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  • November 7, 2013 |

    The Transfer Window: recent moves including Taylor Wessing, Slaughters and Osborne Clarke

    The Transfer Window is a regular round-up of recent legal moves in the UK and abroad. Please send all announcements to [email protected].

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  • November 6, 2013 |

    Katten Muchin's City office makes rare senior hire from Sidley Austin

    Katten Muchin Rosenman has hired Sidley Austin's Barry Breen as a partner in the financial services practice of its London office. Breen, who advises investment management and fund clients on hedge fund, infrastructure and private equity matters, became Katten's seventh partner in London when he joined yesterday (5 November).

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  • November 1, 2013 |

    Transfer Window Asia: recent moves including Latham, Bakers and Freshfields

    Latham & Watkins has boosted its US practice in Hong Kong with the hire of two corporate lawyers this month. Senior associate Ben Carale has recently been hired as counsel from Sidley Austin, where he was responsible for building the firm's Philippines practice and working on US corporate finance and securities transactions.

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  • October 24, 2013 |

    Links and A&O among 26 firms objecting to legal threat from Dewey estate

    A host of firms including Linklaters, Allen & Overy, and Baker & McKenzie have filed a collective objection against Dewey & LeBoeuf's estate over its attempt to win compensation for client work originated at the defunct firm. The estate is threatening legal action over matters allegedly transferred to the firms when former Dewey partners left following its collapse last year.

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  • October 24, 2013 |

    China's Ministry of Commerce selects 20 firms for two legal panels

    China's Ministry of Commerce (Mofcom) has selected a total of 20 law firms for coveted spots on two legal panels. The government department has appointed one group of outfits to advise it on economic and trade agreements, negotiations related to investment and international investment dispute cases, and a separate group to provide counsel on WTO and regional trade agreements, and cross border dispute resolution.

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  • October 22, 2013 |

    Nationwide GC Liz Kelly to leave post after panel review

    Nationwide general counsel (GC) Liz Kelly is to step down from the role to spend more time with her family, the building society has confirmed. Kelly will remain in post to oversee the company's review of its legal panel, and is expected to leave Nationwide at the end of the current financial year.

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  • October 22, 2013 |

    Singapore law minister criticises Clifford Chance over 'inaccurate' claims

    Clifford Chance has come under scrutiny in Singapore for issuing misleading statements about its litigation practice. In a response to a parliamentary question about foreign law firms operating in the city-state, Minister for Law K Shanmugam said statements made by Clifford Chance and its local partner Cavenagh Law "conveyed an inaccurate picture and should be stopped."

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  • October 9, 2013 |

    Sidley Austin snaps up Weil partner as Texas exodus continues

    The exodus of partners from Weil Gotshal & Manges' Texas offices has continued, as the New York-based firm continues to push through a major redundancy process. On Monday (7 October) Sidley Austin confirmed it had recruited Weil's Dallas-based private equity and M&A partner Scott Parel - the latest in a string of hires from the firm.

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  • September 25, 2013 |

    Dentons heads to Houston as it beefs up oil and gas network

    Dentons is to open its 79th global office in Houston, becoming the latest firm to add a local presence in the home of the US oil and gas industry.

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  • September 4, 2013 |

    US duo lead on Sinopec's $3.1bn purchase of Apache Egypt stake

    Vinson & Elkins and Weil Gotshal & Manges have advised on Sinopec's purchase of a 33% stake in the Egyptian oil and gas business of American energy corporation Apache, for $3.1bn (£1.99bn). The transaction, which is still subject to approval, saw Sinopec's subsidiary Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Production Corporation (SIPC) acquire the Egyptian assets after entering into a strategic partnership with the Texas-based company to pursue joint, upstream oil and gas projects.

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