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  • March 12, 2012 |

    The Transfer Window: recent moves including SNR Denton, Jones Day and Dickinson Dees

    SNR Denton has seen the departure of its London telecoms head Rod Kirwan, who has left to take up a new role as regional general counsel for the Caribbean at Cable & Wireless Communications. Kirwan left SNR Denton in January this year and will now be based in Barbados with Cable & Wireless. TMT partner Jan Willem van den Bos has taken over the leadership of SNR's City telecoms team.

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  • March 11, 2012 |

    Skadden, Cleary, Simpson and Davis Polk see revenues rise in 2011

    A quartet of elite New York law firms saw revenues grow last year, as details of the 2011 financial performance of America's top firms continue to emerge, reports The Am Law Daily. The biggest of the four, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, saw revenue increase 3% to $2.17bn (£1.38bn), while profits per partner (PEP) rose 7% to $2.48m (£1.58m).

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  • March 9, 2012 | International Edition

    Ex-Stephenson Harwood CEO Gadhia exits to join Cleary's London base

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has made a notable hire for its London office with the addition of former Stephenson Harwood chief executive Sunil Gadhia. Gadhia, a commercial litigator, has spent his entire career at the UK firm, joining as a trainee in 1988 and making partner in 1997.

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  • March 9, 2012 |

    Ex-Stephenson Harwood CEO Gadhia exits to join Cleary's London base

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has made a notable hire for its London office with the addition of former Stephenson Harwood chief executive Sunil Gadhia. Gadhia, a commercial litigator, has spent his entire career at the UK firm, joining as a trainee in 1988 and making partner in 1997.

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  • March 8, 2012 |

    A&O centre stage as Greece attempts to stave off default

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has continued its involvement in the European sovereign debt crisis with a key role advising the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) Determinations Committee, which last week ruled that Greece had not yet defaulted on its debts. The magic circle firm is fielding a team led by City derivatives and structured finance partner David Benton.

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  • March 6, 2012 |

    Ropes and Paul Hastings to open in Korea as US firm applications begin

    Ropes & Gray has become the latest firm to announce its intention to open in South Korea, with the firm set to file documentation with the Korean Ministry of Justice today (6 March) - the first day on which US firms are able to do so. The firm plans to open in Seoul as soon as its licence is approved, with New York-based Korea practice chair William Yongkyun Kim, as well as intellectual property (IP) litigator David Chun relocating there to lead the practice.

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  • February 22, 2012 |

    A&O, White & Case take key roles as Greece agrees new €130bn bailout

    Allen & Overy, White & Case and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton have all taken key roles on a new €130bn (£109bn) Greek bailout agreement in the country's latest attempt to avoid a catastrophic default, reports The Am Law Daily. The new bailout deal has seen private sector investors holding portions of the country's sovereign debt agree to take further losses in return for government-imposed austerity measures.

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  • February 16, 2012 |

    Money talks as US firms bring Wall St pay to Hong Kong, but can City rivals hold out?

    "It is very rare to find lawyers in Hong Kong who have stayed at a single firm for almost the entirety of their career. They will choose a firm because it offers an iPad..." - as pay surges for job-hopping associates, some warn the Hong Kong bubble is set to burst...

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  • February 16, 2012 |

    CC claims first-mover advantage in Korea with licence application

    Clifford Chance (CC) has confirmed that it has submitted a licence application to practice in Korea. The news was released by Korean regulators after CC submitted its application at the end of last year.

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  • February 14, 2012 |

    Slaughters leads alongside US duo on $12.5bn Google/Motorola deal

    Slaughter and May has advised alongside Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz as Google's $12.5bn (£7.9bn) acquisition of Motorola Mobility yesterday (13 February) gained competition clearance in the US and Europe. Slaughters was brought in to advise Motorola on European competition matters after the acquisition was announced in August last year, with the firm understood to have fielded a team led by Brussels competition partner Claire Jeffs.

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