 24, 2010 |

    Gibson Dunn recruits Freshfields partner in rare City lateral hire

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has made a rare lateral hire in the City, bringing in a Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner. The US law firm has hired Freshfields corporate partner Jeff Roberts - marking the firm's first lateral partner appointment since May 2008.

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  • February 17, 2010 |

    Gibson Dunn reaches new revenue high as firm posts rising financials

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has posted rising revenue and profits for 2009 despite the economic downturn, reports The Am Law Daily. Gross revenue rose by nearly 4% to $995m (£631m), the best performance in the firm's history. Profits per equity partner (PEP) also increased, albeit by a more modest 1.6% to $1.9m ($1.2m).

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  • January 19, 2010 |

    Testing the waters

    Two years into the financial crisis, Am Law 200 firms continue to grapple with their response to the new reality: that's the main theme from The American Lawyer's annual Law Firm Leaders survey, which shows an increased willingness among firms to implement a smorgasbord of short-term cost-cutting measures while pondering more fundamental changes.

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