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  • November 30, 2011 |

    Cleary and Paul Hastings lead the way for US firms to launch in South Korea

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Paul Hastings look set to be among the first law firms to launch in South Korea, with both firms confirming plans to open in Asia's fourth-largest economy. The news comes after a free trade agreement (FTA) between South Korea and the US was ratified by both governments late last month, paving the way for the country's legal market to open up to US law firms for the first time.

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  • November 28, 2011 |

    Cleary plans Korea office launch for early 2012

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is set to open an office in the South Korean capital, Seoul, in the first half of 2012, writes The Asian Lawyer. The announcement potentially puts the New York firm among the first wave of foreign firms to enter the country's legal market, which had been closed to them prior to the passage of a free trade agreement.

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  • November 23, 2011 |

    Hong Kong horizons - what will the Asian legal market look like in 2021?

    Key Asian economies have established themselves globally as the West falters. 
Sofia Lind asks what the regional economy will look like in 2021

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  • November 23, 2011 |

    Korea opens its doors to US firms after ratifying trade deal

    South Korea has ratified a controversial trade treaty with the US effectively opening the Asian country's legal market to foreign law firms, most of which had effectively been barred from practising there, writes The Asian Laywer.

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  • November 16, 2011 |

    US firms win spots as Hewlett Packard draws up global panel

    Hewlett Packard (HP) has put together a new global legal panel, with US law firms featuring heavily among those selected to advise the company over the next three years. Baker & McKenzie, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Cravath Swaine & Moore are among the firms to have been appointed to the roster alongside magic circle representative Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. The firms will provide international advice to the technology giant, which has operations in 170 jurisdictions.

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  • November 16, 2011 |

    SJB, CC and others act as music company EMI split in two and sold

    SJ Berwin and Clifford Chance (CC) are among a host of firms to win roles as beleaguered music company EMI is split into two, with Universal Music set to take over the recording unit for £1.2bn and a Sony-led consortium bidding $2.2bn (£1.4bn) for the publishing business. EMI, home to artists including Pink Floyd, the Beatles and Blur, has been under Citigroup's ownership since February this year when it took it over from buyout house Terra Firma.

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  • November 15, 2011 |

    Shoosmiths tops diversity rankings as Black Solicitors Network reveals league table

    Shoosmiths has been named as the UK's most diverse law firm according to this year's Black Solicitors Network (BSN) Diversity League Table. The ranking combines law firm demographics across four different strands of diversity - disability, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation - with policy and practice information at the firms also being taken into consideration. In total, 44 law firms in the UK took part in the report.

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  • November 11, 2011 |

    SJ Berwin and CC lead as Universal and Sony-consortium split EMI

    SJ Berwin and Clifford Chance (CC) are among a host of firms to win roles as beleaguered music company EMI is to be split into two, with Universal Music set to take over the recording unit for £1.2bn and a Sony-led consortium bidding $2.2bn (£1.4bn) for the publishing business.

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  • November 7, 2011 |

    K&L Gates makes South America entrance with Sao Paulo launch

    K&L Gates has secured its first presence in South America with the launch of an office in Sao Paulo. Corporate partner Alan Berkeley, who currently divides his time between London and Washington DC, and New York finance partner Marc Veilleux will head up the launch, which marks the US firm's first office in South America and its 39th worldwide.

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  • October 31, 2011 |

    Cleary makes up London lawyer to partnership in seven-strong round

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has announced its annual partner promotions, with one new partner made up in London out of a global total of seven. The seven new partners are spread across six of the firm's offices, with two made up in New York, and one each in London, Washington, Paris, Brussels and Milan.

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