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  • July 30, 2012 |

    Dewey's UK LLP looks to liquidation as unsecured creditors may lose out

    Administrators of Dewey & LeBoeuf's UK limited liability partnership (LLP) have proposed moving the business, which comprises the defunct US law firm's London and Paris arms, from administration into liquidation as many unsecured creditors, owed a total of £5.2m, look set to lose out.

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  • July 12, 2012 |

    Perfectly engineered fit: up close with Siemens GC Claire Carless

    Claire Carless, the newly-appointed Siemens GC, goes a long way to dispelling the myth that a serious career woman can't have it all, finds Caroline Hill

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  • July 12, 2012 |

    Siemens advisers on standby for review of engineering giant's roster

    Siemens is gearing up for a review of its UK and Ireland law firm roster this autumn following the appointment of new general counsel Claire Carless earlier this year.

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  • June 14, 2012 |

    Dewey Riyadh joins Patton Boggs as last international office finds new home

    Dewey & LeBoeuf's last remaining international office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has joined Patton Boggs gifting the US firm its first presence in the Kingdom. The five-lawyer group is led by Khalid Al-Thebity, a long-serving legacy LeBoeuf partner who previously managed the defunct firm's Middle East practice.

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  • June 7, 2012 |

    International interest in UK mergers grows as City retains pulling power

    The number of international law firms in London open to a UK merger has almost doubled over the past year, according to new research which highlights the sustained attraction of English law for firms with global ambitions. Legal Week's annual survey of international law firms in London has seen the number of firms that would consider a UK merger rise from seven to 13, of which three – K&L Gates, Bryan Cave and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr – said they would 'definitely' consider the option.

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  • June 6, 2012 |

    McDermott adds seven-strong team in Paris including group of Orrick lawyers

    McDermott Will & Emery has added three partners to its Paris office with the hire of a team of lawyers from Orrick Rambaud Martel, SJ Berwin and Reed Smith. Bertrand Delafaye is joining McDermott's base in the French capital as a partner in the corporate advisory practice group, after eight years as a partner at Orrick.

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  • May 24, 2012 |

    UK trio join legal line-up as Thai company trumps Shell with £1.2bn Cove bid

    Slaughter and May, Linklaters and Simmons & Simmons have become the latest firms to win roles on the billion-pound bidding battle for Cove Energy. Slaughters is advising Thailand's PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP), which has topped an earlier bid from Royal Dutch Shell with a new £1.2bn offer. Cove's directors have unanimously recommended that its shareholders accept the latest bid.

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  • May 11, 2012 |

    RPC signs up Reed Smith partner for bank litigation team

    Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC) has grown its City banking litigation team with the hire of Reed Smith partner Simon Hart. Hart joins RPC after seven years as a partner at Reed Smith. Prior to his move to the US outfit he spent time at legacy firm Wilde Sapte, now part of SNR Denton.

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  • May 10, 2012 |

    Industrial scale - can arbitration evolve fast enough to seize its global moment?

    "It's very easy for clients and lawyers to say in the abstract that they want to make arbitration more efficient. But when it comes to your own case and it's a bet-the-company situation, does a client want to take all the procedural points open to it in mounting its defence, or does it want to prioritise efficiency?"

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  • May 8, 2012 |

    Weil hires Dewey West Coast corporate team as Italy prepares to spin off

    Weil Gotshal & Manges has hired a highly-regarded five partner corporate team from Dewey & LeBoeuf's Silicon Valley office led by partner Richard Climan. The sought after team, which also held talks with firms including Greenberg Traurig and Reed Smith, includes Silicon Valley-based corporate partners Keith Flaum, Jane Ross, Jim Griffin and John Brockland.

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