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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 22, 2011 |

    Mayer Brown makes up six in the City as Gibson Dunn promotes one in London

    Mayer Brown has promoted six London lawyers to its partnership as part of a 39-strong global promotions round. The London promotions, which take the City office to 100 partners, are on par with last year when the transatlantic firm made up six new partners in the City out of a 32-strong round globally.

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  • November 16, 2011 |

    GTM sees two Birmingham departures as partner takes consultant role

    Greenberg Traurig Maher (GTM) has seen two of the three partners in its Birmingham office leave the firm, with energy & infrastructure partners Francis Patalong and Paul Kirkby both departing earlier this month. The pair, whose new destinations are unclear, joined GTM in 2010 from DLA Piper to launch the Birmingham office alongside fellow energy & infrastructure partner Andrew Herring and DLA's then UK energy chief Neil Upton.

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  • November 16, 2011 |

    Bakers names City partner as new 
global head of banking

    Baker & McKenzie has appointed London partner Bernard Sharp as the new chair of its global banking & finance practice following the law firm's annual partners' meeting in Beijing last month. Sharp takes over from Hong Kong-based banking partner Andrew Lockhart, who will return to full-time fee earning after three years in the role.

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  • November 16, 2011 |

    Bright lights, big city - meet the young barristers making their mark

    Ben Rigby profiles 10 promising junior barristers singled 
out as some of the best in the profession

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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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  • November 7, 2011 |

    Linklaters and Latham among firms on Virgin Media's debut legal panel

    Linklaters, Latham & Watkins and Sullivan & Cromwell are among a raft of firms to have won roles on Virgin Media's inaugural legal panel. The new panel, which will take effect from next year, also includes Ashurst and US firm Fried Frank, both of which are existing advisers to the company.

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  • October 26, 2011 |

    Minter Ellison recruits Mayer Brown corporate partner for London base

    Australia's Minter Ellison has added a third partner to its London office with the hire of Mayer Brown corporate specialist Michael Wallin. Wallin, who will join the firm next month (1 November), is Australian-qualified and will work with Minter's clients in the UK and across Europe. His arrival will take the number of partners in Minter's London office to three, alongside corporate partner Michael Whalley and finance partner Nigel Clark.

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  • October 19, 2011 |

    Eversheds sets sights on Brazil as UK firms continue to eye up BRIC benefits

    Eversheds is planning to join the growing rank of international firms launching in Brazil, with the firm becoming the latest to eye up opportunities in the BRIC economy. The top 10 UK law firm has confirmed that it is looking at opening in the country, joining a lengthening list of those either launching or considering doing so.

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  • October 19, 2011 |

    Giant - will size make Clydes and Barlows the future of insurance law?

    The beginning of the end of 170 years of legal history happened on 15 March 2011, the day Barlow Lyde & Gilbert's highly-rated aviation team handed in its notice to move to Holman Fenwick Willan. Until that point, Barlows had looked as if it was finally turning the corner after nearly a decade dominated by partner departures, poor financials and management inertia to regroup around its core insurance practice, a business the firm had hopes of rapidly taking international.

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