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  • March 22, 2012 |

    2Birds adds four partners in Asia as firm sets ambitious regional targets

    Bird & Bird has added four new partners in Asia as the firm sets out ambitious plans to expand its presence in the region. The firm has set a target for Asia to account for one fifth of total revenue and lawyer headcount in three to five years' time. Asia currently contributes 10% of the top 15 UK law firm's fee income – half of which comes from China – with the new target set at 20% for the region as a whole.

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  • March 22, 2012 |

    Olswang ends US alliance as partner Cooley plans to ramp up UK presence

    Olswang and US tech leader Cooley have ended their alliance as the US practice weighs up options to launch its own presence in the City. Management at both firms decided to call time on their 18-month non-exclusive alliance at the close of last year, although they are continuing to work on ongoing matters. It is understood the pair discussed a more formal tie-up or merger in the UK before calling off the relationship.

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  • March 19, 2012 |

    Dewey: 1909-??

    Two firms have recently received far more press attention than, one suspects, they counted on or quite know how to cope with: our own industry's Dewey & LeBoeuf, and of course the iconic (good and bad sense) Goldman Sachs...

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  • March 12, 2012 |

    Two Bird & Bird London litigation partners exit to join US firm

    King & Spalding has added two partners to its London disputes practice with the hire of a Bird & Bird litigation duo. Jane Player - the joint head of the UK firm's international dispute resolution practice - and fellow Bird & Bird partner Sarah Walker will join King & Spalding later this year, taking the number of partners in the US firm's London office to 15.

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  • March 12, 2012 |

    Bird & Bird advising group of RBS shareholders on £2.4bn legal action

    Bird & Bird is advising a group Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) shareholders on a £2.4bn lawsuit brought against the bank and a group of former directors including former chief executive Fred Goodwin. The firm is representing the RBoS Shareholders Action Group, which said it is bringing the lawsuit as a "last resort" after the Financial Services Authority (FSA) had failed to help them recover losses incurred by a 2008 rights issue.

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  • March 9, 2012 |

    Lawyers question timing of PCC shutdown as Leveson rumbles on

    City media lawyers have questioned the timing of the news that the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) is to be shut down amid the ongoing Leveson inquiry into UK press standards. The wind-down of the PCC, which has come under intense fire in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal, had been widely predicted, although the yesterday's (8 March) announcement has provoked some surprise among media lawyers.

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  • February 20, 2012 |

    The Transfer Window: latest moves including Akin Gump and Addleshaws

    Former Slaughter and May Beijing head George Goulding has been appointed as a consultant to the management committee of the firm's Indian best friend Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co. Goulding will join the committee alongside Boston Consulting Group's former New Delhi head James Abraham. The duo will be expected to spend at least 40 days a year with the firm to help the Indian outfit with management and strategy.

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  • February 16, 2012 |

    Bird & Bird seals new Tunisia alliance deal

    Bird & Bird has moved to expand its African reach with a new association deal in Tunisia. The top 15 City firm has agreed an association with Tunisian law firm Dakhlaoui Avocats, which is led by former firm Gide Loyrette Nouel corporate and commercial lawyer Salah Dakhlaoui.

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  • February 9, 2012 |

    BT advisers get 12-month extension as panel review is put on hold

    BT has pushed back a long-awaited review of its global legal panel in a move that extends the terms of existing panel firms by 12 months. Advisers had been gearing up for BT's first review under general counsel Dan Fitz, who replaced former group GC Anne Fletcher in April 2010; however, they were recently told the roster had been extended until March 2013.

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  • February 5, 2012 |

    The Transfer Window: recent moves including Norton Rose, Orrick, Salans and Gide

    Former Slaughter and May partner Lucy Wylde has been appointed as general counsel of the Government's Efficiency and Reform Group (ERG). Wylde left Slaughters in April last year to take up a position as GC of the Asset Protection Agency, which was set up by HM Treasury in the wake of the credit crunch to stabilise financial institutions affected by the downturn.

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