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  • September 4, 2013 |

    CC seals hire of BLP contentious tax head as senior exits continue

    Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) contentious tax head Liesl Fichardt is leaving to join Clifford Chance (CC) in the latest senior departure from the firm. Fichardt, who has been at BLP since 2008, is understood to be negotiating her exit from the firm, which has seen a number of partners leave in recent weeks.

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  • September 3, 2013 |

    BLP commercial and technology head quits firm for Mishcons

    The head of Berwin Leighton Paisner's information law unit, Adam Rose, has left to join Mishcon de Reya, marking the latest move in a string of partner exits from the firm. Rose joined BLP in 1990 before becoming a partner in 1997. He lead BLP's commercial and technology group for 12 years, and was also the head of information law. He advises clients in the financial, information and publishing and outsourcing sectors and has experience in advising on a wide range of software and related IT contracts. Rose is also a vice-chair of Lex Anglo-Brasil and is involved with various Latin American chambers of commerce in the UK.

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  • September 3, 2013 |

    Linklaters hires former A&O partner to lead Asian restructuring practice

    Linklaters has appointed former Allen & Overy (A&O) partner David Kidd to lead its restructuring and insolvency (R&I) practice in Asia, as the firm looks to strengthen its finance and litigation teams in the region. The magic circle firm, which is best known in Asia for its corporate, capital markets and projects work, has hired Kidd to join its Hong Kong base just weeks after recruiting Herbert Smith Freehills' former Asia disputes head, Gavin Lewis.

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  • August 30, 2013 |

    Casino finalises €1bn acquisition of Monoprix

    Casino, the French retail group, has taken exclusive control of Paris supermarket chain, Monoprix Group, following approval from the French Competition Authority.

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  • August 27, 2013 |

    Transfer Window Asia: recent moves including Ashurst and Simmons

    Ropes & Gray has added to its corporate practice in Seoul with the hire of counsel Jaewoo Lee from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton. Lee, who joins the US firm as a partner, will initially be based out of New York and Hong Kong but will relocate to Ropes and Gray's Seoul office when his license to practice in the North Asian state is approved.

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  • August 20, 2013 |

    SFO recruits Norton Rose Fulbright associate as bribery & corruption co-head

    The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has appointed a Norton Rose Fulbright senior associate as the joint head of its bribery and corruption division. Ben Morgan, previously based in Norton Rose Fulbright's business ethics and anti-corruption team, replaces Patrick Rappo, who stepped down from the role in April to join US firm Steptoe & Johnson as a partner.

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  • August 19, 2013 |

    BLP global private equity head McKeeve leaves for Jones Day

    Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) global head of private equity Raymond McKeeve has left to join Jones Day in a coup for the US firm's London office. McKeeve has spent four years at BLP after joining as private equity head in 2009, just a year after leaving Kirkland & Ellis in 2008, during which time he worked as an investment professional for property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz.

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  • August 2, 2013 |

    Sidley continues to ramp up Singapore with fourth partner hire since local licence win

    Sidley Austin has hired its fourth partner in Singapore since receiving a local licence in the city-state in February, giving it a total partner headcount of eight. The US firm this week recruited project finance partner Nicholas Grambas from Gilbert + Tobin (G+T)in Melbourne, in a bid to ramp up its infrastructure-focused team.

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  • July 29, 2013 |

    Latham and Wachtell among firms on $35bn advertising mega-merger

    A host of firms including Latham & Watkins and Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz have taken roles on the merger of advertising heavyweights Omnicom and Publicis Groupe, a deal which has created a $35bn (£23bn) company. The deal, announced yesterday (28 July) is the largest public company merger of 2013 so far, and creates the world's leading company in communications, advertising, marketing and digital services.

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  • July 25, 2013 |

    Jones Day set for fee boon with Detroit bankruptcy mandate

    Jones Day is poised for a fee windfall after landing the lead advisory role on the bankruptcy of Detroit, just four months after being hired by the US city to advise on financial matters. The role on what is set to become the largest municipal bankruptcy in US history is likely to prove lucrative for the firm, given the vast amount of creditors preparing to file claims for money owed by the city. Detroit, which filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy last Thursday (18 July), has debts totalling as much as $18bn (£12bn).

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