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  • August 29, 2007 |

    Simmons hires Dentons partner as firm targets revival in China

    Simmons & Simmons has recruited a corporate partner from Denton Wilde Sapte to expand its China practice.

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  • August 28, 2007 | International Edition

    Fulbright moves to regain Middle East initiative

    Fulbright & Jaworski has bolstered its presence in the Middle East after relocating a partner from the US to Dubai and hiring a number of lawyers in the region. Energy partner Randel Young, who joined Fulbright in 2004, has moved to the firm's Dubai office after splitting his time between Houston and London for several years. His practice focuses on energy and natural resources project finance and development matters in the Middle East and North Africa.

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  • August 28, 2007 |

    Fulbright moves to regain Middle East initiative

    Fulbright & Jaworski has bolstered its presence in the Middle East after relocating a partner from the US to Dubai and hiring a number of lawyers in the region. Energy partner Randel Young, who joined Fulbright in 2004, has moved to the firm's Dubai office after splitting his time between Houston and London for several years. His practice focuses on energy and natural resources project finance and development matters in the Middle East and North Africa.

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  • August 23, 2007 | International Edition

    Shearman boosts Abu Dhabi with Fulbright raid

    Shearman & Sterling has expanded its Abu Dhabi projects team with the hire of a partner from rival US firm Fulbright & Jaworski. Mathew Kidwell, who focuses on the oil and gas sector and has experience across all aspects of the petroleum industry, is understood to have handed in his notice at Fulbright yesterday.

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  • August 23, 2007 |

    Shearman boosts Abu Dhabi with Fulbright raid

    Shearman & Sterling has expanded its Abu Dhabi projects team with the hire of a partner from rival US firm Fulbright & Jaworski. Mathew Kidwell, who focuses on the oil and gas sector and has experience across all aspects of the petroleum industry, is understood to have handed in his notice at Fulbright yesterday.

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  • August 9, 2007 |

    DLA hits rival Hammonds with real estate raid

    DLA Piper has boosted its presence in the northeast real estate market, Legal Week can report today (9 August), after sealing the hire of a new partner from national rival Hammonds. Glenn Sharpe, a planning specialist, joins DLA Piper in Leeds as a partner. He joins from the local arm of top 20 UK law firm Hammonds, where he was a senior associate.

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  • August 9, 2007 | International Edition

    Simmons and LeBoeuf cook up $700m oil deal

    Simmons & Simmons and LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae have taken the lead advisory roles on Shell's sale of an oil refinery in the south of France for $700m (£345m). Simmons took the lead for Shell under corporate partner Paul Exley as the fuels giant moves to sell its Berre l'Etang refinery to petrochemical group Basell. LeBoeuf advised Basell, led by Paris corporate partner Stephen Walters alongside London competition partner Peter Crowther and environmental partners Paul Watchman and Nicholas Rock.

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  • August 9, 2007 |

    Simmons and LeBoeuf cook up $700m oil deal

    Simmons & Simmons and LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae have taken the lead advisory roles on Shell's sale of an oil refinery in the south of France for $700m (£345m). Simmons took the lead for Shell under corporate partner Paul Exley as the fuels giant moves to sell its Berre l'Etang refinery to petrochemical group Basell. LeBoeuf advised Basell, led by Paris corporate partner Stephen Walters alongside London competition partner Peter Crowther and environmental partners Paul Watchman and Nicholas Rock.

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  • August 9, 2007 |

    DLA boosts finance with Dentons partner hire

    DLA Piper has recruited Denton Wilde Sapte asset finance partner Stephen Marais for its London finance and projects group.

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  • August 3, 2007 |

    Lovells builds Dubai with three finance mandates

    Lovells' fledgling Dubai office has established itself with three sizeable Islamic finance deals in three weeks. The office, which was set up in May this…

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